Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) serenei Takeda & Komai, 1991

Rahayu, Dwi Listyo & Nugroho, Dharma Arif, 2012, The Indonesian species of Macrophthalmus Desmarest, 1823, with the description of a new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Macrophthalmidae), Zootaxa 3158, pp. 20-36 : 26

Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) serenei Takeda & Komai, 1991

( Figs. 3 E, F)

Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) verreauxi Serène, 1973:107 , text-figs. 2a, d, pl. 3, figs. C, D. — Barnes 1976: 135, fig. 2, 4A.

Macrophtahlmus kempi Serène, 1981: 1140 .

Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) serenei Takeda & Komai, 1991: 168 , fig. 3. — Komai et al. 1995: 122, fig. 9.

Macrophthalmus serenei — Barnes 2010: 34 (key). — Naderloo et al. 2011: 27 , figs. 15a–e, 16a–e, 17c–d.

Material examined. 1 female (6.80 mm x 10.4 mm) ( MZB Cru 3271), Sekotong, Lombok, 16.05.2007; 1 female (9.45 x 16.18 mm), Tanjung Namatatumi, Seram, Maluku, 19.01.1973 (RCLA-C.B.0260).

Remarks. The two females in this study agree well with the description of a female from Thailand by Komai et al. (1995) except that the large female from Seram has a slightly wider carapace than the Thai material.

Habitat. Sandy mud of mid littoral shore near seagrass bed.

Geographical distribution. Widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific, from the Red Sea and western Indian Ocean to Australia and Japan ( Barnes 1976; Komai & Takeda 1991).

Figures

FIGURE 3. A, B, Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) convexus Stimpson, 1858, male (8.90 x 16.71 mm) (RCLA-C. B. 0256); C, D, Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) milloti Crosnier, 1965, male (8.44 x 13.42 mm) (RCLA-C. B. 0258); E, F,. Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) serenei Takeda & Komai, 1991, 1 female (9.45 x 16.18 mm) (RCLA-C. B. 0260).