Porcellanella haigae Sankarankutty, 1963

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 : 19-20

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.176386

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6248309

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scientific name

Porcellanella haigae Sankarankutty, 1963
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18. Porcellanella haigae Sankarankutty, 1963 View in CoL

( Figs. 18 View FIGURE 18 a–c)

Porcellanella haigae Sankarankutty, 1963: 273 View in CoL , figs. 1a–e.— Haig 1966b: 61.— Nakasone & Miyake 1972: 142, figs. 3A–H.— Haig 1981: 288; 1983: 287; 1989: 99.

Porcellanella triloba View in CoL .— Miyake 1943: 134, fig. 53.— Lieske & Myers 2004: 338, color photo p. 339, fig. 9. (Not P. triloba White 1852 View in CoL ).

which it can be easily distinguished from its congener P. triloba White, 1852 View in CoL . Whereas the merus of the chelipeds in P. triloba View in CoL is produced into a large conspicuous lobe on its inner margin, the merus of P. haigae View in CoL is subcylindrical without such a lobe. The general coloration of P. h a i g a e is ivory with brown rings on the chelipeds, and broad longitudinal bands on the carapace. This pattern is identical to the one figured by Nakasone & Miyake (1972), and illustrated by Lieske & Myers (2004). The general coloration of P. triloba View in CoL is pinkish-blue with dark rings on chelipeds and carapace. Both species live on sea pens.

With the assistance of E. Lieske we were able to contact the author of the photograph in question, M. Hackenberg, who confirmed the origin of the photographed specimen from the Dahab region, Gulf of Aqaba. The presence of the species in this northern extension suggests that the species may be widespread in the Red Sea.

Distribution. Porcellanella haigae is known from the Seychelles, southern India, Japan, the Philippines, and Palau Islands. The record from the Gulf of Aqaba is the first record of the genus Porcellanella for the Red Sea.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Porcellanidae

Genus

Porcellanella

Loc

Porcellanella haigae Sankarankutty, 1963

Werding, Bernd & Hiller, Alexandra 2007
2007
Loc

Porcellanella haigae

Haig 1981: 288
Nakasone 1972: 142
Haig 1966: 61
Sankarankutty 1963: 273
1963
Loc

Porcellanella triloba

Lieske 2004: 338
Miyake 1943: 134
1943
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