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Petrolisthes virgatus Paulson 1875

Description

15. Petrolisthes virgatus Paulson, 1875

(Fig. 15)

Petrolisthes virgatus Paulson, 1875: 87, pl. 11, fig. 4.— Lewinsohn 1969: 149, figs. 32a–e; Nakasone & Miyake 1972: 136, figs. 1A–G.— Lewinsohn 1979: 49.— Hogarth 1988: 1102.

Material examined. 1 Ψ (SMF 4646), Red Sea, 1826, leg. E. Rüppell.

Measurements. 6.4 x 6.0 mm.

Remarks. Petrolisthes virgatus is a rare species, with a main distribution apparently confined to the Red Sea and the subsequent African coast, south to Delagoa Bay, Mozambique. In the western Pacific there are only two records, both from Japan (Nakasone & Miyake 1972).

Other

Published as part of Werding, Bernd & Hiller, Alexandra, 2007, The Porcellanidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) of the Red Sea with description of a new species of Petrolisthes, pp. 1-24 in Zootaxa 1460 on page 16, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.176386

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Porcellanidae
Genus
Petrolisthes
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Decapoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Paulson
Species
virgatus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Petrolisthes virgatus Paulson, 1875 sec. Werding & Hiller, 2007

References

  • Paulson, O. (1875) Isledovaniya rakoobraznykh krasnago morya s zametkami otnositel`no rakoobraznykh drugikhmorei, xiv + 144 pp. (1961 English translation 164 pp)
  • Lewinsohn, C. (1969) Die Anomuren des Roten Meeres (Crustacea Decapoda: Paguridae, Galatheidea, Hippidea). Zoologische Verhandelingen, 104, 1 - 210.
  • Nakasone, Y. & Miyake, S. (1972) Four unrecorded porcellanid crabs (Anomura: Porcellanidae) from Japan. Bulletin of Science & Engineering Division University of the Ryukyus, Mathematics & Natural Sciences, 15, 136 - 147.
  • Lewinsohn, C. (1979) Researches on the coast of Somalia. The shore and the Dune of Sar Uanle. 23. Porcellanidae (Crustacea Decapoda Anomura). Italian Journal of Zoology, Supplemento XII, 39 - 57.
  • Hogarth, P. J. (1988) Anomuran Crustacea (Paguridae, Porcellanidae, and Hippidae) from Oman, principally from Dhofar province, southern Oman. Journal of Natural History, 22, 1095 - 1110.