Published November 22, 2022 | Version v1
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Oxypleurodon sphenocarcinoides

Description

Oxypleurodon sphenocarcinoides (Rathbun, 1916)

(Fig. 3C–E)

Material examined. RV Hakuhō Maru KH-72-1 cruise, sta. 54, 1 Ə (CB 5.1 mm excluding lateral plates, PCL 8.8 mm), 1 ovig.8 (6.7× 11.6 mm), NSMT-Cr 30912; 1 ovig.8 (7.8× 12.7 mm), NSMT-Cr 30913; 1 8 (5.0× 8.3 mm), NSMT-Cr 30914.

Remarks. The specimens (Fig. 3C–E) examined agree well with the original description (Rathbun, 1916), and the accounts (Griffin, 1976; Richer de Forges and Ng, 2009). Oxypleurodon sphaenocarcinoides was already recorded from the Sulu Sea by Takeda et al. (2021) at a depth of 285– 306 m.

Distribution. The Philippines and the South China Sea; 93–306 m depth. The present record of O. sphenocarcinoides is the first for the South China Sea, and the bathymetric record of 760– 777 m is the deepest for the species.

Notes

Published as part of Arzivian, Arteen, Alrubaie, Ahmad, Yang, Jessica, Lin, Huiyu, Zhang, Eva & Leong, Rupert, 2022, Crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Seas of East and Southeast Asia Collected by the RV Hakuhō Maru (KH- 72 - 1 Cruise) 4. South China Sea, pp. 147-191 in Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science. Series A, Zoology 48 (4) on page 159, DOI: 10.50826/bnmnszool.48.4_147, http://zenodo.org/record/12760084

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References

  • Rathbun, M. J. 1916. New species of crabs of the families Inachidae and Parthenopidae. Scientific results of the Philippine cruise of the Fisheries Steamer lAlbatross, z 1907 - 1910. No. 34. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 50: 527 - 559.
  • Griffin, D. J. G. 1976. Spider crabs of the family Majidae (Crustacea: Brachyura) from the Philippine Islands. Journal of Natural History 19: 179 - 222.
  • Takeda, M., N. Ohtsuchi and H. Komatsu 2021. Crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the sea off East and Southeast Asia collected by the RV Hakuho Maru (KH- 72 - 1 cruise). 1. Sulu Sea and Sibutu Passage. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, (A) 47: 65 - 97.