Lithodes turritus Ortmann, 1892

Macpherson, Enrique & Chan, Tin-Yam, 2008, Some lithodid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae) from Taiwan and adjacent waters, with the description of one new species from Guam, Zootaxa 1924, pp. 43-52 : 44

Lithodes turritus Ortmann, 1892

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Lithodes turritus Ortmann, 1892: 321 , pl. 12, fig. 26. — Balss 1913: 73, figs 42–45, pl. 11. — Sakai 1971: 10, 32, figs 2a, b., pl. 4, fig. 1, pl. 11, fig. 1; 1976: 693, figs 376a, b, pl. 240, pl. 243, fig. 1. — Baba 1986: 211, 306, fig. 156. — Macpherson 1988a: 49; 1988b: 124; 1990: 218. — Ikeda 1998: 152, pl. 66. — Wu et al. 1998: 819, figs 1–2. — Komai 2000: 349.

Material examined. Taiwan: Dasi fishing port, Yilan County, commercial trawler, 500–600 m, 31.05.1996: 1 male 137 × 143 mm. — 9.04.1997: 1 male 149 × 155 mm, 1 female 134 × 132 mm. — 13.05.1997: 1 female 119 × 119 mm. — 02.1999: 1 male 65 × 67 mm. — 25.04.2003: 1 male 168 × 178 mm. — 18.12.1997: 1 ovigerous female 124 × 128 mm. — no date: 3 males 86 × 87 mm –141 × 159 mm, 1 female 79 × 79 mm.

Coloration. Body generally reddish, ventral surface paler to pinkish. Lateral surface of chelipeds somewhat whitish. Eyes black brown.

Distribution. Previously known from Japan, East China Sea, Philippines, between 300 and 812 m.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Dorsal view. (a) Neolithodes nipponensis Sakai, 1971, male, Taiwan, Stn CD 228. (b) Lithodes turritus Ortmann, 1892, male, Taiwan, Dasi fishing port. (c) Lithodes paulayi n. sp., holotype male, Guam. (d) Paralomis dofleini Balss, 1911, male, Taiwan, Dasi fishing port. (e) Paralomis arae Macpherson, 2001, female, Taiwan. f, Paralomis truncatispinosa Takeda & Miyake, 1980, broken carapace, Taiwan, Stn CD 231.