Urashima pustuloides (Sakai, 1961)

Galil, Bella S. & Ng, Peter K. L., 2015, Leucosiid crabs from Papua New Guinea, with descriptions of eight new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), Zootaxa 4027 (4), pp. 451-486 : 475

Urashima pustuloides (Sakai, 1961)

( Fig. 5 C)

Material examined. 1 broken juvenile female (MNHN-IU-2013-1494), stn CP4035, East Kotakot, 03°31'S 145°31'E, 380–382 m, 17.12.2012; 1 male (36.9 mm) ( ZRC 2014.0166), 1 female (38.6 mm) (MNHN-IU-2013- 7923), stn CP4055, north Aitape, 03°03'S 142°18'E, 370–374 m, Bismarck Sea, 20.12.2012; 1 male (28.6 mm) (MNHN-IU-2013-7965), stn CP4066, Dogreto Bay, 03°18'S 143°02'E, 440– 440 m, Bismarck Sea, 22.12.2012.

Geographical distribution. Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, Solomon Is., 85–839 m ( Galil 2003, 2007). New record for Papua New Guinea.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Colours in life. A, Tanaoa retpela sp. nov., paratype female (29.5 mm) (MNHN-IU- 2011 - 3835), stn CP 3653; B, Toru pilus, male (11.5 mm) (MNHN-IU- 2013 - 1556), stn CP 4055; C, Urashima pustuloides, broken juvenile (MNHN-IU- 2013 - 1494), stn CP 4035; D, Urnalana chevreti, male (10.6 mm) (MNHN-IU- 2013 - 615), stn PD 22; E, Leucosia rubripalma, male (20.8 mm) (MNHN-IU- 2013 - 1199), stn PR 176; F, Urnalana flammea sp. nov., holotype male (9.3 mm) (MNHN-IU- 2013 - 1341), stn PR 227.