Sadayoshia edwardsii ( Miers, 1884 )

Macpherson, Enrique & Cleva, Régis, 2010, Shallow-water squat lobsters (Crustacea, Decapoda, Galatheidae) from Mayotte (Comoros Island), La Réunion and Madagascar, with the description of a new genus and two new species, Zootaxa 2612, pp. 57-68 : 67

Sadayoshia edwardsii ( Miers, 1884)

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Munida edwardsii Miers, 1884: 560 , pl. 51, figs A, a.

Sadayoshia edwardsii . — Macpherson & Baba, in press (compilation and revision).

Material examined. Mayotte, Stn 23, Choizil pass, "Patate à Teddy", 12 ° 40 ' 56.91 "S, 44 ° 57 ' 51.63 "E, 15–30 m, J.-M. Bouchard, V. Dinhut, J. Dumas coll., 13 November 2009, outer reef, collapsed barrier, 1 M 4.6 mm (MNHN-Ga 7351).

Coloration. Body red or reddish orange, with small purple spots along transverse ridges. Sometimes, a few white spots scattered on carapace and abdominal somites. Rostrum and supraocular spines red, base of rostrum whitish in some specimens. P 1–4 with whitish and reddish bands; P 1 with some whitish spots; tips of fingers orange.

Distribution. Amirante Islands (type locality), Mauritius Island, La Réunion, Aldabra Island, Mariana Islands, Palau Islands, French Polynesia (Tuamotu Archipelago, Society Islands, Austral Islands), Line Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands. Depths between 3 and 90 m. Halimeda flat bottom, on Seriatopora hystrix , from dead Pocillopora verrucosa head, under dead coral, rubble.