Decapod Crustacea collected by the NORFANZ Expedition: Galatheidae and Polychelidae
Author
Ahyong, Shane T.
text
Zootaxa
2007
1593
1
54
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.178624
7466bbb6-f889-4e40-b22d-e3aee96f9acb
1175-5326
178624
Agononida procera
Ahyong & Poore, 2004
(
Fig. 6
E)
Agononida procera
Ahyong & Poore, 2004
: 10
–13, fig. 1 [
type
locality: E of Broken Bay, New South
Wales
,
Australia
;
823 m
]. —
Machordom & Macpherson 2004
: table 2. —
Baba 2005
: 234
, 236.
Material examined.
Lord Howe Rise:
AM P73017,
1 female
(
15.7 mm
),
29°13.61’S
,
159°02.49’E
,
740–800 m
, TAN0308/56 #026,
21 May 2003
;
NMNZ
,
1 female
(
14.3 mm
), E of Ball’s Pyramid,
31°45.73’S
,
159°20.93’E
,
565–960 m
, TAN0308/66 #33,
23 May 2003
;
NIWA
28073,
1 female
(
21.4 mm
),
34°12.18’S
,
162°41.18’E
,
748–772 m
, TAN0308/89 #39,
26 May 2003
.
Remarks.
The present specimens of
A. procera
agree well with the
type
description and extend the known range to the southern Lord Howe Rise.
Colour in life.
Base colour white. Pereopods with transverse red and white bands. Carapace with diffuse orange-red markings, darkest on peaks of transverse ridges.
Distribution.
Eastern
Australia
, the Lord Howe Rise, and
New Caledonia
;
450–960 m
(
Ahyong & Poore 2004
;
Machordom & Macpherson 2004
; this study).