Trichopeltariidae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura), A New Family And Superfamily Of Eubrachyuran Crabs With Description Of One New Genus And Five New Species Author Tavares, One New Genus And Five New Species Marcos .. Museu. de. Zoologia,. Universidade. de. São. Paulo,. Caixa. Postal. 42.494,. 04218 - 970,. São. Paulo,. SP,. Brasil .. E-mail:. mdst @ usp. br. Author Cleva, Régis .. Muséum. national. d’Histoire. naturelle,. Direction. des. Collections,. Crustacés,. case. postale. 53,. 61. rue. Buffon,. 75231. Paris. Cedex. 05,. France .. E-mail:. cleva @ mnhn. fr. Author Contents, Table Of text Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 2010 São Paulo 2010-12-31 50 9 97 157 http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0031-10492010000900001&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en journal article 10.1590/S0031-10492010000900001 1807-0205 Trichopeltarion ovale Anderson, 1896 ( Figures 22 A-D; 23A-E) Trichopeltarion ovale .Anderson,.1896:103. Trichopeltarium ovale . –. Alcock. &. Anderson,. 1896:. pl. 25,.fig. 4,.4a;.Alcock.&.MacGilchrist,.1905:. pl. 75,.fig. 1,.1a-c. ? Trichopeltarium ovale .–.Alcock,.1899a:57;.1899b:99. Trichopeltarion ovale .–.Sakai,.1976:314;.Salva.&.Feldmann,. 2001:37;. Takeda. et al., . 2005:112;. Ng. et al., .2008:51.[list]. Trachycarcinus ovalis .–.Guinot,.1989:355. Trachycarcinus .aff.. ovalis .–.Guinot,.1989:358. Material examined: . Indonesia .. Makassar. Strait ,. CORINDON. 2,. stn 214,. 00°31.4’N- 117°50.1’E ,. 595- 592 m ,. 01 Nov 1980 ,. 1 ♀ . 60.0 x 58.6 mm . ( MNHN-B11572 ) ;. Tanimbar. Island ,. Baruna Jaya 1, . KARUBAR.cruise,. stn CC58,. 08°19’S- 132°02’E ,. 457-461 m ,. 31 Oct 1991 ,. 2 ♀♀ . 59.5 x 62.5. and. 64.0 x 65.3 mm . ( MNHN-B28810 ) ;. same. cruise,. stn CP 71,. 08°38’S- 131°44’E ,. 477-480 m ,. 02 Nov 1991 ,. 1 ♂ . 80.5 x 80.5 mm . (MNHN- B28811),. carapace. very. fragile,. due. to. the. probable. recent. moulting. of. the. specimen;. Piru. Bay ,. Ceram ,. Maluku ,. 03°18’S- 128°16’E ,. Coriolis , . 14 Apr 1981 ,. 1 ♀ . 69.0 x 70.0 mm,. left. epibranchial. tooth. broken. ( LIPI ) .. Philippines .. MUSORSTOM. 1,. Vauban , . stn 43,. 13°50.5’N- 120°28.0’E ,. 484- 448 m ,. 24 Mar 1976 ,. 1 ♀ .57.0 x 53, 5 mm .( MNHN-B11573 ) .. Albatross, .stn 5423,. 09°38’30”N- 121°11’E ,. Palawan ,. Cagayan. Id. ,. 508 fms. ( 928 m ),. 31 Mar 1909 ,. 1 ♀ . 45.0 x 46.8 mm . ( USNM . 239373).. Taiwan .. TAIWAN .2001,.stn CD.138 ,. 22°13.13’N- 120°20.17’E ,. 441-789 m ,. 23 Nov 2001 ,. 1 ♀ . 59.5 x 60.5 mm . ( NTOU ) . Type locality: . Southwest. of. Ceylon ,. 06°50’20”N- 79°36’E ,. 329.1-396.8 m . Remarks: Trichopeltarion ovale . and. T. crosnieri . resemble. one. another. in. having. the. P5. merus-carpus. articulation.lying.well.before.the.carapace.second.epibranchial.tooth,.in.which.they.differ.from. T. alcocki , . whose. P5. merus-carpus. articulation. almost. reaches. the.second.epibranchial.tooth..Otherwise,.the.distinction. between. Trichopeltarion ovale .and. T. crosnieri .is. clear-cut..In. Trichopeltarion ovale .the.rostral.teeth.are. usually.of.the.same.length.or.the.central.tooth.is.only. slightly. longer.than.the. laterals,.whilst.in. T. cronieri . the.central.rostral. tooth.is.always. much.longer.than. the. laterals..The. short. carapace. second. epibranchial. tooth.in. Trichopeltarion ovale .and.the.strong.and.extremely.long.second.epibranchial.tooth.in. T. crosnieri . further. support. the. distinction. between. these. two. species. Distribution: . Ceylon ,. Taiwan ,. Philippines ,. Indonesia ,. and. Japan ,.between.100.and.928.meters.depth.