Lithodes richeri Macpherson, 1990

Macpherson, Enrique, 2001, New species and new records of lithodid crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the southwestern and central Pacific Ocean, Zoosystema 23 (4), pp. 797-805 : 798-799

Lithodes richeri Macpherson, 1990

Lithodes richeri Macpherson, 1990: 219 , figs 1a, 2b.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Vanuatu. MUSORSTOM 8, stn CP 1076, 15°53’S, 167°30’E, 1100-1191 m, 4.X.1994, 1 ♂ 48 × 46 mm (MNHN-Pg 5938). — Stn CP 1125, 15°57’S, 166°38’E, 1160-1220 m, 10.X.1994, 1 ♂ 59 × 58 mm (MNHN-Pg 5939). — Stn CP 1129, 16°00’S, 166°39’E, 1014-1050 m, 10.X.1994, 1 ♂ 11 × 11 mm (MNHN-Pg 5940).

REMARKS

The species was previously known only from the type locality ( New Caledonia, depth unknown) and probably from New Zealand and south-east Australia (see McLay 1988). The present material extends its geographic distribution slightly to the north ( Vanuatu), between 1014 and 1220 m.