Glabropilumnus seminudus ( Miers, 1884 )

Manikandan, K, Megalaa, N, Valliappan, Subramanian, Nandini, K, Rani, Lourdu V, Dakshinamurthi, Senthil & Nagappan, Nagappan, 2022, Crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Seas of East and Southeast Asia Collected by the RV Hakuhō Maru (KH- 72 - 1 Cruise) 3. Sahul Shelf, Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science. Series A, Zoology 48 (2), pp. 35-83 : 69-70

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.50826/bnmnszool.48.2_35
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13824435
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4B248785-4218-A511-38E3-A5C72BD1F951
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Glabropilumnus seminudus ( Miers, 1884 )
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Glabropilumnus seminudus ( Miers, 1884) View in CoL

( Fig. 16A–C View Fig )

Material examined. RV Hakuhō Maru KH-72-1 cruise, sta. 29, 2 ƏƏ ( CB 10.4×CL 7.4 mm; 22.6× 16.2 mm), NSMT-Cr 30748; 1$ (17.8× 12.1 mm), NSMT-Cr 30749. — Sta. 30, 1Ə ( CB 11.2×CL 7.9 mm), NSMT-Cr 30750.

Remarks. Glabropilumnus seminudus is characterized by the smooth carapace with a band of a close velvety pubescence along the carapace frontal and anterolateral margins ( Fig. 16A–B View Fig ), and the reticulated appearance of four longitudinal lines of granules on the palm outer surface ( Fig. 16C View Fig ). The setation of the carapace dorsal surface may be somewhat variable, with rather shorter and sparse setae in the present specimens different from the longish dense setae in the Arafura Sea specimens reported by Takeda and Miyake (1969c: pl. 1 fig. B). Good figures are otherwise given by the original author ( Miers, 1884: pl. 22 fig. B, as Pilumnus ), Rathbun (1923: pl. 24 figs. 1, 2, as Pilumnus ), and Galil and Takeda (1988: figs. 3D, 5).

Distribution. Queensland, Australia; Torres Strait; Arafura Sea; Hong Kong; Makassar, Celebes. Edmondson (1952, 1962) recorded a specimen from biofouling on the hull of a barge in Pearl Harbor, Oahu Island, which had service in Guam for two years. The recorded bathymetric range is from 7 to 30 m depth. Davie (2002) listed this species as one of four Australian species of Glabropilumnus .