Epigodromia rotunda McLay, 1993

Mclay, Colin L. & Hosie, Andrew M., 2022, The sponge crabs of Western Australia and the Northwest Shelf with descriptions of new genera and species (Crustacea: Brachyura: Dromiidae), Zootaxa 5129 (3), pp. 301-355 : 328

Epigodromia rotunda McLay, 1993

( Fig. 17 A–D )

Epigodromia rotunda McLay, 1993 : figs. 11a–h, 18–f.— Komatsu, 2011: 226, fig. 2B.

Type material. Holotype: MNHN-IU-2008-11223, female 4.2 × 4.8 mm, New Caledonia, 220–235 m.

Other material examined. Western Australia: WAM C13518/C13542, NW Bluff Point, 97 m , CSIRO stat 204, 27°18’S, 113°16’E, 9-10-1963, dredged, with sponge and starfish: 3 males 6.1 × 5.5 mm, 6.1 × 5.8 mm, 7.6 × 7.4 mm, 8.8 × 7.8 mm, 8.8 × 8.5 mm ; WAM C13525, west of Jervois Bay , 82 m , FRV Sprightly stat 41, 30°16’S, 114°39’E, 19-11-1976: female 5.6 × 5.3 mm; WAM C13539, NW Bluff Point, Geraldton , 126 m , CSIRO stat 131, 22-8-1963: 3 males 5.8 × 5.5 mm, 8.4 × 7.3 mm, 8.4 × 7.5 mm, 3 females 6.1 × 5.7 mm, 7.0 × 6.6 mm, 7.2 × 6.9 mm, 1ovig. female 7.7 × 7.1 mm .

Remarks. First reported from New Caledonia, E. rotunda was subsequently recorded from the Ogasawara Islands, Japan, by Komatsu (2011), and now known from Australia.

Distribution. New Caledonia and Ogasawara, Japan and now from Western Australia and the Indian Ocean; 82– 235 m.

Figures

FIGURE 17. Epigodromia rotunda McLay, 1993, male 8.8 × 8.5 mm (WAM 101-83): A, dorsal view; B, ventral view; C, lateral view; D, frontal view.