Porcellanidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands
Author
Osawa, Masayuki
text
Zootaxa
2007
1548
1
49
journal article
49325
10.5281/zenodo.178040
2cbe1502-c057-4a0c-8f15-c1815dcd4d20
1175-5326
178040
Petrolisthes hastatus
Stimpson, 1858
Petrolisthes hastatus
Stimpson, 1858
: 228
, 241 (
type
locality: Kikaisima, Amami-Osima, Ryukyu Islands); 1907: 184, pl. 22, fig. 4.—
Miyake, 1943
: 54
, 62, text-figs. 5, 6.—
Haig, 1964
: 360
; 1979: 124, fig. 5.—
Nakasone & Miyake, 1971
: 5
, figs. A–D.
Porcellana inermis
Heller, 1862
: 524
(
type
locality: Nicobars).
Petrolisthes inermis
.—de
Man
, 1893
: 288
, pl. 7, fig. 1; 1902: 691, pl. 23, fig. 36, 36a–d.
Petrolisthes tenkatei
de
Man
, 1893
: 289
, pl. 7, fig. 2 (
type
locality: Endeh,
Flores
).
Petrolisthes
n. sp.
— de
Man
, 1902
: 692
, pl. 23, fig. 37, 37a–c.
Material examined.
New Caledonia
.
Cap Mangrove, coll. B. Richer de Forges,
15 Aug. 1994
,
1 male
CL
9.4 mm
,
1 female
CL
6.8 mm
. Poingam, intertidal,
10 May 1997
, coll. B. Richer de Forges,
1 male
CL
8.1 mm
.
Remarks.
The taxonomy and intraspecific morphological variations of this species are discussed in depth by
Haig (1964)
and
Nakasone & Miyake (1971)
. The variations have been known for the length-breadth ratio of the carpus of the cheliped and development of the dorsoflexor teeth, development of a tuft of plumose setae in the gape of the fingers of cheliped, and armature on the extensor margins of the meri of the amburatory legs.
Distribution.
Indonesia
, Sulu Islands; then westward through Malay Archipelago to east coast of
India
;
Singapore
northward to Tokara Islands,
Japan
; New
Guinea
eastward to
New Caledonia
,
Fiji
, and
Samoa
; intertidal, under rocks (
Haig 1979
).