Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) parvimanus Guérin-Méneville, 1834

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 : 25-26

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scientific name	Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) parvimanus Guérin-Méneville, 1834
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Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) parvimanus Guérin-Méneville, 1834 View in CoL

( Figs. 2 View FIGURE 2. A, B G, H)

Macrophthalmus parvimanus Guérin-Méneville, 1834: 7 View in CoL , pl. 4, fig. 1.

Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) parvimanus View in CoL — Barnes 1970: 211, fig. 2; 2010: 35 (key). Macrophthalmus parvimanus View in CoL — Poupin 1997:160, figs. 1A, B, 2, 3A, B, 4.

Material examined. 1 male (4.30 x 8.10 mm), 1 female (5.30 x 10.4 mm) ( MZB Cru 3270), Ekas, Lombok, 20.05.2007; 3 males (4.90 x 5.40 mm – 6.65 x 11.08 mm) (RCLA-C.B.0259), Sekotong, Lombok, 16.05.2007.

Remarks. The affinities of this species with M. convexus have been discussed by Komai et al. (1995) and Poupin (1997). The specimens in this study are smaller than those studied by these authors but the morphology of male G1 is the same as the Indo-Malaysian form i.e. the apical chitinous process of male G1 is pointed medially ( Poupin 1997: fig. 3A, B).

Habitat. Muddy substrates of mid intertidal zone in protected bays near seagrass beds.

Geographical distribution. Widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific, from the east coast of Africa to Salomon Islands ( Komai et al. 1995). In Indonesia it was recorded from Banda in Maluku ( Poupin 1997), and now Lombok.

References

Komai, T., Goshima, S. & Murai, M. (1995) Crabs of the genus Macrophthalmus of Phuket, Thailand (Crustacea, Decapoda, Ocypodidae). Bulletin of Marine Science, 56 (1), 103 - 149.

Barnes, R. S. K. (1970) The species of Macrophthalmus (Crustacea: Brachyura) in the collection of the British Museum (Natural History). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology, 20 (7), 206 - 250

Guerin-Meneville, F. E. (1834) Iconographie du Regne Animal de G. Cuvier ... 3. Crustaces. Bailliere, Paris. [not seen]

Poupin, J. (1997) Les Macrophthalmus de Polynesie francaise (Decapoda, Brachyura, Ocypodidae). Zoosystema, 19 (1), 159 - 176.

Figures

FIGURE 2. A, B, Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) abbreviatus Manning & Holthuis, 1981, male (12.19 x 23.19 mm) (RCLA-C. B. 0253); C, D, Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) brevis (Herbst, 1804), male (8.96 x 17.60 mm) (RCLA- C. B. 0254); E, F, Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) sulcatus malaccensis Tweedie, 1937, male (7.34 x 16.71 mm) (RCLA- C. B. 0278); G. H. Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) parvimanus Guérin-Méneville, 1834, male (6.65 x 11.08 mm) (RCLA- C. B. 0259).