Cryptodromia amboinensis De Man, 1888

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 : 318

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5129.3.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6504832

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scientific name

Cryptodromia amboinensis De Man, 1888
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Cryptodromia amboinensis De Man, 1888 View in CoL

( Fig. 10A–C View FIGURE 10 )

Cryptodromia amboinensis De Man, 1888: 406 View in CoL , pl. 18, fig 4.— Ihle, 1913: 34.

Dromia (Cryptodromia) demanii Alcock, 1900: 144 .

Cryptodromia demanii . — Alcock, 1901: 52.— Laurie, 1906: 352.— Ihle, 1913: 33.— Buitendijk, 1939: 225, pl. 7 fig. 1. Cryptodromia amboinensis View in CoL . — McLay, 1993: 203, fig. 18c; 2001a: 88 (key); 2001b: 829 (key).— McLay & Ng, 2005: 3.

Material examined. Western Australia: WAM- C13524, Suomi Island, Easter Group, Abrolhos Islands , R. George, 22-08-1977: female 11.6 × 10.5 mm (sponge cap) ; WAM C13560, Kendrew Island , NWA, 20°29’00”S, 116°32’00”E, under rock, coll. L. M. Marsh, 26-10-1972: ovig female 10.5 × 9.1 mm (sponge cap) GoogleMaps .

Remarks. A detailed description of C. amboinensis is given by McLay (1993) including the distinctive arrangement of teeth and tubercles on the anterolateral margin and sub-hepatic area of the carapace, respectively. The carapace is smooth, evenly convex and usually hidden under a sponge or ascidian cap.

Distribution. Sri Lanka, Mergui Archipelago ( Myanmar), Amboina (Indonesia) , Philippine Ids and New Caledonia. This is a new record for Australia. Depth 20– 40 m.

WAM

Western Australian Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Dromiidae

Genus

Cryptodromia

Loc

Cryptodromia amboinensis De Man, 1888

Mclay, Colin L. & Hosie, Andrew M. 2022
2022
Loc

Cryptodromia demanii

McLay, C. L. & Ng, P. K. L. 2005: 3
McLay C. L. 1993: 203
Buitendijk, A. M. 1939: 225
Ihle, J. E. W. 1913: 33
Laurie, R. D. 1906: 352
Alcock, A. 1901: 52
1901
Loc

Dromia (Cryptodromia) demanii

Alcock, A. 1900: 144
1900
Loc

Cryptodromia amboinensis De Man, 1888: 406

Ihle, J. E. W. 1913: 34
Man, J. G. de 1888: 406
1888
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