Portunus (Xiphonectes) macrophthalmus Rathbun, 1906

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Portunus (Xiphonectes) macrophthalmus Rathbun, 1906

Portunus (Xiphonectes) macrophthalmus Rathbun, 1906: 871 , fig. 31, pl. 12, fig. 5 [type locality: “Modu Manu” (=Moku Manu, or Nihoa), also from Kaua‘i, Moloka‘i; holotype: USNM 29688 ].

Additional Hawaiian Is. records:

Portunus (Xiphonectes) macrophthalmus Rathbun, 1906 — Edmondson 1946: 280 [H.I.]; 1951: 222 [O‘ahu]; 1952: 242, figs. 18d–f, 19b [O‘ahu].

Portunus macrophthalmus Rathbun, 1906 — Coles, DeFelice & Eldredge 2002b: 134 [O‘ahu].

Taxonomy. Crosnier (1962)

Geographical distribution. Across Indo-West Pacific region.

Habitat. Shallow subtidal to bathyal, 2–659 m.

(*) Portunus (Xiphonectes) tuberculosus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)

Neptunus tuberculosus A. Milne-Edwards, 1861: 333 , pl. 31, fig. 5 [as “ N. rugosus ”] [type locality: Iles “Sandwich;” holotype: MNHN-B6073 ].

Remarks. Described from the Hawaiian Is., possibly in error. No subsequent records are known from the archipelago.

Taxonomy. Crosnier (1962), Apel & Spiridonov (1998)

Geographical distribution. Across Indo-West Pacific region.

Habitat. Subtidal, 20–115 m.