Cyrtomaia owstoni Terazaki, 1903

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 : 29-30

Cyrtomaia owstoni Terazaki, 1903

Cyrtomaia owstoni Terazaki, 1903: 239 , 240 (un-numbered text-fig.) (type locality: Misaki, Japan).

Cyrtomaja owstoni [sic] – Sakai 1938: 240, pl. 35 fig. 1; 1965: 71, pl. 31 fig. 2.

Cyrtomaia owstoni – Serène & Lohavanijaya 1973: 45 (key), 46–47, figs 73–78, pl. 7 C, D. — Sakai 1976: 178 (key), 179, pl. 59. — Griffin 1976: 188. — Griffin & Tranter 1986a: 24 (key), 29–30. — Ikeda 1998: 32–33, pl. 30. — Richer de Forges & Ng 2007: 56 (list). — Ng et al. 2008: 111 (list).

Material examined

SOUTH CHINA SEA: 1 ♂ (22.0 × 24.4 mm) ( ZRC 2016.0088), south of Taiwan bank, stn CP4166, 22°07.62′ N, 118°43.30′ E to 22°03.29′ N, 118°45.46′ E, 587–756 m, coll. ZHONGSHA 2015 Expedition, 1 Aug. 2015; 1 ♂ (11.6 × 12.4 mm), 1 ♀ (17.1 × 18.6 mm) ( ZRC 2016.0087), south of Taiwan Bank, stn CP4165, 22°09.89′ N, 118°42.02′ E to 22°07.29′ N, 118°43.39′ E, 443–618 m, coll. ZHONGSHA 2015 Expedition, 1 Aug. 2015.

Remarks

Cyrtomaia owstoni Terazaki, 1903 , is characterized by the curved branchial spines that are longer than the protogastric spines ( Griffin & Tranter 1986a).

Distribution

The species is known from Japan ( Sakai 1938, 1965, 1976; Ikeda 1998), the Philippines ( Griffin 1976) and South China Sea ( Serène & Lohavanijaya 1973).