Crabs of the Families Tetraliidae, Trapeziidae and Xanthidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) new to the Ogasawara Islands, Japan
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Alrasheedi, Sami M
Author
Alrashdi, Mousa N
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Alhumaidan, Lama S
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Alkhdairi, Ahmad
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Alzweihary, Ali M
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Alhussaini, Omar M
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Alharbi, Lama S
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Albalawi, Amirah N
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Almutairi, Turki F
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Alharbi, Osama A G
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Bashal, Afaf A M
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Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science. Series A, Zoology
2024
2024-02-22
50
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_1222_23
journal article
299042
10.50826/bnmnszool.50.1_1
f4b1c0d6-56d0-41bb-9517-9069590afef9
2434-091X
12572038
Platypodia anaglypta
(
Heller, 1861
)
[Jn: Hiraashi-ougigani]
(
Fig. 3G
)
Material examined
.
Chichi-jima Is.
—
Chichi-jima I.
,
Miyano-hama
(
27°06′16″N
,
142°11′39″E
),
2–5 m
, 1 ♂ (NSMT-Cr 31539; cb 12.5×cl 8.0 mm),
30-VI-2014
,
H. Komatsu
leg.
;
Chichi-jima I.
,
Nagasaki
(
27°05′58″N
,
142°13′06″E
),
12–14 m
, 1 ♂ (NSMT-Cr 31540; cb 18.2×cl
11.5 mm
),
1-VII-2014
,
H. Komatsu
leg.
Haha-jima Is.—Haha-jima I., diving site
Shihon-iwa South
(
26°38′49″N
,
142°08′36″E
),
1 juv.
(NSMT-Cr 31541; cb 7.1×cl
4.3 mm
),
6-VII-2015
, H. Komatsu leg.; Haha-jima I., Waki-hama (
26°38′10″N
,
142°09′29″E
), 1♂ (NSMT-Cr 31542; cb 9.3×cl
6.3 mm
),
7-VII-2015
, H. Komatsu leg.
Remarks.
This species is closer to the
Platypodia
species
than the
Lophozozymus
species
especially in the armature of the carapace anterolateral teeth. In life, the carapace dorsal surface is chocolate brown mottled with complex whitish pattern camouflaged to the surroundings. Its color pattern is variable individually, but may be one of the characteristics of this species (
Sakai, 1976
, pl. 144 fig. 2;
Kato and Okuno, 2001
, p. 126, 1 unnumbered fig., as
Atergatis floridus
(Linnaeus)
;
Mendoza
et al.
, 2014
, fig. 4F;
Maenosono, 2022c
, fig. 10A; present paper, fig. 3G). The carapace dorsal surface is smooth and shallowly separated into regions, with the crested anterolateral margin which is marked with three closed indentations; the last or fourth lobe is small and obtuse, but not isolated from the anterior lobe different from the formation in
Lophozoymus
. The upper margins of the palms and ambulatory meri, carpi and propodi are strongly crested.
Distribution.
Widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific from the Red Sea to the South Pacific and northwards to the Ryukyu Islands.