Crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Sea off East and Southeast Asia Collected by the RV Hakuhō Maru (KH- 72 - 1 Cruise) 2. Timor Sea Author Islam, Atikul Author Banerjee, Abhishek Author Wati, Sisca Meida Author Banerjee, Sumita Author Shrivastava, Deepti Author Srivastava, Kumar Chandan text Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science. Series A, Zoology 2022 2022-02-22 48 1 5 24 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_1287_23 journal article 299034 10.50826/bnmnszool.48.1_5 75026286-ffe2-4545-be4b-6212ec4f0964 2434-091X 12571350 Laubierinia carinata (Griffin and Tranter, 1986) ( Fig. 6A–B ) Material examined . RV Hakuhō Maru KH-72-1 cruise, sta. 28 (Timor Sea; 09°34.4′S , 128°06.0′E – 09°33.5′S , 128°03.4′E , 295–296 m depth); 3 m beam trawl; June 24, 1972 ; 2 ♀♀ (NSMT-Cr 29265: CB 11.1 mm excluding branchial plate, CL 17.2 mm excluding pseudorostral spine; CB 9.7 mm , CL 15.2 mm ). Remarks . This species, originally described in the genus Rochinia A. Milne-Edwards, 1875 , was transferred to the genus Laubierinia established by Richer de Forges and Ng (2009) , as the type species. The other congeners are L. globulifera (Wood-Mason, in Wood-Mason and Alcock, 1891 ) and L. nodosa ( Rathbun, 1916 ) . Laubierinia carinata is characteristic in having seven large circular islets on the hepatic, mesogastric, cardiac, epibranchial and intestinal regions; the epibranchial islets are replaced by large nodular projections in L. nodosa , and strong spines in L. globulifera . Two females agree well with the description by Griffin and Tranter (1986a , as Rochinia ) and the figures and photographs by Richer de Forges and Poore (2008 , as Rochinia ) and Richer de Forges and Ng (2009) . However, it should be noted that there is possibly sexual difference in the development of the intestinal islet; the intestinal region is slightly protuberant, with a distinct tubercle apically in a full-grown male from the Solomon Islands ( Richer de Forges and Ng, 2009 , fig. 9A–B) and probably in the holotype ( Griffin and Tranter, 1986a , pl. 12), whereas it is replaced by a large circular islet in the females examined ( Fig. 6A–B ). Fig. 6. A–B: Laubierinia carinata (Griffin and Tranter) , female (NSMT-Cr 29265: CB 11.1 mm×CL 17.2 mm excluding pseudorostral spines) from sta. 28 (Timor Sea, 295–296m depth). C: Samadinia boucheti (Richer de Forges and Ng) , female (NSMT-Cr 29266: CB 12.4 mm×CL 18.3mm including pseudorostral spines) from sta. 27 (Timor Sea, 465–490 m depth). D–E: Samadinia soela (Griffin and Tranter) , female (NSMT-Cr 29267: CB 6.0 mm excluding branchial spines×CL 9.7 mm excluding pseudorostral spines) from sta. 26 (Timor Sea, 610–690 m deep). Distribution . Western Australia, Timor Sea, Kai Islands , Papua New Guinea , Solomon Islands , New Caledonia , and Norfolk Ridge seamounts, 173–411 m depth.