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
28
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.183679
601caac8-7023-4c2c-997e-42fd7524058e
11755326
183679
Cyrtomaia coriolisi
Richer
de Forges & Guinot, 1988
Cyrtomaia coriolisi
Richer
de Forges & Guinot, 1988: 40, fig. 1, pl. I, a–c. – Richer de Forges & Ng, 2007: 56. – Ng et al. 2008: 110.
Material examined
.
New Caledonia
:
NORFOLK
1, stn. CP 1661,
23°38.0’S
–
167°41.9’E
,
468 m
,
20 June 2001
:
1 female
(broken, 40.2 x
46.6 mm
) (MNHNB30732). –
NORFOLK
2, stn. DW 2088,
24°57.48’S
–
168°21.70’E
,
627 m
,
28 October 2003
:
3 males
(48.6 x
50.1 mm
, 52.9 x
53.6 mm
, 45.5 x
50.3 mm
) (
ZRC
2008.0748). –
Fiji
: Lau Ridge, BORDAU 1, stn. CP 1400,
16°28.22’S
–
179°50.66’W
,
1004–1012 m
,
25 February 1999
: 1 ovigerous female (50.7 x
55.5 mm
),
1 juvenile
(25.0 x
25.9 mm
) (MNHNB30731, B30730).
Remarks
. This species was originally described from the Chesterfield
Island
, but some specimens were also collected from the
Norfolk
Ridge seamounts. The present record from
Fiji
extends its range to the east.