Tanaoa nanus Galil, 2003

Galil, Bella S., 2007, The deep-water Calappidae, Matutidae and Leucosiidae of the Solomon Islands, with a description of a new species of Euclosia Galil, 2003 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura), Zoosystema 29 (3), pp. 555-563 : 561

Tanaoa nanus Galil, 2003

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — SALOMON 1, stn CP 1748, 9°20.4’S, 159°58.2’E, 509-522 m, 25.IX.2001, 1 ♂ cl 14.6 mm (MNHN B.30180). — Stn CP 1783, 8°32.8’S, 160°41.7’E, 399-700 m, 9.IX.2001, 1 ♂ cl 13.8 mm, 1 ♀ cl 11.7 mm (MNHN B.30181). — Stn CP 1793, 9°13.4’S, 160°07.8’E, 505-510 m, 30.IX.2001, 2 ♂♂ cl 11.7 and 14.8 mm, 1 ovigerous ♀ cl 17.3 mm (MNHN B.30182). — Stn CP 1794, 9°16.1’S, 160°07.7’E, 494- 504 m, 30.IX.2001, 2 ♂♂ cl 16.4, 17.3 mm, 1 ovigerous ♀ cl 17.6 mm (MNHN B.30183). — Stn CP 1796, 9°19.2’S, 160°25.4’E, 469-481 m, 1.X.2001, 1 ♂ cl 10.9 mm (MNHN B.30184). — Stn CP 1798, 9°21.0’S, 160°29.2’E, 513-564 m, 1.X.2001, 2 ♂♂ cl 10.8 and 15.1 mm, 1 ovigerous ♀ cl 15.0 mm (MNHN B.30185).

SALOMON 2, stn CP 2260, 8°03.5’S, 156°54.5’E, Vella Gulf, 399-427 m, XI.2004, 1 ♂ cl 13.9 mm, 1 ovigerous ♀ cl 16.1 mm (MNHN B.30195). — Stn CP 2184, 8°16.9’S, 159°59.7’E, SE Santa Isabel, 464-523 m, XI.2004, 5 ♂♂ cl 13.9-17.2 mm, 3 ♀♀ cl 16.2-17.9 mm (MNHN B.30186). — Stn CP 2186, 8°17.0’S, 160°0.0’E, SE Santa Isabel, 487-541 m, XI.2004, 5 ♂♂ cl 14.0- 16.2 mm, 1 ovigerous ♀ cl 17.6 mm, 1 ♀ cl 14.7 mm (MNHN B.30187). — Stn CP 2187, 8°17.5’S, 159°59.8’E, SE Santa Isabel, 464-523 m, XI.2004, 2 ♂♂ cl 14.8 and 15.1 mm, 1 ovigerous ♀ cl 15.5 mm (MNHN B.30188). — Stn CP 2194, 8°24.8’S, 159°26.7’E, SW Santa Isabel, 440-521 m, XI.2004, 1 ♂ cl 13.4 mm, 1 ovigerous ♀ cl 14.3 mm, 1 juv. (MNHN B.30189). — Stn CP 2195, 8°25.5’S, 159°26.4’E, SW Santa Isabel, 543-593 m, 24.X.2004, 1 ♂ cl 13.7 mm (MNHN B.30190). — Stn CP 2226, 6°39.0’S, 156°14.3’E, Choiseul, 490-520 m, XI.2004, 3 ♂♂ cl 14.5-15.2 mm (MNHN B.30191). — Stn CP 2227, 6°37.2’S, 156°12.7’E, Choiseul, 508-522 m, XI.2004, 3 ♂♂ cl 14.8-16.9 mm (MNHN B.30192). — Stn CP 2228, 6°34.7’S, 156°10.5’E, Choiseul, 609-625 m, XI.2004, 1 ♂ cl 17.4 mm (MNHN B.30193). — Stn CP 2243, 7°42.9’S, 156°27.3’E, 518-527 m, XI.2004, 2 ♂♂ cl 13.6 and 13.7 mm, 1 ♀ cl 11.2 mm (MNHN B.30194). — Stn CP 2263, 7°54.8’S, 156°51.3’E, Vella Gulf, 485-520 m, XI.2004, 3 ♂♂ cl 12.6-13.6 mm, 1 ovigerous ♀ cl 14.7 mm, 1 ♀ cl 14.6 mm (MNHN B.30196).

DISTRIBUTION. — Wallis Is., Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Indonesia, 281-1250 m ( Galil 2003a), new record for the Solomons.