Saron marmoratus ( Olivier, 1811 )

Grave, De, Chan, Tin-Yam & Okuno, Junji, 2012, Hippolytidae and Barbouriidae (Decapoda: Caridea) collected during the Ryukyu “ KUMEJIMA 2009 ” expedition *, Zootaxa 3367, pp. 95-102 : 98-99

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.281678
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6175298
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scientific name	Saron marmoratus ( Olivier, 1811 )
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Saron marmoratus ( Olivier, 1811) View in CoL

( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2. A – B D–F)

Material examined. 2 females (pocl 4.8, 5.0), Stn. Dive 11, entrance of Gima Port, 26°19.421´N 126°49.028´E, depth 20 m, 12 Nov. 2009, NTOU M01142 View Materials ; 1 female (pocl 5.8), Stn. Dive 13, off Torishama Islet, 26°19.217´N 126°44.627´E, depth <40 m, 13 Nov. 2009, OUMNH.ZC.2011-02-044; 1 female (pocl 6.8), Stn. Dive 14, Ebi-ana, 26°17.547´N 126°47.771´E, depth 10 m, 13 Nov. 2009, RUMF-ZC-1527; 1 female (pocl 12.7), Stn. Dive 35, Ebiana, 26°17.547´N 126°47.771´E, depth 10 m, 13 Nov. 2009, NTOU M01143 View Materials ; 2 females (pocl 4.9, 5.2), Stn. Dive 26, Crasher-shita, 26°18.787´N 126°48.656´E, depth <20 m, 17 Nov. 2009 RUMF-ZC-1528; 1 ov. female (pocl 15.4), Stn. Dive 28, 26°17.454´N 126°47.890´E, depth <20 m, Oyako-iwa, 17 Nov. 2009, NTOU M01144 View Materials ; 1 female (pocl 4.8), Stn. Dive 37, Hidenchigama, depth 35–40 m, 19 Nov. 2009, NTOU M1159; 1 female (pocl 5.8), Stn. Dive 42, Ara, 26°19.00´N 126°46.50´E, depth 18 m, 20 Nov. 2009. NTOU M01145 View Materials ; 9 females (pocl 3.9–6.8), Stn. Intertidal 1, Ara Beach, 26°18'58.9" N 126°46'26.0" E, 16–17 Nov. 2009, night collecting, RUMF-ZC-1529; 2 ov. females (pocl 8.7, 10.0), Stn Intertidal 5, Ishidatami, Oh-jima Islet, 26°20'09.6" N 126°49'29.2" N, 19 Nov. 2009, NTOU M01146 View Materials ; 2 ov. females (pocl 8.3, 9.0), Stn. Intertidal 8, Madomari, 26°21'23.8" N 126°48'50.5" E, 20 Nov. 2009, NTOU M01147 View Materials .

Remarks. The material corresponds closely to previous descriptions and presents no special features, although there are large variations in colour pattern present in the current material ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2. A – B D–F), along the lines of previously recorded variation for this species.

Distribution. Widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific, from East Africa to French Polynesia and Hawaii. Previously reported from Kumejima by Kawamoto & Okuno (2001).