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)
Author
Forges, Bertrand Richer De
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
Author
Ng, Peter K. L.
text
Zootaxa
2008
2008-12-19
1967
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35
journal article
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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
.