New records of crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura) from the New Zealand region, including a new species of Rochinia A. Milne-Edwards, 1875 (Majidae), and a revision of the genus Dromia Weber, 1795 (Dromiidae)
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Zootaxa
2009
2009-05-18
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Mursia australiensis
Campbell, 1971
Fig. 19
Mursia australiensis
Campbell, 1971: 31
, pl. 2a, b, fig. 1. —
Galil 1993: 355
,figs 1d,
2g
, h, 3e, f, 11 (colour). —
Davie 2002: 128
.
Material Examined.
Lord Howe Rise, Capel Bank
:
NZOI
stn I730,
1 specimen
(sex unknown)
24.4 mm
x 20.0 mm (
CW
incl. spines
38.6 mm
)
,
25°32.50’S
,
159°38.99’E
,
300 m
,
10 May 1979
. This record is based on a photo of a live specimen at the time of capture: whereabouts of the specimen unknown.
Remarks.
M. australiensis
is easily distinguished from
M. microspina
by the longer lateral carapace spines (about 40% of CW, about 10% of CW in
M. microspina
), the longer meral spines on the chelipeds (about 35% of CW, about 5% of CW in
M. microspina
) and colour of patch on inner palm surface of chelipeds (small light red patch vs large dark red-purple patch). The present specimen came from
300 m
, within the known depth range of
40–
320 m
.
Distribution.
Australia
(
Queensland
,
New South Wales
),
New Caledonia
and now Lord Howe Rise, Tasman Sea. Depth range
40–
320 m
.