New records of deepsea spider crabs of the genus Cyrtomaia Miers, 1886, from the Pacific Ocean, with description of a new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Majidae)
Author
Forges, Bertrand Richer De
Author
Ng, Peter K. L.
text
Zootaxa
2008
1861
17
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.183679
601caac8-7023-4c2c-997e-42fd7524058e
11755326
183679
Cyrtomaia
Miers, 1886
Cyrtomaia
Miers, 1886
(
type
species
Cyrtomaia murrayi
Miers, 1886
, subsequent designation by Guinot & Richer de
Forges, 1982b
; gender feminine)
Echinomaia
Borradaile, 1916
(
type
species
Echinomaia hispida
Borradaile, 1916
, by monotypy; gender feminine)
Remarks
. The genus
Cyrtomaia
Miers, 1886
, was established for
C. murrayi
Miers, 1886
, from
Indonesia
(
type
species selected by Guinot & Richer de
Forges 1982b
). Guinot & Richer de
Forges (1982a
,
b
) partially reviewed the genus and recognized 21 species.
Griffin & Tranter (1986)
, however, disagreed with the validity of some of the characters proposed by Guinot & Richer de
Forges (1982a
,
b
), arguing that there was more extensive variation than was previously recognized, especially for taxa in which there was little material, and as a result recognized only 17 species. Guinot & Richer de
Forges (1986)
, utilizing the extensive material collected by the MUSORSTOM 2 expedition, disagreed with some of Griffin & Tranter’s arguments, and further discussed the validity of some species. Richer de Forges & Guinot (1988, 1990) and Richer de Forges & Ng (2007a, b) subsequently described more species. In this study, we recognise 29 species, all of which are characteristic of the upper bathyal zone, occurring between 200 and
1000 m
deep.