Leucosia haematosticta Adams, 1847

Low, Martyn E. Y., Ng, Peter K. L. & Clark, Paul F., 2020, Additional notes on the publication of the Narrative, Zoology and Notes from a Journal of Research into the Natural History of the Voyage of H. M. S. Samarang and its consequences for the nomenclature of decapod crustaceans and other taxa, Zootaxa 4809 (2), pp. 271-305 : 292

Leucosia haematosticta Adams, 1847 (31 December), not Adams & White, 1849 (April): now Urnalana haematosticta ( Decapoda : Brachyura : Leucosiidae )

Adams (1847c: 317) wrote: “One of the most beautiful of the species is the Leucosia haematosticta (Adams and White) , which is of a dead white colour, covered with numerous round crimson spots”. This brief description makes the name Leucosia haematosticta available in Adams (1847c).

The brief description of this species in Adams (1847c: 317) agrees with that of this species by Adams & White (1849: 54, pl. 12, fig. 2), which is usually cited as the first description of Leucosia haematosticta (e.g., Clark & Presswell 2001: 156; Galil 2005: 21; Ng et al. 2008: 95). Leucosia haematosticta is now the type species of Urnalana Galil, 2005 , and it should be cited as Urnalana haematosticta (Adams, 1847) .