Burrowing lobsters mostly from shallow coastal environments in Papua New Guinea (Crustacea: Axiidea: Axiidae, Micheleidae)
Author
Poore, Gary C. B.
text
Memoirs of Museum Victoria
2018
2018-12-31
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http://dx.doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2018.77.01
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Ralumcaris bisquamosa
(De
Man, 1905
)
Figs 2e
,
6h, i
Axiopsis
(
Paraxiopsis
)
bisquamosa
De
Man, 1905: 597
.—De
Man, 1925: 7
, 72, 109, pl. 8 fig. 20–20c, pl. 9 fig. 20d–m.—
Holthuis, 1953: 51
.
Eutrichocheles bisquamosa
.—
Sakai and de Saint Laurent, 1989: 53
, fig. 15.—
Kensley, 1994: 822
.
Paraxiopsis bisquamosa
.—
Kensley, 1996: 711
, 712.—
Kensley, 2003: 372
, table 2.
Ralumcaris bisquamosa
.—
Sakai, 2011: 183–185
, figs 33, 34.
Material examined
.
Papua New Guinea
.
Madang Province
,
PAPUA NIUGINI
stations.
Rempi Area
,
W of Barag
I.,
05° 01.2'S
,
145° 47.9'E
,
5–10 m
(stn
PD45
),
IU-2013-7130
(male,
2.6 mm
).
N of Kranket
I.,
05° 11.3' S
,
145° 49.6' E
,
5 m
(stn
PB47
),
IU-2013-7037
(ovigerous female,
3.6 mm
).
Cape Barschtch,
05° 03.9' S
,
145° 48.8' E
,
12 m
(stn
PB27
),
IU-2013-7119
(male,
3.2 mm
).
Tab I.
, inner slope,
05° 10.1' S
,
145° 50.2' E
,
1–4 m
(stn PR162),
IU-2013-7120
(male,
4.1 mm
)
.
New Ireland Province
,
Kavieng region
, KAVIENG 2014 stations.
Steffen Strait, W
side of
Wadei I.
,
02° 39.5' S
,
150° 37.7' E
,
15 m
(stn
KS31
),
IU-2014-2451
(juvenile damaged),
IU-2016-8135
(juvenile,
2.9 mm
). W side of
Tsoilaunung I.
,
02° 32.8' S
,
150° 30.8' E
,
6 m
stn KB48),
IU-2014-2619
(ovigerous female,
5.9 mm
).
Tab I.
,
N.L. Bruce
,
05° 10' S
,
145° 51' E
,
NMV
J34090
(ovigerous female,
4.2 mm
)
.
Distribution.
Indonesia
,
Papua New Guinea
, Mariana Is;
1–36 m
depth.
Remarks.
Kensley (1996)
pointed out the differences between
Paraxiopsis bisquamosa
and the remaining species of this genus and excluded the species from
Paraxiopsis
as redefined by him.
Sakai (2011)
described and figured De Man’s
holotype
(ZMA Crust. De. 102.674) but labelled it as ‘lectotype’.