Callianassa Leach, 1814

Ngoc-Ho, Nguyen, 2005, Thalassinidea (Crustacea, Decapoda) from French Polynesia, Zoosystema 27 (1), pp. 47-83 : 68-69

Genus Callianassa Leach, 1814

Callianassa amboinensis de Man, 1888 ( Fig. 12 )

Callianassa amboinensis de Man, 1888 : pl. 20, fig. 4. — Zehntner 1894: 194. — Holthuis 1958: 35. — Poore & Griffin 1979: 248, fig. 14. — Sakai 1984: 96, figs 1, 2; 1988: 53, 57, fig. 1; 1999: 38. — Ngoc- Ho 1991: 283, fig. 1. — Tudge et al. 2000: 143.

Callianassa (Trypaea) amboinensis – de Man 1928b: 27, 93, 107, 165, pl. 18, fig. 28-28c.

Callianassa (Calliactites) amboinensis – Borradaile 1903: 545.

Callianass ngochoae Sakai, 1999: 49 .

TYPE MATERIAL. — Whereabouts unknown, probably lost (see Sakai 1999).

TYPE LOCALITY. — Ambon, Indonesia.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Marquesas Islands. Hiva Oa, Alis, MUSORSTOM 9, stn 1204, 9°52.6’S, 139°03.2’W, 60-62 m, 20.VIII.1997, P. Bouchet, B. Dayrat, B. Richer de Forges coll., 1 ovigerous, cl. 3 mm, tl. 12 mm ( MNHN Th 1431).

Philippines. Coriolis, MUSORSTOM 3, stn 117, 12°31’N, 120°39’E, 92-97 m, 3. VI.1985, 1 broken,

cl. 4 mm ( MNHN Th 1227).

Thalassinidea (Crustacea, Decapoda ) from French Polynesia

DISTRIBUTION. — Ambon, Indonesia (de Man 1888; Zehntner 1894); Eylath, Israel ( Holthuis 1958); Dampier Archipelago, western Australia ( Poore & Griffin 1979); Heron Island, Queensland, Australia ( Sakai 1984); Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia ( Sakai 1988); New Caledonia (Ngoc-Ho 1991); Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.

REMARKS

T h i s M a r q u e s a s s p e c i m e n a g r e e s w i t h t h e description and figures of the type (de Man

Figures

FIG. 12. — Callianassa amboinensis de Man, 1888, Marquesas, (MNHN Th 1431); A, anterior part of carapace; B, C, pereopods 1; D, pereopod 3; E, maxilliped 3; F, telson and uropods. Scale bar: 1 mm.