New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide Author Boyko, Christopher B. text Zootaxa 2010 2555 49 61 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.196904 a9a5615d-3acd-4ceb-84f1-7da9def7bdcd 1175-5326 196904 Albunea symmysta ( Linnaeus, 1758 ) Albunea symnista [sic]. — Latreille, 1829 : 74 . — Garstang, 1897 : 224 –227, pl. 14, fig. 4a, b. — Estampador, 1959 : 59 . Albunea symmysta . — Davie, 2002 : 27 . — Boyko, 2002 : 303 –313, figs. 98, 99 (full synonymy). — Osawa et al. , 2010 :20 –21, fig.11. ? Albunea symnista [sic]. — Wang, 1991 : 8 , 24, 279. — Wang & Yang, 1994 : 573 . — Scholtz & Richter, 1995 : 291 . — Muraoka, 1998 : 56 . — Komai, 2000 : 368 (list). — Wang & Yang, 2001 : 351 . — Wang, 2008 : 748 (list). Material examined. Madagascar : specific locality unknown, 1928, coll. Mme. Prevot: 1 male , 18.8 mm cl ( MNHN –Hi 149); India : Madras, 1874, coll. Rev. E. Jermyn: 1 female , 18.9 mm cl ( OUMNH 2008-09 - 0112); near Madras, 1899, coll. E. S. Goodrich: 1 immature female, 8.7 mm cl ( OUMNH 2008-09 -0111). Distribution. East coast of India throughout southeast Asia to Taiwan , Queensland and Lord Howe Island , Australia , in up to 151.5 m depth ( Boyko 2002 ; Osawa et al. 2010 ); possibly from Madagascar (needs confirmation, see below). Remarks. As with the Madagascan specimen of Albunea groeningi reported above, A . symmysta is otherwise unknown from Madagascar , or indeed any part of the western Indian Ocean (see distribution). The locality data on the handwritten (in pen) label accompanying this specimen reads only “ Madagascar ” with an identification of A . steinitzi Holthuis, 1958 . However, the label is clearly not original and consultation of the MNHN catalogue books provided no additional data. Thomassin (1969) reported this species from Madagascar , but examined no specimens nor cited any verifiable records from the literature (see Boyko 2002 ). In the absence of additional Madagascan material beyond the single specimen reported herein, I consider this a possible record of A . symmysta from Madagascar , but not a verified extension of the species’ range. All of the above “?” citations of this species as Albunea “ symnista ” are possibly of this species but may well be misidentifications, especially the material from China . The specimen cited by Garstang (1897) from Madras, India , however, is clearly A . symmysta , based on direct examination of the specimen (OUMNH 2008- 09 -0112) upon which his illustration was based.