Petrolisthes militaris ( Heller, 1862 )

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 : 12-13

10. Petrolisthes militaris ( Heller, 1862)

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Porcellana annulipes White, 1847: 63 (nomen nudum).

Porcellana militaris Heller, 1862: 523 .

Petrolisthes annulipes .— Miers 1884: 270.

Petrolisthes militaris .— Ortmann 1892: 259.— Laurie 1926: 142.— Miyake 1943: 54, figs. 1, 2.— Haig 1964: 357, fig. 1.— Sarojini & Nagabhushanam 1968: 154, pl. 1, fig. 4.— Lewinsohn 1974.— Haig 1979: 122, fig. 2; 1983: 180.— Yang 1983: 1, pl. 1, figs. 1–6.— Haig 1989: 97; 1992: 316, figs. 12A–C.— Hsieh et al. 1998: 293, figs. 5G, 11A–I.— Komai 2000: 365.

Petrolisthes carinipes .— Lewinsohn 1969: 144, figs. 31a–d [not Petrolisthes carinipes ( Heller 1861) ].

Petrolisthes cf. militaris .— Johnson 1970, figs. 2a–c.

Material examined. 1 Ψ ( SMF 26103) Red Sea, Bab-el-Mandeb, Me5-230 KD1 (12°43.7'N 43°15.0'E), 228– 235 m, KD –1, F.S. Meteor, 0 5 Mar. 1987; 1 ɗ (with Bopyridae ), 1 Ψ (with Bopyridae ) ( SMF 26104) Red Sea, Bab-el-Mandeb, Me5-230 KD1 (12°43.7'N 43°15.0'E), 228-235m, KD –1, F.S. Meteor, 0 5 Mar. 1987; 11 ɗ (2 with Bopyridae ), 14 Ψ (1 ov), (2 with Rhizocephala) 64 juv. ( SMF 26105) Red Sea, Bab-el-Mandeb, Me5-230 KD2 (12°43.5'N 43°14.8'E), 214-237 m, KD –2, F.S. Meteor, 0 5 Mar. 1987.

Measurements. Largest ɗ 9.4 x 9.1 mm; largest Ψ 8.0 x 7.9 mm.

Distribution. The species is widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific, including the Red Sea.

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FIGURE 10. Petrolisthes militaris (Heller, 1862), male, Red Sea, Bab-el-Mandeb, (SMF 26105).