Epigodromia areolata (Ihle, 1913)

(Figs. 15, 16)

Cryptodromia areolata Ihle, 1913: 47, pl. 2 figs 10–11.— Sakai, 1965: 8, pl. 3 fig 4; 1976: 17, pl. 4 fig 2.— Campbell, 1971: 29.— Serene & Lohavanijaya, 1973: 18, fig 5–7, pl. IIA.

Epigodromia areolata .— McLay, 1993: 217, fig. 19e–f; 1998: 347.— Davie, 2002: 163.

Type material. Holotype: male 10.0 × 10.0 mm approx. (repository not known, not examined), from the south coast of Timor, Indonesia, 112 m, Siboga Station 289 (see Ihle 1913: 47).

Material examined. Western Australia: WAM C17367, SW of Cervantes, 30°35.50’S, 114°35.00’E, 110 m, 23-03-1972: ovig. female 8.2 × 8.1 mm; WAM C17621, Rottnest Island, 32°02.00’S, 115°22’E, 44 m: ovig. female 18.8 × 18.6 mm; WAM C17349, Geraldton, 31°43’S, 115°6.80’E, 106 m, 22-03-1972: ovig. female 12.0 × 11.0 mm; WAM C40544, Ningaloo Marine Park, off Mandu Sanctuary, 87.9– 81.2 m, 22°9’26”S, 113°48’02”E, 22°10’07”S, 113°48’19”E, 22-04-2006: female 7.7 × 7.5 mm . Queensland: WAM C50514,? Queensland, 164 m, coll. W. Goode, 1965: female 10.6 × 10.7 mm, male 16.0 × 14.0 mm .

Remarks. A notable feature of Epigodromia areolata is the sexual dimorphism. Males have much more pronounced ornamentation of the carapace and chelipeds than in females, and the chelipeds are much larger (Figs. 15, 16). The present specimens represent new records for Western Australia and the Indian Ocean coast of Australia, having been previously reported from Cape Moreton, Queensland (Campbell 1971).

Distribution. Japan, South China Sea, Timor (type locality), New Caledonia and Australia. Depth 30– 350 m.