Oxypleurodon sanctaeclausi Richer de Forges & Ng, 2009

Lee, Bee Yan, Forges, Bertrand Richer De & Ng, Peter K. L., 2017, Deep-sea spider crabs of the families Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838 and Inachidae MacLeay, 1838, from the South China Sea, with descriptions of two new species (Decapoda, Brachyura, Majoidea), European Journal of Taxonomy 358, pp. 1-37 : 9

Oxypleurodon sanctaeclausi Richer de Forges & Ng, 2009

Fig. 13E

Oxypleurodon sanctaeclausi Richer de Forges & Ng, 2009a: 2–5 , figs 1A–C, 3A, B, 11A (type locality: Bohol Sea, the Philippines).

Oxypleurodon sanctaeclausi – Richer de Forges & Ng 2009b: 248 (table). — Lee et al. 2015: 1261.

(For the complete synonymy of this species, see Richer de Forges & Ng 2009a: 2.)

Material examined

SOUTH CHINA SEA: 1 ♀ (16.6 × 11.5 mm) ( ZRC 2016.0074), northwest of Dongsha, stn CP4160, 20°48.88′ N, 116°43.15′ E to 20°47.29′ N, 116°42.06′ E, 251– 195 m, coll. ZHONGSHA 2015 Expedition, 30 Jul. 2015.

Remarks

Richer de Forges & Poore (2008) recognised a new species, O. wilsoni , from south of the Western Australian coast (ca 30° S). They separated it from the allied O. luzonicum ( Rathbun, 1916) by a number of characters but based this on material they had from the northern part of the Western Australian coast (ca 15° S). Richer de Forges & Ng (2009a) clarified the identity of O. luzonicum s. str. on the basis of topotypic material and recognised a new species, O. sanctaeclausi Richer de Forges & Ng, 2009 , from the Bohol Sea, east of the Philippines. Species identified as “ O. luzonicum ” from the Indonesian archipelago and the Philippines by Richer de Forges (1995) are now all referred to O. sanctaeclausi as well ( Richer de Forges & Ng 2009a: 4). The South China Sea is now added to the range of O. sanctaeclausi .

Figures

Fig. 13. Colour in life. A. Naxioides robillardi (Miers, 1882), ♂ (39.2 × 24.5 mm) (ZRC 2016.01065), South China Sea. B. Oxypleurodon stimpsoni Miers, 1885, ♂ (with Sacculina, 14.0 × 9.0 mm) (ZRC 2016.0072), South China Sea. C. Oxypleurodon auritum (Rathbun, 1916), ♂ (16.7 × 11.1 mm) (ZRC 2016.0066), South China Sea. D. Oxypleurodon forte Lee, Corbari & Richer de Forges, 2015, ♂ (14.2 × 9.1 mm) (ZRC 2016.0078), South China Sea. E. Oxypleurodon sanctaeclausi Richer de Forges & Ng 2009, paratype, ♀ (18.7 × 16.8 mm) (ZRC 2009.0019) (after Richer de Forges & Ng 2009a). F. Stegopleurodon pteridion sp. nov., holotype, ♂ (13.1 × 7.9 mm) (NTOU), South China Sea. Scale bars: A = 10 mm; B–F = 5 mm.