On a collection of calappid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from Fiji, with a description of a new species of Mursia
Author
Galil, Bella S.
text
Zootaxa
2013
3734
4
485
491
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3734.4.6
69f887ce-afe9-4097-bc9c-2e9a4aa0d4cd
1175-5326
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Paracyclois milneedwardsi
Miers, 1886
Paracyclois milneedwardsi
Miers, 1886: 289
, pl. 24, fig. 1. — Galil 2007: 556. — Galil & Ng 2009: 53; 2010: 143.
Material examined
. MUSORSTOM 10. Bligh Water, stn CP1318,
17°15.6’S
178°03.4’E
,
330–335 m
, 6.08.1998,
1 ♂
(
21.1 mm
), MNHN-IU-2013-6969; stn CP1325,
17°16.4’S
177°49.8’E
,
282–322 m
, 7.08.1998,
1 ♂
(29.0 mm), MNHN-IU-2013-6979; stn CP1328,
17°16.8’S
177°50.4’E
,
248–277 m
, 7.08.1998,
1 ♂
(
51.2 mm
), MNHN- IU-2013-6982. Southeast of
Viti
Levu, stn CP1348,
17°30.3’S
178°39.6’E
,
353–390 m
,
11.08.1998
, 1 ♀ (
37.7 mm
), 4 pre-adults (
18.3-23.7 mm
), MNHN-IU-2013-6981; stn CP1360,
17°59.6’S
178°48.2’E
,
402–444 m
,
13.08.1998
, 1 ♀ (
24.6 mm
), MNHN-IU-2013-6958. South of
Viti
Levu, stn CP1368,
18°10.9’S
178°23.5’E
,
380– 469 m
,
15.08.1998
,
1 ♂
(
21.4 mm
), MNHN-IU-2013-6959; stn CP1389,
18°18.6’S
178°04.7’E
,
241–417 m
,
19.08.1998
, 1 ♀ (
48.1 mm
), MNHN-IU-2013-6986. — BORDAU 1. stn CP1467,
18°12’S
178°36’W
,
417–427 m
, 6.03.1999,
1 ♂
(40.0 mm), MNHN-IU-2013-6987.
Distribution
. Originally described from the Admiralty Is (
Bismarck Archipelago
),
it has been subsequently recorded from
Japan
,
Taiwan
,
Philippines
,
Solomon Islands
and
Vanuatu
(Galil 2007; Galil & Ng 2009, 2010). New record for
Fiji
.