Aliaporcellana suluensis ( Dana, 1852 )

Werding, Bernd & Hiller, Alexandra, 2007, The Porcellanidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) of the Red Sea with description of a new species of Petrolisthes, Zootaxa 1460, pp. 1-24 : 3

2. Aliaporcellana suluensis ( Dana, 1852)

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Porcellana suluensis Dana, 1852: 414 .

Polyonyx suluensis .— Lewinsohn 1969: 166, figs. 37a–i; Johnson 1970: 34.

Aliaporcellana suluensis .— Nakasone & Miyake 1969: 21, figs. 1A–G.— Haig 1973: 285; 1978: 708; 1983: 285; 1989: 95; 1992: 304, figs. 1a–c.— Hsieh et al. 1998: 345, figs. 32E, 38A–D.— Komai, 2000: 361.

Material examined. 2 ɗ ( ZMB 3252), Red Sea; 1 Ψ ( ZSM 171/1), Red Sea, Suez, (Pola-Exp.?), 0 1 Nov. 1896; 1Ψ ( SMF 4616), Red Sea, Egypt, Mantequad al Ahmar, near Suez, leg. E. Bannwarth, 26 Nov. 1912. Measurements. Largest ɗ 3.2 x 3.2 mm; largest Ψ 7.8 x 8.0 mm.

Distribution. Indian Ocean, including the Red Sea and Western Australia; in the western Pacific to the Sulu Sea.

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FIGURE 2. Aliaporcellana suluensis (Dana, 1852), male, Red Sea (ZMB 3252).