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Latreillopsis gracilipes Guinot & Richer de Forges 1981

  • 1. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, BPA 5, Nouméa cedex, New Caledonia. E-mail: richer @ noumea. ird. nc Tropical Marine Science Institute and Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore 119260, Republic of Singapore. E-mail: peterng @ nus. edu. sg

Description

Latreillopsis gracilipes Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1981

(Fig. 23A–D)

Latreillopsis gracilipes Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1981: 557, figs. 3G, 4H, 6C, C1, pl. 7, fig. 1, 1a. — Guinot & Richer de Forges 1995: 402, fig. 38 a–d. — Cleva et al. 2007: 252, Fig. 21C. — Ng et al. 2008: 40.

Material examined. Vanuatu: Espiritu Santo I., SANTO 2006, stn. AT 5, 15°39.9’S 167°03.84’E, 114–132 m, 15 September 2006: 1 ovigerous female (9.7 x 6.6 mm, photographed) (MNHN-B31298).— Stn. AT 6, 15°38.2’S 167°02.2’E, 140–167 m, 15 September 2008: 1 male (5.9 x 4.3 mm) (ZRC 2008.0996).— Stn. AT 11, 15°39.5’S – 167°01.5’E, 272–286 m, 17 September 2006: 5 males (9.1 x 6.6 mm –7.4 x 5.1 mm), 5 females (from 7.9 x 5.9 mm to 5.2 x 3.9 mm) (MNHN-B31299).— Stn. AT 14, 15°23.7’S 167°12.9’E, 102–120 m, 19 September 2006: 1 male (7.6 x 5.2 mm), 2 juveniles (ZRC 2008.0997).— Stn. AT 17, 15°39.9’S 167°02.0’E, 267–270 m, 21 September 2006: 1 male (11.0 x 7.4 mm), 1 female (8.1 x 6.4 mm) (MNHN-B31300).— Stn. AT18, 15°41.3’S 167°02.6’E, 321–336 m, 21 September 2006: 1 male (9.4 x 6.4 mm), 1 female (8.6 x 6.6 mm), 1 juvenile (4.0 x 2.9 mm) (ZRC 2008.0998).— Stn. AT 61, 15°39.2’S 167°01.4’E, 266–281 m, 4 October 2006: 2 ovigerous females (11.4 x 8.2 mm, 10.7 x 8.0 mm) (MNHN-B31301).— Stn. AT 63, 15°39.6’S 167°01.3’E, 290–334 m, 4 October 2006: 4 males (10.2 x 6.9 mm, 9.3 x 5.5 mm, 8.4 x 6.2 mm, 6.3 x 4.2 mm), 2 females (8.6 x 5.8 mm, 8.7 x 5.9 mm) (ZRC 2008.0999).— Stn. AT 64, 15°39.6’S 167°01.9’E, 249–252 m, 4 October 2006: 2 females (8.7 x 6.6 mm, 8.1 x 5.8 mm) (MNHN-B31302).— Stn. AT 76, 15°38.7’S 167°03.6’E, 105–135 m, 10 October 2006: 1 ovigerous female (10.2 x 6.6 mm), 3 females (7.4 x 5.4 mm, 6.1 x 4.9 mm, 7.0 x 5.0 mm), 1 juvenile (4.7 x 3.1 mm) (ZRC 2008.1000).— Stn. AT 77, 15°39.2’S 167°03.2’E, 142–171 m, 10 October 2006: 1 male (7.7 x 4.9 mm) (MNHN-B31303). – AT 121, 15°38.7’S 167°01.2’E, 275–290 m, 19 October 2006: 6 males (10.1 x 7.1 mm, 9.1 x 6.7 mm, 7.8 x 5.9 mm, 9.6 x 6.6 mm, 7.9 x 5.6 mm, 6.6 x 4.5 mm), 1 ovigerous female (10.9 x 7.8 mm, 4 females 7.7 x 5.1 mm, 7.7 x 6.0 mm, 5.3 x 3.3 mm, 6.5 x 3.9 mm), 2 juveniles (4.6 x 3.4 mm, 5.3 x 4.5 mm) (MNHN-B31304).

Remarks. Latreillopsis gracilipes was first described from New Caledonia and is here recorded for the first time from Vanuatu, where it is common at depths of 114 to 336 m.

Notes

Published as part of Forges, Bertrand Richer De & Ng, Peter K. L., 2008, New western Pacific records of Homolidae De Haan, 1839, with descriptions of new species of Homolochunia Doflein, 1904, and Latreillopsis Henderson, 1888 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), pp. 1-35 in Zootaxa 1967 on page 28

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  • Guinot, D. & B. Richer de Forges (1981) Homolidae, rares ou nouveaux de l'Indo-Pacifique (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura). Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, (4) 3 (A 2): 523 - 581.
  • Guinot, D. & Richer de Forges, B. (1995) Crustacea Decapoda Brachyura: Revision de la famille des Homolidae de Haan, 1839. In: A. Crosnier (ed.), Resultats des campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 13. Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 163, 283 - 517.
  • Cleva, R., Guinot, D. & Albenga, L. (2007) Annotated catalogue of brachyuran type specimens (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) deposited in the Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. Part I. Podotremata. Zoosystema, 29 (2), 229 - 279.
  • Ng, P. K. L., Guinot, D. & Davie, P. J. F. (2008) Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant brachyuran crabs of the world. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement 17, 1 - 286.