Moloha majora ( Kubo, 1936 )

Ng, Peter K. L. & Forges, Bertrand Richer de, 2017, On a collection of Homolidae from the South China Sea, with descriptions of two new species of Homologenus A. Milne-Edwards, in Henderson, 1888, and the identities of Homologenus malayensis Ihle, 1912, and Lamoha superciliosa (Wood-Mason, in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 65, pp. 243-268 : 250

Moloha majora ( Kubo, 1936)

( Fig. 24E )

Latreillopsis major Kubo, 1936: 63 , pl. 17 (see Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1995: 384; Richer de Forges & Ng, 2007: 34; for complete synonymy, excluding Philippine records).

Material examined. 1 male (54.8 × 47.8 mm, broken) ( ZRC 2016.0197 ), station CP 4153, north of Macclesfield Bank , 16°13.94′N 114°27.21′E – 16°14.25′N 114°29.55′E, Taiwan, South China Sea, 318 m, sponge substrate with sea pens and echinoderms, trawl, coll. ZHONGSHA 2015 Cruise, 27 July 2015 .

Colour. The colour is typical for the species, being orangishred overall ( Fig. 24E ) (see also Ahyong et al., 2009: fig. 73).

Remarks. Moloha majora was described from one male and one female from off Kominato in Japan by Kubo (1936). The current location of this material is not known and may be lost (see Ng & Richer de Forges, 2015).

Figures

Fig. 24. Colour in life, A–H from South China Sea; I, J from Papua New Guinea and Bismarck Sea. A, Lamoha longirostris (Chen, 1986), female (24.9 × 20.3 mm) (ZRC 2016.0555); B, Lamoha murotoensis (Sakai, 1979), male (20.8 × 18.4 mm) (ZRC 2016.0200); C, Paromola macrochira Sakai, 1961, female (16.5 × 11.4 mm) (ZRC 2016.0560); D, Paromola macrochira Sakai, 1961, female (16.3 × 11.1 mm) (ZRC 2016.0562); E, Moloha majora (Kubo, 1936), male (54.8 × 47.8 mm) (ZRC 2016.0197); F, Homolochunia gadaletae Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1995, ovigerous female (34.1 × 26.4 mm) (ZRC 2016.0198); G, Homolomania sibogae Ihle, 1912, male (15.4 × 11.3 mm) (ZRC 2016.0199); H, Paromolopsis boasi Wood-Mason, in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891, male (20.1 × 17.7 mm) (ZRC 2016.0565); I, Homologenus malayensis Ihle, 1912, ovigerous female (16.0 × 13.9 mm) (MNHN-IU-2015-80); J, Homologenus malayensis Ihle, 1912, ovigerous female (14.9 × 9.9 mm) (MNHN-IU-2014-8052).