Psammoecus hiranoi Yoshida and Hirowatari 2013
Author
Ng, Peter K. L.
Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, 2 Conservatory Drive,
Author
Lin, Chia-Wei
National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, 2 Houwan Road, Checheng, Pingtung, Taiwan 944, Taiwan
Author
Ho, Ping-Ho
Department of Environmental Biology and Fisheries Science, National Taiwan Ocean University, 2 Pei-Ning Rd., Keelung 202, Taiwan
text
Zoological Studies
2018
2018-03-27
57
12
1
17
http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8064359
journal article
10.6620/ZS.2018.57-12
1810-522X
PMC6517733
31966252
12825417
Heteropilumnus satriai
Yeo, Rahayu and Ng, 2004
(
Figs. 1
D-F, 5-9)
Heteropilumnus satriai
Yeo, Rahayu and Ng, 2004: 80
, fig. 1;
Ng et al. 2008: 140
.
Material examined
:
Holotype
- male (19.3 ×
13 mm
) (
MZB
Cru
1668), station EA-D 11, rocky islet southeast of
Pulau Laut
,
Natuna Island
,
Indonesia
, coll.
Anambas Expedition
,
16 March 2002
.
Others
-
1 male
(11.1 ×
8.2 mm
) (
NMMBCD4085
), under rock with sandy substrate,
Hojie
,
Kentin
,
21°57.432'N
120°42.631'E
, southern
Taiwan
, by
SCUBA
, coll.
C.-W. Lin
,
8 July 2013
;
1 male
(18.3 × 13.0 mm) (
ZRC 2017.1043
), under rock with sand substrate,
Houbihu
,
Kentin
,
Taiwan
, by
SCUBA
, coll.
C.-W. Lin
,
8 June 2016
;
2 females
(16.1 ×
11.9 mm
, 6.8 ×
5.4mm
),
Lutao
(=
Green Island
), southern
Taiwan
, by
SCUBA
, coll.
C.- W. Lin
,
24 June 2017
;
1 female
(11.4 ×
8.2 mm
) (
NMMBCD4086
), under large rock, sand substrate,
Lutao
(=
Green Island
), southern
Taiwan
, by
SCUBA
, coll.
C.-W. Lin
,
16 August 2017
.
© 2018 Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Colour
: The colour and patterning in
H. satriai
in life is similar to that of
H. decharmoyi
except that the red patches on the ambulatory legs are relatively smaller and more uneven (
Figs. 1D, E
). There is some variation in this species, from having the red colour cover most of the carapace (
Fig. 1D
) to only covering less than half the surface (
Fig. 1E
), to the carapace and pereopods being mostly yellowish-white with only small patches of orange in small specimens (
Fig. 1F
).
Fig. 1.
Colour in life. A,
Heteropilumnus decharmoyi
(
Bouvier, 1915
)
, male (16.8 × 12.7 mm) (NMNST); B,
H. decharmoyi
(
Bouvier, 1915
)
, male (13.3 × 9.3 mm) (NMMBCD4084); C,
H. satriai
Yeo, Rahayu and Ng, 2004
, male (18.3 × 13.0 mm) (ZRC 2017.1043); D,
H. satriai
Yeo, Rahayu and Ng, 2004
, female (16.1 × 11.9 mm) (NMMBCD4086); E,
H. satriai
Yeo, Rahayu and Ng, 2004
, male (11.1 × 8.2 mm) (NMMBCD4085); F,
H. satriai
Yeo, Rahayu and Ng, 2004
, male (6.8 × 5.4 mm) (NMMBCD4086).
© 2018 Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Fig. 2.
Heteropilumnus decharmoyi
(
Bouvier, 1915
)
. A, B, E, F, male (16.8 × 12.7 mm) (NMNST); C, male (13.3 × 9.3 mm) (NMMBCD4084); D, female (8.6 × 5.9 mm) (ZRC 2017.1042). A, overall view; B-D, right side of carapace (denuded); E, frontal view of cephalothorax (right side denuded); F, left third maxilliped (denuded).
© 2018 Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Remarks
: This species was described from
one male
, which was parasitized by a rhizocephalan and collected from the Indonesian Natuna Islands in the South
China
Sea (
Yeo et al. 2004
). No colour notes were available at the time. The specimens from
Taiwan
now allow us a better understanding of its colour, morphological characters and variation.
The teeth on the anterolateral margin of smaller specimens (
e.g.
, 11.1 ×
8.2 mm
,
NMMBCD
4085) are less well defined, with the lobes relatively lower (
Fig. 6B
). In larger specimens (
e.g.
,
holotype
male and male 18.3 × 13.0 mm,
ZRC
2017.1043); the teeth are better defined and separated by more distinct clefts (
Figs. 5B
,
6D
). The male pleon of the
holotype
male is atypical as the specimen was infected with a rhizocephalan (
Fig. 6F
). The pleon of the uninfected males is more triangular, with the telson semicircular in shape (
Figs. 7C, D
,
8C, D
). The G1 of the present material varies slightly with size. In the larger male (18.3 × 13.0 mm,
ZRC
2017.1043), the distal elongated part of the G1 is gently curved to relatively straight (
Figs. 9
A-C) whereas in the smaller male (11.1 × 8.2 mmm,
NMMBCD
4085), it is gently sinuous with the tip gently curved upwards (
Figs. 9
E-G). The form of the G1 of the smaller male agrees very well with that figured by
Yeo et al. (2004
: fig. 1e, f) for the
holotype
.
Fig. 3.
Heteropilumnus decharmoyi
(
Bouvier, 1915
)
. A, B, C-E, male (16.8 × 12.7 mm) (NMNST); F, male (13.3 × 9.3 mm) (NMMBCD4084); G, female (8.6 × 5.9 mm) (ZRC 2017.1042). A, anterior thoracic sternum and pleon; B, pleon; C, outer view of right chela; D, outer view of left chela; E-G, right fourth ambulatory leg.
© 2018 Academia Sinica, Taiwan
The differences between
H. satriai
and
H. decharmoyi
have been discussed under the latter species.
Heteropilumnus satriai
is also similar to
H. granulimanus
Ward, 1933
, described from
one male
measuring 12.0 × 9.0 mm from the Capricorn Group of islands in
Queensland
,
Australia
. In
H. granulimanus
; however, the frontal margin is more truncate with the two lobes separated by a narrow fissure (
Ward 1933
: pl. 2 fig. 3) (vs. the two frontal lobes separated by a distinct V-shaped cleft in
H. satriai
,
Figs. 5B
,
6B, D
); the granules on the outer surface of the chela are more rounded, densely packed and arranged in rows (
Ward 1933
: pl. 2 fig. 4) (vs. the granules are rounded to conical and distributed evenly on surface in
H. satriai
,
Figs. 5E
,
7E
); and the male telson is relatively wider (
Ward 1933
: pl. 2 fig. 4) (vs. less wide in in
H. satriai
,
Figs. 7C, D
).
Distribution
: The species was described from the Natunas Islands in
Indonesia
, in the South
China
Sea (
Yeo et al. 2004
), and is now recorded from
Taiwan
.