Paralomis dofleini Balss, 1911

Macpherson, Enrique & Chan, Tin-Yam, 2008, Some lithodid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae) from Taiwan and adjacent waters, with the description of one new species from Guam, Zootaxa 1924, pp. 43-52 : 48-49

Paralomis dofleini Balss, 1911

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Paralomis dofleini Balss, 1911: 8 , figs 16, 17; 1913: 76, figs 46–48. — Sakai 1971: 18, 39, pl. 7, fig. 1, pl. 17; 1976: 703, pl. 248. — Macpherson 1990: 223, figs 2e, 3c, d. — Ikeda 1998: 164, pl. 72.

Material examined. Taiwan: Dasi fishing port, Yilan County, commercial trawler, 500–600 m, 26.09.1998: 1 female 40 × 42 mm. — 05.2000: 1 ovig. female 66 × 64 mm. — 07.2005: 1 male 76 × 72 mm.

Coloration. Body generally orange-red. Eye black brown.

Remarks. Paralomis dofleini is closely related to P. haigae Eldredge, 1976 from Guam, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia and Samoa. Several characters appear useful to distinguish both species, i.e. granulation of the carapace and pereiopods ( Eldredge 1976; Macpherson 1990), but a more thorough analysis of more material is desirable before the separate identity of both species can be conclusively validated.

Distribution. Sagami Bay, Japan, at 330–550 m ( Balss 1911, 1913; Macpherson 1990; Ikeda 1998), off Kominato, Japan, between 470–780 m ( Sakai 1971, 1976).

Figures

FIGURE 5. Dorsal view. (a) Neolithodes nipponensis Sakai, 1971, male, Taiwan, Stn CD 228. (b) Lithodes turritus Ortmann, 1892, male, Taiwan, Dasi fishing port. (c) Lithodes paulayi n. sp., holotype male, Guam. (d) Paralomis dofleini Balss, 1911, male, Taiwan, Dasi fishing port. (e) Paralomis arae Macpherson, 2001, female, Taiwan. f, Paralomis truncatispinosa Takeda & Miyake, 1980, broken carapace, Taiwan, Stn CD 231.