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Polyonyx triunguiculatus Zehntner 1894

Description

17. Polyonyx triunguiculatus Zehntner, 1894

(Fig. 17)

Polyonyx triunguiculatus Zehntner, 1894: 185.— Lewinsohn 1969: 158, figs. 35a–h.— Haig 1979: 133, figs. 23–25.— Johnson 1970: 36.— Haig 1983: 286; 1989: 99.— Yang 1996: 262, fig. 4.— Yang & Naiyanetr 1997: 6, figs. 3A–E.— Komai 2000: 367.

Material examined. 1 ɗ (SMF 25676), Red Sea, Sudan, Sanganeb Atoll, 2 Oct. 1992, S-Jetty, 30 m, dead corals, SAN 110; 1ɗ (ZMB), Red Sea; 1 ɗ, 1 Ψ (SMF 25677) Sudan, Red Sea Province, Sanganeb-Atoll 28 km NE Port Sudan, S-Mole, SAN-114, 50 m, from dead Stylophora, 25 Sep. 1992, leg V. Neumann.

Measurements. Largest ɗ 2.4 x 2.9 mm; largest Ψ 3.0 x 3.6 mm.

Distribution. Indian Ocean from Madagascar to Western Australia, including the Red Sea, and in the western Pacific eastwards to the Moluccas.

Notes

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 19, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.176386

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Porcellanidae
Genus
Polyonyx
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Decapoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Zehntner
Species
triunguiculatus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Polyonyx triunguiculatus Zehntner, 1894 sec. Werding & Hiller, 2007

References

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  • Lewinsohn, C. (1969) Die Anomuren des Roten Meeres (Crustacea Decapoda: Paguridae, Galatheidea, Hippidea). Zoologische Verhandelingen, 104, 1 - 210.
  • Haig, J. (1979) V. Porcellanidae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura). In: Th. Monod & R. Werene, (Eds.), Expedition Rumphius II (1975) Crustaces parasites, commensaux, etc. Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, 4 Serie, 1, Section 1 (1), 119 - 136.
  • Johnson, D. S. (1970) The Galatheidea (Crustacea: Decapoda) of Singapore and adjacent Waters. Bulletin of the national Museum Singapore, 35 (1), 1 - 43.
  • Haig, J. (1983) Porcellanidae (Decapoda, Anomura) from the Seychelles, Western Indian Ocean. Crustaceana, 45 (3), 279 - 289
  • Yang, S. L. (1996) New species and new records of porcellanid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from Nansha Islands, China. Studies on the Marine Flora and Fauna of Nansha Islands and Neighbouring Waters 2, 258 - 269.
  • Yang, S. L. & Naiyanetr P. (1997) Thailand´s porcellanid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura). Memoirs of Beijing Natural History Museum, 56, 1 - 13.
  • Komai, T. (2000) A check list of Thalassinidea and Anomura (Crustacea: Decapoda) from the South China Sea. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement 8, 343 - 376.