Cyrtomaia horrida Rathbun, 1916

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 : 28-29

Cyrtomaia horrida Rathbun, 1916

Cyrtomaia horrida Rathbun, 1916: 527 (list), 523–533 (type locality: the Philippines, between Negros and Siquijor, 9°08′15″ N, 123°23′20″ E).

Cyrtomaia horrida – Serène & Lohavanijaya 1973: 46 (key). — Sakai 1976: 178 (key), 180–181, pl. 60. — Griffin 1976: 188, 218 (list), fig. 3. — Guinot & Richer de Forges 1986: 86 (list), 119–120, pl. 6 fig. A–C. — Griffin & Tranter 1986a: 24 (key), 25–26. — Ikeda 1998: 33, pl. 32. — Richer de Forges & Ng 2007: 56 (list), 57, 59–60, figs 1C, 2; 2008: 19–20. — Ng et al. 2008: 111 (list). — Richer de Forges et al. 2009: 1207 (key).

(For complete synonymy, see Guinot & Richer de Forges 1986: 119.)

Material examined

SOUTH CHINA SEA: 1 badly damaged specimen (45.6 × 48.4 mm) ( ZRC 2016.0084), north of Zhongsha, stn CP4147, 16°09.83′ N, 114°15.25′ E to 16°08.15′ N, 114°17.97′ E, 343– 249 m, coll. ZHONGSHA 2015 Expedition, 26 Jul. 2015.

Remarks

The Cyrtomaia species from the Philippines have been treated by Richer de Forges & Ng (2007), with the more common species being C. horrida Rathbun, 1916 and C. echinata Rathbun, 1916 .

Distribution

Cyrtomaia horrida is known from Solomon Islands ( Richer de Forges & Ng 2008), Indonesia, South China Sea ( Griffin & Tranter 1986), the Philippines ( Richer de Forges & Ng 2007) and Japan ( Sakai 1976).