Polyonyx triunguiculatus Zehntner, 1894

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

17. Polyonyx triunguiculatus Zehntner, 1894

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Polyonyx triunguiculatus Zehntner, 1894: 185 .— Lewinsohn 1969: 158, figs. 35a–h.— Haig 1979: 133, figs. 23–25.— Johnson 1970: 36.— Haig 1983: 286; 1989: 99.— Yang 1996: 262, fig. 4.— Yang & Naiyanetr 1997: 6, figs. 3A–E.— Komai 2000: 367.

Material examined. 1 ɗ ( SMF 25676), Red Sea, Sudan, Sanganeb Atoll, 2 Oct. 1992, S-Jetty, 30 m, dead corals, SAN 110; 1ɗ ( ZMB), Red Sea; 1 ɗ, 1 Ψ ( SMF 25677) Sudan, Red Sea Province, Sanganeb-Atoll 28 km NE Port Sudan, S-Mole, SAN-114, 50 m, from dead Stylophora , 25 Sep. 1992, leg V. Neumann.

Measurements. Largest ɗ 2.4 x 2.9 mm; largest Ψ 3.0 x 3.6 mm.

Distribution. Indian Ocean from Madagascar to Western Australia, including the Red Sea, and in the western Pacific eastwards to the Moluccas.

Figures

FIGURE 17. Polyonyx triunguiculatus Zehntner, 1894, male, Seychelles, Indian Ocean, Tyro Seychelles expedition 1992 / 93, Naturalis, Leiden.