The Euxanthine Crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura: Xanthidae) Of The Philippines
Author
Mendoza, Jose Christopher E.
Author
Ng, Peter K. L.
text
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
2010
2010-02-28
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5342421
2345-7600
5342421
Euxanthus herdmani
Laurie, 1906
(
Fig. 1D
)
Euxanthus herdmani
– Garth & Kim, 1983: 669;
Serène, 1984: 85
, Pl. 11 Fig. D.
Material examined. –
1 male
, 10.0 ×
7.6 mm
(NMCR-27334),
Stn. S
32,
9°35.8'N
123°44.6'E
,
Looc
,
Panglao Is.
,
2–3 m
, coll.
PANGLAO 2004
Expedition,
28 Jun.2004
.
Remarks. –
This is a rarely reported species and the single male specimen agrees well with the original description and figure as well as those in
Serène (1984)
. The carapace is orange, with blotches of dark brown on the supraorbital region and portions of the first and second anterolateral teeth. The cardiac and medial intestinal regions are brownishorange. The posterolateral concavity for the coadaptation of ambulatory legs is white. The meri of the chelipeds and P2–P4 are generally white, the carpi, propodi, and dactyli are pinkish-purple. In P5, only the proximal portions of the merus and dactylus are pinkish-purple, with the rest being white.
Euxanthus herdmani
has previously been recorded from
Camiguin
Island, in the
Philippines
(Garth & Kim, 1983), as well as
Sri Lanka
and
Seychelles
, in the western Indian Ocean (
Guinot-Dumortier, 1960
;
Serène, 1984
).