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Petrolisthes scabriculus

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Petrolisthes scabriculus (Dana, 1852)

(Fig. 2D)

Porcellana scabricula Dana, 1852: 424 [type locality: Sulu Sea]

Material examined. Christmas Island: stn CI-D12-2011, Thunderdome Cave, 10°27.906’S, 105°36.465’E, 3–16.6 m depth, submarine cave, 28 March 2011, 1 ovigerous female (cl 5.6 mm), ZRC 2013.0842; stn CI-D14-2011, Perpendicular Wall, 10°26.722’S, 105°33.641’E, reef slope and crest, 29 March 2011, 1 female (cl 4.5 mm), ZRC 2013.0843; stn CI-D15-2011, Boat Cave, 10°26.722’S, 105°33.641’E, reef slope and crest, 29 March 2011, 1 juvenile (cl 2.3 mm), 2 males (cl 4.6, 5.7 mm), 2 ovigerous females (cl 4.9, 5.2 mm), ZRC 2013.0844; stn CI-D17-2011, Thunderdome Cave, 10°27.906’S, 105°36.465’E, 3–16.6 m depth, submarine cave, 30 March 2011, 1 male (cl 5.4 mm), 1 female (cl 3.3 mm), ZRC 2013.0845; stn CI-D18-2011, Rhoda Wall, off Rhoda Beach., 10°27.729’S, 105°37.283’E, 5–16 m depth, reef slope and crest, 30 March 2011, 1 male (cl 5.3 mm), 1 female (cl 3.8 mm), ZRC 2013.0846.

Colour in life. The colouration of the specimens examined agrees well with that of P. scabriculus provided by Osawa & Chan (2010: fig. 123).

Distribution. Gulf of Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea, western and eastern Australia, Nansha Islands in the South China Sea, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands. Shallow water to a depth of 55 m, often associated with corals (Osawa & Chan, 2010). Now from Christmas Island in the southeastern Indian Ocean.

Remarks. The present specimens agree well with the published descriptions and illustrations of P. scabriculus (e.g., Nakasone & Miyake, 1968; Osawa, 2007; Osawa & Chan, 2010). As mentioned above, Petrolisthes scabriculus is known as a shallow subtidal species, although many of the congeners usually inhabit intertidal region.

Notes

Published as part of Osawa, Masayuki, 2014, Porcellanidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands, pp. 255-262 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology S 30 on page 260

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Biodiversity

Collection code
ZRC
Material sample ID
ZRC 2013.0842 , ZRC 2013.0843 , ZRC 2013.0844 , ZRC 2013.0845 , ZRC 2013.0846
Event date
2011-03-28 , 2011-03-29 , 2011-03-30
Verbatim event date
2011-03-28 , 2011-03-29 , 2011-03-30
Scientific name authorship
Dana
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Decapoda
Family
Porcellanidae
Genus
Petrolisthes
Species
scabriculus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Petrolisthes scabriculus (Dana, 1852) sec. Osawa, 2014

References

  • Dana JD (1852 - 1853) Crustacea. United States Exploring Expedition during the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, under the Command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N., 13: i - viii, 1-685 [1852], 686 - 1818 [1853]. Sherman C, Philadelphia. (Reprinted Antiquariaat Junk, Lochem, 1972.)
  • Osawa M & Chan TY (2010) Part III. Porcellanidae (Porcelain crabs). In: Chan TY. (ed.) Crustacean Fauna of Taiwan: Crablike Anomurans (Hippoidea, Lithodoidea and Porcellanidae). National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, pp. 67-181.
  • Nakasone Y & Miyake S (1968) Four unrecorded porcellanid crabs (Anomura: Porcellanidae) from Okinawa, the Ryukyu Islands. OHMU (Occasional Papers of Zoological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan), 1: 97-111.
  • Osawa M (2007) Porcellanidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands. Zootaxa, 1548: 1-49.