Praedatrypaea intermedia (De Man, 1905 ), 2023

Poore, Gary C. B., 2023, New records, one new genus and 21 new species of Callianassidae (Crustacea, Axiidea) from the Indo-West Pacific, Memoirs of Museum Victoria 82, pp. 167-255 : 205

Praedatrypaea intermedia (De Man, 1905) comb. nov.

Callianassa intermedia De Man, 1905: 609–610 .— Sakai, 1999: 46.— Tudge et al., 2000: 143.— Sakai, 2005: 86.

Callianassa (Cheramus) intermedia . —De Man, 1928b: 26, 98, 143–146, pl. 14 fig. 21.

Trypaea intermedia .— Sakai, 2011: 398–399.

Pugnatrypaea intermedia .— Poore et al., 2019: 138, 143.

Diagnosis. Antennular peduncle reaching distal margin of antennal peduncle article 4. Maxilliped 3 unknown. Chelipeds meri upper margins each with subproximal spine. Major cheliped merus lower margin with row of teeth; carpus about as long as wide; palm about twice as long as carpus, 1.3 times as long as wide; fingers with cutting edges with obsolete teeth in female, with irregular teeth in male. Uropod endopod 1.2 times as long as wide; anterior margin convex, with 2 distal stout setae; distal-posterior margin strongly convex distally; dorsal face with 3 distal long setae. Uropod exopod widest distally, little longer than wide; anterior margin straight, not setose. Telson 1.15 times as long as wide, widest at strong lateral lobes at one-third length; posterior margin with obtuse medial depression, with medial spine; with 2 pairs of spiniform setae on posterolateral margins. Male pleopod 1 2-articled; pleopod 2 absent.

Distribution. Western Coral Triangle (known only from type locality: Indonesia, Bali Sea, 7° 46' S, 114° 30.5'E); 330 m.

Remarks. No material was examined – the species has not been recorded since its discovery. The diagnosis was prepared largely from the description and figures of De Man (1928a). Sakai (1999) observed that the holotype (not lectotype, as he stated) is a male, not a female. The presence of a tooth on maxilliped 3 merus is unknown.