Trichopeltarion alcocki Doflein

Tavares, Marcos & Cleva, Régis, 2010, Trichopeltariidae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura), A New Family And Superfamily Of Eubrachyuran Crabs With Description Of One New Genus And Five New Species, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 50 (9), pp. 97-157 : 124-125

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scientific name	Trichopeltarion alcocki Doflein
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Trichopeltarion alcocki Doflein View in CoL in Chun, 1903

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Trichopeltarium alcocki .Doflein. in.Chun,. 1903:531,. fig. n. n.

Trichopeltarium alcocki .–.Doflein,.1904:88.[Text].

Trichopeltarium alcocki . Doflein,. 1904:. Atlas. pl. 28,. figs. 4-5.[objective.synonym.and.homonym.of. Trichopeltarium alcocki .Doflein.in.Chun,.1903].

Trichopeltarion alcocki . –. Richardson. &. Dell,. 1964:146;.Ng. et al.,.2008:51.[list].

Trichopeltarium alcocki .–.Guinot.&.Sakai,.1970:203.

Trachycarcinus alcocki .–.Rathbun,.1930:165;.Guinot,. 1986:810;.1989:351.

Material examined:. Indonesia :.West. of. Sumatra ,. Siberut. Strait,. Deutsche. Tiefsee-Expedition,. Valdivia ,. Fundort. stn 191,. 00°39.2’S- 98°52.3’W,. 750 m,. 03 Jan 1899,. holotype. ♀. 24.5 x 24.5 mm. ( MNB. 13713);. Tanimbar. Island,. Baruna Jaya 1,. KARUBAR,. stn CP 54,. 08°21’S- 131°43’E,. 836-869 m,. 30 Oct 1991,. 1 ♂. 24.7 x 24.5 mm. (MNHN- B28809).. Philippines:. MUSORSTOM. 2,. stn 38,. 12°53.5’N- 122°26.6’E,. 1650-1660 m,. 25 Nov 1980,. 1 ♂.70.5 x 65.5 mm. (but. rostral.and.lateral.spines. broken/blunted). ( MNHN-B11571 ) GoogleMaps ;. same. cruise,. stn 39,. 13°02.8’N- 122°37.1’E,. 1030-1190 m,. 25 Nov 1980,. 1 ♂. 32.0 x 31.5 mm. (MNHN- B12766).. Taiwan:. TAIWAN. 2001,. stn CD. 139,. 22°10.73’N- 120°14.1’E,. 852- 718 m,. 23 Nov 2001,. juvenile. ♀.18.5 x 19.2 mm.( NTOU) GoogleMaps .

Type locality:. Indonesia,. West. of. Sumatra,. Siberut. Strait,.00°39576.2’S- 98°52.3’W,.750.meters.depth .

Remarks:. Still. nowadays. T. alcocki . is. known. only. from.a.few.individuals..The.species. was. described. in.1903.based.upon.a.single.juvenile.female.caught. in.west.of.Sumatra.in.1899.(see.material.examined. and.Doflein,.1904:89,.and.not.upon.a.male.as.mentioned. by. Doflein. in. Chun,. 1903:531,. fig. n. n.,. and.Doflein,.1904:.pl. 28,.figs. 4-5)..No.additional. specimens.had.been.reported.until.Guinot.(1989). obtained. one. adult. male,. one. juvenile. male,. and. 1. damaged. female. from. the. Philippines. for. study. (see. material. examined. herein).. Additionally. we. obtained. one. young. female. from. Indonesia. and. one. male. from. Taiwan.. Trichopeltarion alcocki . closely. resembles. T. ovale . from. which. it. can. be. distinguished. by. its. walking. legs. distinctly. longer. and.slender,.and. the.P5.merus-carpus.articulation. almost. reaching. the. carapace. second. epibranchial. tooth. (lying. well. before. the. second. epibranchial. tooth.in. T. ovale ).

Distribution:. Taiwan,. Philippines,.and. Indonesia,.between.718.and.1660.meters.in.depth.