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Tetraloides heterodactylus

  • 1. Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China. & Laboratory of Marine Organism Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China.
  • 2. Laboratory of Marine Organism Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China. & Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China. & Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao Marine Science and Technology Center, Qingdao 266237, China

Description

Tetraloides heterodactylus (Heller, 1861)

(Fig. 6D)

Tetralia heterodactyla Heller, 1861: 14.

Tetraloides heterodactyla. — Galil 1986a: 174.— Galil & Clark 1988: 147, figs. 1D, 3D, 4D, I.— Castro 1997a: 71; 1997b: 115, pl. 1B; 1999a: 45; 1999b: 103; 2003: 443; 2009: 279; 2011: 79 (list).— Castro et al. 2004: 31 (list), 32.—Castro & Titelius 2008: 323.— Maenosono 2017: 45, fig. 10A, B, 11A (the Ryukyus).

Tetraloides heterodactylus. — Ng et al. 2008: 184 (list).— Limviriyakul et al. 2016: 4, fig. 4m (Taiwan Island).

Tetralia pubescens Klunzinger, 1913: 282.

Tetralia heterodactyla f. cyanea Serène & Pham, 1957: 116, fig. 3A–C.

Tetralia heterodactyla fusca Serène & Dat, 1957: 116.—Serène 1959: 153, figs. 5C, 6B; 1984: 283, pl. 42B; Dai et al. 1986; 361, pl. 52 (7).

Tetralia nigrifrons f. fusca Serène & Pham, 1957: 110, figs. 1A, B, 2, pls. 2 (1, 2), 3 (1, 2).

Material examined. Nansha Islands: Mischief Reef, 115°32.5’E 9°55.7’N, 11 m, coll. Shaobo Ma, Yuli Sun, Ziming Yuan, 5 May 2022, 1 male (8.39 × 7.64 mm), NS-MJJ-2022-1027; 1 female (8.56 × 7.68 mm), NS-MJJ-2022-1028, in Acropora gemmifera (Acroporidae). Fiery Cross Reef, 113°0.8’E 9°39.9’N, 10 m, coll. Shaobo Ma, Yuli Sun, Ziming Yuan, 14 May 2022, 1 male (8.14 × 7.73 mm), 1 female (8.77 × 7.91 mm), NS-YS-2022-1284, in partially dead Acropora sp. (Acroporidae) reef.

Geographical distribution. Across Indo-West Pacific region. Known from Johnston Atoll, not from the Hawaiian Is (Castro 2011).

Remarks. Tetraloides heterodactylus is not very common in the South China Sea. The elliptical patches on the upper surface of the walking legs can be either bright blue (Fig. 6D, NS-MJJ-2022-1027) or inconspicuous grayish blue.

Notes

Published as part of Sun, Yu-Li, Jiang, Wei & Sha, Zhong-Li, 2024, Shallow-water Trapezioidea (Decapoda: Brachyura) from the South China Sea, including two new records, and notes on Tetralia glaberrima Herbst, 1790, pp. 393-423 in Zootaxa 5476 (1) on page 405, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5476.1.30, http://zenodo.org/record/12681889

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Heller
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Decapoda
Family
Tetraliidae
Genus
Tetraloides
Species
heterodactylus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Tetraloides heterodactylus (Heller, 1861) sec. Sun, Jiang & Sha, 2024

References

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  • Castro, P. (1997 a) Trapeziid crabs (Brachyura: Xanthoidea: Trapeziidae) of New Caledonia, eastern Australia, and the Coral Sea. In: Richer de Forges, B. (Ed.), Les fonds meubles des lagons de Nouvelle-CalMonie (Sedimentologie, Benthos). Vol. 3. Etudes et Theses. ORSTOM, Paris, pp. 59 - 107.
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