Samadinia kotakae (Takeda, 2001) Yan & Lee & Forges & Ng, 2021

Yan, Bee, Lee, Forges, Bertrand Richer De & Ng, Peter K. L., 2021, The generic affinities of the Indo-West Pacific species assigned to Rochinia A. Milne-Edwards, 1875 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Majoidea: Epialtidae), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 69, pp. 19-44 : 42

Samadinia kotakae (Takeda, 2001) , new combination:

Holotype: ovigerous female (18.0 × 12.6 mm) (NSMT–Cr 12935), Tosa Bay , Japan, 654–686 m, coll. Kotaka Mara, 10 December 1988 . Other material: South China Sea : 1 ovigerous female (14.0 × 9.1 mm) (ZRC 2016.0079), stn CP4118, continental slope, Nanhai, 20°00.76′N 115°00.83′E to 20°01.28′N 115°02.12′E, 700–723 m, coll. NANHAI 2014 Expedition, 12 January 2014 . – 5 males (17.2 × 12.0 mm, 13.1 × 8.5 mm, 12.3 × 8.0 mm, 11.2 × 7.0 mm), 1 male (16.9 × 11.2 mm) [photographed], 1 female (15.9 × 10.2 mm), 1 ovigerous female (16.8 × 11.3 mm) (ZRC 2016.0544), stn CST12, Horse Shoe Ridge, 22°0.95′N 118°53.95′E to 22°4.86′N 11°52.78′E, 1346– 758 m, coll. TW Wang, 29 April 2016. – 1 male (13.0 × 8.1 mm), 1 female (9.3 × 5.7 mm) (ZRC 2016.0545), stn CST13, Horse Shoe Ridge , 22°1.22′N 118°53.80′E to 22°6.19′N 118°52.45′E, 1,311– 816 m, coll. TW Wang, 30 April 2016 . Taiwan: 1 ovigerous female (16.6 × 11.0 mm) (ZRC 2011.1055), stn CP229, 22°13.35′N 120°01.9′E, coll. 30 August 2003 .