Notopelta mortenseni (Serène, 1964) Serene, 1964

Ng, Peter K. L. & Castro, Peter, 2016, Revision of the family Chasmocarcinidae Serène, 1964 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Goneplacoidea), Zootaxa 4209 (1), pp. 1-182 : 72

Notopelta mortenseni (Serène, 1964) n. comb.

( Figs. 15 G–I; 25G; 32F; 42L; 45A, B; 53F; 60E; 76F‒I; 87F, G)

Hephthopelta mortenseni Serène, 1964a: 243 , fig. 16, pl. 22, fig. A [type localilty: Indonesia]; 1968: 92 [in list].— Serène & Soh 1976: 22 [Andaman Sea].—Davie et al. 2002: 332 [Andaman Sea].—Ng & Davie 2002: 378 [Andaman Sea] [in list].—Ng et al. 2008: 76 [in list].

Type material. Holotype male (5.0 × 6.9 mm) ( ZMUC CRU- 7397 ), Indonesia, Kei Is., Sunda Strait , Danish Expedition to Kei Is., stn 82, 0 6o 38’N, 105o21’E, 35 m, 30.07.1922.

Other material examined. Indonesia. DANISH EXPEDITION TO KEI IS.: 1 female (5.9 × 4.1 mm) ( ZMUC CRU- 007768 ), stn 117, 05°58’S, 106°38’E, 17 m, mud, trawl, Kei Expedition, 07.08.1922 ; 1 female (4.5 × 3.0 mm) (ZMUC CRU-007766), stn 64, 05°51’S, 106°22’E, 35 m, sandy mud and shells, trawl, Kei Expedition, 26.07.1922; 1 female (5.4 × 4.0 mm) (ZMUC CRU-007769), stn 121, 05°54’S, 106°55’E, 32 m, mud, trawl, Kei Expedition, 08.08.1922; 1 female, stn 77, 0 6o22’N, 105o44’E, 30 m, 29.07.1922; 45 males, 15 females (ZMUC), stn 79, 0 6o28’N, 105o38’E, 47 m, 29.07.1922; 13 males, 8 females (ZMUC), stn 80, 0 6o36’N, 105o34’E, 33 m, 29.07.1922.— DANA EXPEDITION: Kei Is., Sunda Strait , 1 male ( ZMUC), stn 1042-10, 0 6o 57’N, 99o11’E, 50 m, 21.01.1966 ; 1 male (ZMUC), stn 1042-10, 0 6o29’22”N, 99o00’30”E, 75 m, 25.01.1966.

Diagnosis. As for genus.

Remarks. Notopelta mortenseni is superficially similar to Chinommatia bruuni . Both species are compared in the remarks for the latter (see above).

Distribution. Known only from Indonesia (Kei Is.) and Andaman Sea. Depth: 17– 75 m.

Figures

FIGURE 15. Overall dorsal view of species of Chinommatia n. gen. and Notopelta n. gen. A, Chinommatia littoralis, Indonesia: holotype female 3.5 × 4.9 mm (NNM-ZMA); B, Chinommatia bicuspida n. sp., Papua New Guinea: holotype male 10.7 × 12.9 mm (MNHN-IU- 2011 - 0954); C, Chinommatia bicuspida n. sp., Fiji: male 12.7 × 10.6 mm (MNHN-IU- 2013 - 9056); D, Chinommatia bicuspida n. sp., Papua New Guinea: paratype female 16.7 × 20.4 mm (MNHN-IU- 2011 - 3461); E, F, Chinommatia turpis n. sp., Vanuatu: holotype male 3.1 × 4.3 mm (MNHU-IU- 2013 - 9044); G, H, Notopelta mortenseni, Indonesia: holotype male 5.0 × 6.9 mm (ZMUC CRU- 7397); I, Notopelta mortenseni, Indonesia: female 5.9 × 4.1 mm (ZMUC CRU- 007768).