Pilumnus minutus (De Haan, 1835)

Arzivian, Arteen, Alrubaie, Ahmad, Yang, Jessica, Lin, Huiyu, Zhang, Eva & Leong, Rupert, 2022, Crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Seas of East and Southeast Asia Collected by the RV Hakuhō Maru (KH- 72 - 1 Cruise) 4. South China Sea, Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science. Series A, Zoology 48 (4), pp. 147-191 : 174

Pilumnus minutus (De Haan, 1835)

( Fig. 10A–B )

Material examined. RV Hakuhō Maru KH-72-1 cruise, sta. 45, 1 Ə (CB 8.0×CL 6.1 mm), NSMT-Cr 30937, 1 8 (7.5× 5.1 mm) infested by a Sacculina , NSMT-Cr 30938.

Remarks. The male at hand ( Fig. 10A–B ) agrees well with the specimens from the Sahul Shelf recorded by Takeda et al. (2002b) in the setation of the carapace, chelipeds and ambulatory legs with stiff setae of various sizes and the spination of the carapace anterolateral margins and chelipeds.

Distribution. Widely distributed in the whole Indo-West Pacific at depths of 5 to 100 m.

Figures

Fig. 10. A–B: Pilumnus minutus (De Haan), Ə (NSMT-Cr 30937; CB 8.0×CL 6.1mm) from sta. 45. C–D: Actumnus forficigerus (Stimpson), Ə (NSMT-Cr 30929; CB 10.0mm×CL 7.0 mm) from sta. 45. E–F: Actum- nus squamosus (De Haan), 8 (NSMT-Cr 30932; CB 7.7×CL 5.5 mm) from sta. 45.