Ten Species of Crabs of the Families Acidopsidae, Aphanodactylidae and Pilumnidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from the Ogasawara Islands, Japan
Author
deVries, Maaike
Author
McGillis Hall, Linda
Author
Dainty, Katie
Author
Fan, Mark
Author
Tscheng, Dorothy
Author
Hamilton, Michael
Author
Trbovich, Patricia
text
Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science. Series A, Zoology
2024
2024-11-22
50
4
155
169
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2025.01.001
journal article
10.50826/bnmnszool.50.4_155
2434-091X
14680481
Nanopilumnus heterodon
(
Sakai, 1934
)
[Jn: Kawari-kebukagani]
(
Fig. 4D–E
)
Pilumnus heterodon
Sakai, 1934
, p. 307
, fig. 19; 1976, pp. 484 (in key), 488 (English vol.), p. 301 (Japanese vol.), fig. 262a, pl. 174 fig. 3. —
Sankarankutty, 1962
, p. 114
, figs. 48–50. —
Muraoka, 1998
, p. 44
. —
Takeda & Manuel, 2000
, p. 159
, fig. 4B. —
Kato & Okuno, 2001
, p. 131
, 1 unnumbered fig.
Pilumnus barbatus
A.
Milne-Edwards, 1873
:
Balss, 1938
, p. 57
. —
Sakai, 1939
, p. 538
. —
Takeda & Miyake, 1968
, p. 9
, figs. 1d–f, 2.
Nanopilumnus heterodon
:
Ng
et al.
, 2008
, p. 141
(in list). —
Trivedi
et al.
, 2018
, p. 60
(in list).
Material examined
.
ɹ
Chichi-jima Is. —Omura Beach (
27°05′35′′N
,
142°11′38′′E
), Chichi-jima I.,
12 m
, 1
ˁ
(cb 7.9×cl
5.7 mm
), NSMT-Cr 32394,
13-XI-2013
, coll. by H. Komatsu.
Remarks
.
ɹ
This small species is characterized by the club-shaped hairs of filthy appearance covering the carapace, chelipeds and ambulatory legs; the hairs are variable in length, but basically separated into short and long
types
. As shown in
Fig. 4D–E
, of three anterolateral teeth of the carapace behind the external orbital tooth, the first two are prominent and elongate, each with a minute horny tip, protruding from the hairs; the first originates from behind the outer part of the supraorbital margin, directing anterolaterally; the second is similar to the first in size and shape, but directed more anteriorly and weakly curving forwards; the third is small, acute at tip, and disguised by the hairs. The differences of the carapace anterolateral armature of this species and the close relative,
N. barbatus
(A.
Milne-Edwards, 1873
)
, were illustrated by
Sakai (1976)
.
Distribution
.
ɹ
Known from
Japan
, the
Philippines
,
Singapore
and the
Palau
Islands in the West Pacific Ocean, and the
Nicobar Islands
in the eastern Indian Ocean.