Petrolisthes virgatus Paulson, 1875

Werding, Bernd & Hiller, Alexandra, 2007, The Porcellanidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) of the Red Sea with description of a new species of Petrolisthes, Zootaxa 1460, pp. 1-24 : 16

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15. Petrolisthes virgatus Paulson, 1875 View in CoL

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Petrolisthes virgatus Paulson, 1875: 87 View in CoL , pl. 11, fig. 4.— Lewinsohn 1969: 149, figs. 32a–e; Nakasone & Miyake 1972: 136, figs. 1A–G.— Lewinsohn 1979: 49.— Hogarth 1988: 1102.

Material examined. 1 Ψ ( SMF 4646), Red Sea, 1826, leg. E. Rüppell.

Measurements. 6.4 x 6.0 mm.

Remarks. Petrolisthes virgatus is a rare species, with a main distribution apparently confined to the Red Sea and the subsequent African coast, south to Delagoa Bay, Mozambique. In the western Pacific there are only two records, both from Japan ( Nakasone & Miyake 1972).

References

Hogarth, P. J. (1988) Anomuran Crustacea (Paguridae, Porcellanidae, and Hippidae) from Oman, principally from Dhofar province, southern Oman. Journal of Natural History, 22, 1095 - 1110.

Lewinsohn, C. (1969) Die Anomuren des Roten Meeres (Crustacea Decapoda: Paguridae, Galatheidea, Hippidea). Zoologische Verhandelingen, 104, 1 - 210.

Lewinsohn, C. (1979) Researches on the coast of Somalia. The shore and the Dune of Sar Uanle. 23. Porcellanidae (Crustacea Decapoda Anomura). Italian Journal of Zoology, Supplemento XII, 39 - 57.

Nakasone, Y. & Miyake, S. (1972) Four unrecorded porcellanid crabs (Anomura: Porcellanidae) from Japan. Bulletin of Science & Engineering Division University of the Ryukyus, Mathematics & Natural Sciences, 15, 136 - 147.

Paulson, O. (1875) Isledovaniya rakoobraznykh krasnago morya s zametkami otnositel`no rakoobraznykh drugikhmorei, xiv + 144 pp. (1961 English translation 164 pp)