The Homolidae of the Hawaiian Islands, with notes on the taxonomy of Moloha major (Kubo, 1936) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)
Author
Ng, Peter K. L.
Author
Forges, Bertrand Richer De
Author
Martin, Joel W.
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-07-07
4809
2
306
328
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4809.2.4
1175-5326
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Lamoha personata
(
Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1981
)
Hypsophrys personata
Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1981: 543
, figs. 4A, 5B, B1, 7D, pl. 4 fig. 3, 3a, b, 4, pl. 7 fig. 3, 3a;
Guinot & Richer de Forges 1995: 453
, figs. 3, 58A, B, 59a, b, 61a, b;
Ng
et al.
2008: 40
.
Hypsophrys williamsi
—
Titgen 1988: 144
(not
Hypsophrys williamsi
Takeda, 1980
).
Hypsophrys
aff.
williamsi
—
Guinot & Richer de Forges 1995: 453
, figs. 59 e–f, 61 e, f, k.
Lamoha williamsi
—
Castro 2011: 35
.
Material examined
.
Hawaiian Islands
:
1 male
(33.0 ×
29.4 mm
),
2 females
(30.0 ×
28.3 mm
, 30.0 ×
26.7 mm
) (
BPBM
S10614
),
Kona
,
666 m
,
from
Heterocarpus
trap
, coll.
R
.
H. Titgen
,
15 January 1987
.—
1 male
(37.0 × 33.0 mm), 1 ovigerous female (31.3 × 29.0 mm) (
BPBM-S10628
),
400 m
,
in shrimp trap
, coll.
R
.
H. Titgen
,
5 October 1980
.
Remarks
.
Titgen (1988: 144)
recorded two males and three females from Kona in the island of
Hawai‘i
and identified them with
L. williamsi
(
Takeda, 1980
)
(as a
Hypsophrys
).
Guinot & Richer de Forges (1995: 453
, figs. 59 e–f, 61 e–f, k) examined the material, figured a specimen and doubted the identity of the specimens, preferring to refer to them only as “
Hypsophrys
aff.
williamsi
”.
Ng & Wang (2002: 21)
examined material of
L. personata
(
Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1981
)
, from
Guam
and on the basis of the structure of the chela, ambulatory leg proportions, and armature on the dorsal margin of the P2–P4 merus, commented that
Titgen’s (1988)
record of “
H. williamsi
” from the Hawaiian Islands is clearly
L. personata
.
Distribution
. Known from
Vanuatu
(
type
locality),
Guam
,
Samoa
,
French Polynesia
, Austral Islands,
Kiribati
, and the Hawaiian Islands (Kona),
450–900 m
(
Guinot & Richer de Forges 1995
;
Ng & Wang 2002
).