New occurrences of lithodid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae) from the coasts of Africa, with the description of a new species of Paralomis White, 1856 Author Muñoz, Isabel Author García-Isarch, Eva text Zootaxa 2013 3670 1 45 54 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3670.1.3 3a83f965-6c30-4ea6-ac1d-e8bffa8bbccd 1175-5326 283929 D6699EB5-CC57-4D5E-AFE8-6C300C847DEB Lithodes mamillifer Macpherson, 1988 Lithodes murrayi .— Kensley, 1977: 166, fig. 3 (not L. murrayi Henderson, 1888 ). Lithodes mamillifer Macpherson, 1988b: 122 , pls. 2A–B, 3A; Ahyong, 2010: 15 (list); McLaughlin et al ., 2010: 12 (list). Material examined. Mozambique : MOZAMBIQUE 0307, stn 4, 26 °47.6'S, 33°08.5'E ,, 619–621 m , 14.III.2007 , 1 female , 53 × 51 mm (IEO-CD-MZ07/300); MOZAMBIQUE 0 308, stn 92, 26 °47.6' S, 33°52.7'E , 675–681 m , 5.IV.2008 , 2 females , 59 × 57 mm (IEO-CD-MZ08/301), 32 × 30 mm (IEO-CD-MZ08/302); MOZAMBIQUE 0308, stn 104, 26 °46.9'S, 33°11.5'E , 691–692 m , 7.IV.2007 , 2 females , 40 × 37 mm (IEO-CD- MZ08/303), 27 × 24 mm (IEO-CD-MZ08/304) and 2 males , 37 × 33 mm (IEO-CD-MZ08/305), 15 × 14 mm (IEO- CD-MZ08/306); MOZAMBIQUE 0308, stn 108, 26 °35.2'S, 33°16.3'E , 659–664 m , 8.IV.2008 , 2 females , 37 × 35 mm (IEO-CD-MZ08/307), 33 × 30 mm (IEO-CD-MZ08/308) and 1 male , 13 × 11 mm (IEO-CD-MZ08/309); MOZAMBIQUE 0309, stn 7, 26 °46.3'S, 33°12.4'E , 690 m , 14.III.2009 , 3 females , 38 × 36 mm (IEO-CD-MZ09/ 312), 24 × 22 mm (IEO-CD-MZ09/313), 13 × 13 mm (IEO-CD-MZ09/314); MOZAMBIQUE 0309, stn 92, 25 °58.4'S, 34°36.4'E , 619–623 m , 2.IV.2009 , 1 ovigerous female, 169 × 152 mm (IEO-CD-MZ09/315); MOZAMBIQUE 0309, stn 107, 26 °34.7'S, 33°42.3'E , 685 m , 5.IV.2009 , 2 males , 23 × 22 mm (IEO-CD-MZ09/ 310), 14 × 13 mm (IEO-CD-MZ09/311). Distribution. The species was previously known only from the type locality ( Madagascar ) and Natal ( South Africa ) between 550 and 800 m (Kensley 1974; Macpherson 1988b). The present material extends its geographic distribution slightly to the north ( Mozambique ), between 619 and 692 m .