Pseudopaguristes laurentae ( Morgan & Forest, 1991 )

Rahayu, Dwi Listyo, 2008, The genus Pseudopaguristes McLaughlin (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae) from the southwestern Pacific, with the descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 1840, pp. 54-66 : 55-56

Pseudopaguristes laurentae ( Morgan & Forest, 1991)

Paguristes laurentae Morgan & Forest, 1991: 678 , figs 12, 13.

Paguristes brachytes Komai, 1999: 3 , figs 1–4.

Pseudopaguristes gracilis Rahayu, 2005: 28 , figs 10, 11.

Pseudopaguristes laurentae . — Rahayu 2005: 25; Rahayu, 2007: 526 .

Material examined. Fiji, Bordau 1: 1 male, 1.2 mm, stn. DW 1498, 18º41'S 178º28'E, 300–307 m, 12 Mar 1999 ( MNHN) . Vanuatu, Musorstom 8: 1 female 1.8 mm, 1 female ovig. 2.0 mm, stn. DW 960, 20º20.10'S 169º49.90'E, 390–422 m, 20 Sept 1994 ; 2 males, 1.7, 1.8 mm, stn. DW 969, 20º18.62'S 169º53.17'E, 252– 280 m, 21 Sep 1994 ( MNHN) . Chesterfield Islands , Ebisco: 1 male, 1.9 mm, stn. DW 2622, 20º4.0'S 160º21.0'E, 321– 291 m, 20 Oct 2005 ; 1 male, 1.5 mm, 1 female, 1.5 mm, 1 female ovig., 1.6 mm, stn. DW 2631, 21º3'S 160º44'E, 372–404 m, 21 Oct 2005; 1 female ovig., 3.0 mm, stn. DW 2607, 19º33'S 158º40'E, 400–413 m, 18 Oct 2005; 2 females ovig. 1.9, 2.2 mm, stn. DW 2608, 19º33'S 158º40'E, 393–396 m, 19 Oct 2005 ( MNHN) ; 4 males, 1.8–2.0 mm, stn. DW 2618, 20º6'S 160º23'E, 280–304 m, 20 Oct 2005, ( MZB) . New Caledonia: 2 males, 1.6, 1.6 mm, stn. DW 17, 22º23.2'S 171º41.7'E, 300, 3 Jun 1989 . Volsmar : 2 males, 1.6, 1.6 mm, stn. DW 7, 22º26.9'S 171º44.1'E, 400 m, 1 Jun 1989 . Bathus 2: 1 male, 2.2 mm, stn. CP712, 21º44.26'S 166º35.34'E, 210 m, 19 Mar 1993 ; 1 male, 1.9 mm, stn. DW 725, 22º46.61'S 167º27.29'E, 217 m, 12 May 1993; 1 male, 1.9 mm, 1 female ovig. 1.6 mm; 1 male, 2 mm, stn. DW726, 22º47.30'S 167º28.7'E, 241–260 m, 12 May 1993. Musorstom 4: 2 females, 1.4, 1.4 mm, stn. DW 227, 22º46'S 167º20'E, 300 m, 30 Sep 1985 . Chalcal 2: 1 male, 2.0 mm, stn. DW 71, 22º42.26'S 168º09.52'E, 230 m, 27 Oct 1986 . Biocal : 1 male, 2.0 mm, stn. DW 65, 24º48.35'S 168º09'E, 245–275m, 3 Sept 1985 ; 4 specimens not sexed and mea- sured, stn. DW 64, 24º48.9'S 168º09.5'E, 700 m, 3 Sep 1985. Banc Kaimon Maru , Smib 8: 1 male, 1.0 mm, stn. DW 159, 24º45.8'S 168º08.2'1E, 241–245 m, 28 Jan 1993 ( MNHN) .

Distribution. This species has a very wide distribution, from Sagami-nada, Torishima, Kii Peninsula in Japan to Indonesia (South Sulawesi, Madura Bay and Kai Islands) and Australia (eastern Australia to Southwest Australia, from Rottnest Island to the vicinity of Point Cloates, Western Australia), and Madagascar. It is recorded herein from Fiji, Vanuatu and New Caledonia, 121– 700m.