Pachygrapsus minutus A. Milne-Edwards, 1873

Ng, Ngan Kee, Rodríguez Moreno, Paula A., Naruse, Tohru, Guinot, Danièle & Mollaret, Noémy, 2019, Annotated type-catalogue of Brachyura (Crustacea, Decapoda) of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris. Part II. Gecarcinidae and Grapsidae (Thoracotremata, Grapsoidea), with an Appendix of pre- 1900 collectors, Zoosystema 41 (7), pp. 91-130 : 118

Pachygrapsus minutus A. Milne-Edwards, 1873

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Pachygrapsus minutus A. Milne-Edwards, 1873a: 292 , pl. 14, fig. 2.

CURRENT TAXONOMIC STATUS. — Pachygrapsus minutus A. Milne-Edwards, 1873.

LECTOTYPE (designated by Poupin et al. 2005: 31). — MNHN-IU-2000-3582 (= MNHN-B3582 ), ♂ 7.6 × 10.4 mm, coll. M. Balansa, New Caledonia. — Original label: “ Pachygrapsus minutus A. Edw., Nelle Calédonie, M. Balansa ”.

PRESERVATION OF THE LECTOTYPE. — Dry.

PARALECTOTYPES. — MNHN-IU-2000-1107 (= MNHN- B3582), 4 ♂ 5.5 × 7.7 – 7.3 × 10.0 mm, same data as lectotype .

PRESERVATION OF THE PARALECTOTYPES. — All are dry specimens.

REMARK

Balansa collected much carcinological material from New Caledonia (see Appendix).

Figures

FIG. 7. – A, Metopograpsus gracilis Saussure,1858,MNHN-IU-2000-10991 (= MNHN-B10991),paralectotype,♀; B, Metopograpsus intermedius H. Milne Edwards, 1853, MNHN-IU-2014-11210 (= MNHN-B12888), lectotype, ♂; C, Metopograpsus maculatus H. Milne Edwards, 1853, MNHN-IU-2000-3554 (= MNHN-B3554), lectotype,♂; D, Metopograpsus miniatus Saussure,1858,MNHN-IU-2000-10994 (= MNHN-B10994),paralectotype,♂; E, Metopograpsus pictus A. Milne-Edwards, 1867, MNHN-IU-2000-3573 (= MNHN-B3573), paralectotype, ♂; F, Pachygrapsus minutus A. Milne-Edwards, 1873, MNHN-IU-2000-3582 (= MNHN-B3582), lectotype, ♂, & MNHN-IU-2000-1107 (= MNHN- B3582), paralectotypes, 4♂; G, Pachygrapsus striatus A. Milne-Edwards, 1873, MNHN-IU-2000-3586 (= MNHN- B3586), lectotype,♂; H, Grapsus varius Latreille,1803,MNHN-IU-2000-3526 (= MNHN-B3526),neotype,♂. Scale bars:A,5 mm;B, D, F, G, 10 mm; C,E, H, 2 cm.