Ebalia tuberculosa (A. Milne-Edwards, 1873 )

Ando, Yusuke, Kawano, Shigenori, Muramiya, Yusuke, Niiyama, Sota, Kameyama, Sohiko & Shimoyama, Shoichi, 2020, Fossil decapods from the Upper Quaternary in Shinjima Island in Kagoshima Kyushu, Japan, and description of a new species of ghost shrimp (Axiidea Eucalliacidae), Zootaxa 4878 (3), pp. 523-541 : 532

Ebalia tuberculosa (A. Milne-Edwards, 1873)

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Persephona tuberculosa A. Milne-Edwards, 1873: 86 .

Ebalia tuberculosa .— Miyake 1983: 59, pl. 20, fig. 1.— Takeda 1997: 237.— Ikeda 1998: 27, fig. 5.— Takeda 2001: 228.— Komatsu & Komai 2009: 603.

Material examined. MFM 145612 and seven other referred specimens.

Remarks. One complete carapace and seven fragments were collected. The extant specimens live at 50–550 m depth in the Into-West Pacific region ( Takeda 2001).

Figures

FIGURE 6. Decapods from the Moeshima Shell Bed. A–J, Laticallichirus grandis (Karasawa & Goda, 1996); A, 145597, lateral view of left major cheliped; B, MFM145598, lateral view of right major cheliped; C, MFM145599, lateral view of right carpus; D, MFM145600, lateral view of left minor cheliped; E, MFM145601, lateral view of right dactylus; F, MFM145602, lateral view of right dactylus; G, MFM145603, lateral view of right dactylus; H, MFM145604, lateral view of left dactylus; I, MFM145605, lateral view of right merus; J, MFM145606, lateral view of left merus. K, Paguridae gen. et sp. indet., MFM145607, lateral view of fragment of the fixed finger. L, Pagurus cf. megalops (Stimpson, 1858b), MFM 145608, lateral view of left cheliped. M, Ebalia tuberculosa (A. Milne-Edwards, 1873), MFM145612, dorsal view of carapace. N, Myra sp., MFM145613, lateral view of fragment of the merus. O, Philyra cf. syndactyla Ortmann, 1892, MFM145614, lateral view of right cheliped. P, Majidae gen. et sp. indet., MFM145615, dorsal view of fragment of the carapace. Q, Leptomithrax sp., MFM 145616, lateral view of left cheliped. R, Romaleon sp., MFM 145617, lateral view of fragment of the dactylus. S, Charibdis sp. MFM145619, lateral view of fragment of the fixed finger. Scale bars of A–H, K, M, O, Q and S indicate 5.0 mm, and I, J, L, N, P and R indicate 1.0 mm.