Samadinia despereaux ( Lee, Richer de Forges & Ng, 2019 )

Davie, Peter J. F. & Lee, Bee Yan, 2023, A new species and new record of Samadinia Ng & Richer de Forges, 2013 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Epaltidae) from deepwater off north-eastern Queensland, Australia, Zootaxa 5249 (3), pp. 393-400 : 398

Samadinia despereaux ( Lee, Richer de Forges & Ng, 2019)

( Fig. 2D–F )

Rochinia despereaux Lee, Richer de Forges & Ng, 2019: 15 , 16, fig. 6D, E, 8A–C, 9E–H.

Samadinia despereaux — Lee et al., 2021: 22 (list), 42 (appendix).

Material examined. QM-W13418, 1 male (10.4 × 7.7 mm )), stn 51.3, CIDARIS I, beam trawl, east of Ingham , Queensland, 18°04’S, 147°20’30”E, 700–708 m, coll. M. Pichon, A. Birtles & P. Arnold, 18 May 1986 .

Remarks. The present male specimen agrees closely with the description and figures of S. despereaux ( Lee, Richer de Forges & Ng, 2019) , recently described from Papua New Guinea. This marks a new record for Australia and extends the known range of the species southwards to the Coral Sea off the Great Barrier Reef, north Queensland. This species was described from depths of 680–966 m from Papua New Guinea, so the present male specimen is within the known depth range.

Figures

FIGURE 2. A–C, paratype female, 16.6 × 11.5 mm (QM-W16968), A, dorsal view of carapace; B, ventral view (pleon open); C, female thoracic sternum magnified. D–F, Samadinia despereaux (Lee, Richer de Forges & Ng, 2019), male, 10.4 × 7.7 mm (QM-W13418); D, dorsal view of carapace and pereiopods; E, ventral view; F, right lateral view.