The Porcellanidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) of the Red Sea with description of a new species of Petrolisthes Author Werding, Bernd Author Hiller, Alexandra text Zootaxa 2007 1460 1 24 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.176386 7f7a58d7-eba9-4a92-979d-33a18b8c8f2b 1175-5326 176386 15. Petrolisthes virgatus Paulson, 1875 ( Fig. 15 ) Petrolisthes virgatus Paulson, 1875 : 87 , pl. 11, fig. 4.— Lewinsohn 1969 : 149 , figs. 32a–e; Nakasone & Miyake 1972 : 136 , figs. 1A–G.— Lewinsohn 1979 : 49 .— Hogarth 1988 : 1102 . Material examined . 1 Ψ ( SMF 4646), Red Sea, 1826, leg. E. Rüppell. Measurements . 6.4 x 6.0 mm. Remarks . Petrolisthes virgatus is a rare species, with a main distribution apparently confined to the Red Sea and the subsequent African coast, south to Delagoa Bay, Mozambique . In the western Pacific there are only two records, both from Japan ( Nakasone & Miyake 1972 ).