Calliaxina punica (de Saint Laurent & Manning, 1982 ) Ngoc-Ho, 2003

Ngoc-Ho, Nguyen, 2003, European and Mediterranean Thalassinidea (Crustacea, Decapoda), Zoosystema 25 (3), pp. 439-555 : 496-498

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5402949

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF2C63-FFA6-FFA6-2F19-79F3FD1C70BB

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scientific name

Calliaxina punica (de Saint Laurent & Manning, 1982 )
status

comb. nov.

Calliaxina punica (de Saint Laurent & Manning, 1982) n. comb.

( Figs 19 View FIG ; 20 View FIG )

Calliax punica de Saint Laurent & Manning, 1982: 211 , figs 1-6. — Thessalou-Legaki 1986: 183. — ° Froglia 1995: 7. — Falciai & Minervini 1996: 145, 3 figs. — d’Udekem d’Acoz 1996: 58; 1999: 155. — Tudge et al. 2000: 156.

Paraglypturus punica – Sakai 1999a: 122. — ° Türkay 2001: 289. — Noël 2002: 240.

Calliax sp. – de Saint Laurent & Božić 1976: 29, figs 8, 16, 24, 35.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype: from Gulf of Tunis, Tunisia, R. B. Manning coll., 27.I.1973 ( USNM 172539 About USNM ); paratypes: same locality and collector, 26.IV.1973, 2 juv. ( MNHN Th 563); R. B. Manning and M. L. Jones coll., 16.VIII.1973, 6, 4 poor condition ( MNHN Th 565).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — France. Le Brusc, Var, muddy sand, 0.5 m, P. Noël coll., 14.XI.1997, 1 cl. 11 mm, tl. 40 mm (figured) ( MNHN Th 1402).

Mediterranean (probably). Collection Sollaud ES 27, no date, 1 cl. 13 mm, tl. 42 mm approx. (abdomen broken) (figured) (MNHN Th 1355).

Greece. NW Kreta, northern part of Ormos Livadi, C. d’Udekem d’Acoz coll., 9.VII.1987, 1 ovig. cl. 9 mm, tl. 39 mm ( MNHN Th 1403).

Tunisia. Gulf of Tunis, Salammbô, muddy sand, 0.5- 1 m, R. B. Manning coll., 26.IV.1973, 2 juv. paratypes, cl. 3 and 3.5 mm, tl. 12 and 12.5 mm ( MNHN Th 563). — Korbous, between Sidi Rais and Ain Kotor, in sea grass, about 0.5 m, R. B. Manning and M. L. Jones coll., 16.VIII.1973, 6, 4 paratypes tl. 12-26 mm poor condition ( MNHN Th 565). — Gulf of Tunis, R. B. Manning coll., no date, 2 juv. cl. 3 and 4 mm ( MNHN Th 562); 30. V.1973, 1 cl. 6.5 mm ( MNHN Th 564). OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Calliaxina sakaii (de Saint Laurent, 1979) n. comb., Japan, Tomioka, western Kyushu, 1 holotype ( MNHN Th 312); 1 paratype ( MNHN Th 311). — Paraglypturus calderus Türkay & Sakai, 1995 , Marianas, N Rim of Esmeralda Caldera, 6, 5 (3 ovig.) paratypes ( SMF 22950). — Paraglypturus tooradin ( Poore & Griffin, 1979) , Western Port, Victoria, Australia, 2 juv. paratypes ( NMV J 302), 1 paratype ( NMV J 303).

DISTRIBUTION. — Mediterranean: S of France; Tunis, Sardinia, Naples (de Saint Laurent & Manning 1982), Ionian and Aegean seas (Thessalou-Legaki 1986), W of Kreta (d’Udekem d’Acoz 1996).

DIAGNOSIS

Details added to diagnosis for the genus: rostrum broadly triangular with pointed tip, not reaching middle of eyestalks ( Fig. 19A, E View FIG ). Second abdominal segment largest, lateral tufts of setae on segments 3-5 ( Fig. 19B View FIG ). Telson ( Fig. 19D View FIG ) approximately 1.2 times as wide as long, posterior border straight in median part.

Eyestalk larger and more prominent in juvenile than in adult. Mandible ( Fig. 19L View FIG ) incisor process with sharp teeth. Mx1 ( Fig. 20A View FIG ) and Mx2 ( Fig. 20B View FIG ) as figured. Mxp1 ( Fig. 20C View FIG ) endopod elongate, epipod large, tapering distally. Mxp2 ( Fig. 20D View FIG ) exopod overreaching merus of endopod; bilobed epipod and single arthrobranch present. Mxp3 ( Fig. 19J, K View FIG ) ischium-merus length less than twice merus width (more slender in small specimens of tl. <20-25 mm), mesial ridge of ischium with nine or 10 spinules; dactylus rounded, slightly longer than wide; exopod present, reaching mid-length of merus in adult, smaller in juvenile.

P1 equal and similar ( Fig. 19C View FIG ), lower border of ischium and proximal lower border of merus with tubercles or denticles; carpus and propodus unarmed, lower border weakly heeled, propodus with elongate depression near base of fixed finger, cutting edge of latter bearing large triangular tooth near base or near mid length; dactylus approximately as long as palm, unarmed. P2 ( Fig. 19F View FIG ) merus with long setae on lateral surface. P3-P5 ( Fig. 19 View FIG G-I) and uropods ( Fig. 19D View FIG ) as diagnosed for the genus.

Colour

Orange-red on body and distal part of P1 from carpus onwards (specimen from Le Brusc, Var; Noël pers. comm.) (de Saint Laurent & Manning 1982). The body is sometimes whitish and pereopods pure white (d’Udekem d’Acoz 1996).

Size

Specimens can reach large size, up to 65 mm in total length (ovigerous from Tunis, according to de Saint Laurent & Manning 1982). The types comprise however mostly juveniles or small specimens. Other material examined includes specimens of medium size: cl. 11 mm, tl. 40 mm.

ECOLOGY

This species lives in sand or muddy sand with or without seagrass, between 0.25- 1 m depth (de Saint Laurent & Manning 1982 and present material).

REMARKS

Calliaxina punica n. comb. often shares the same habitat with Pestarella tyrrhena n. comb. whose coloration is similar (de Saint Laurent & Manning 1982). In the field, separation between the two is only easy when the P1 are present: these are equal in the former species, distinctly unequal in the latter.

Family CTENOCHELIDAE Manning & Felder, 1991

R

Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

V

Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium

SMF

Forschungsinstitut und Natur-Museum Senckenberg

NMV

Museum Victoria

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Callianassidae

Genus

Calliaxina

Loc

Calliaxina punica (de Saint Laurent & Manning, 1982 )

Ngoc-Ho, Nguyen 2003
2003
Loc

Paraglypturus punica

NOEL P. Y. 2002: 240
TURKAY M. 2001: 289
SAKAI K. 1999: 122
1999
Loc

Calliax punica de Saint Laurent & Manning, 1982: 211

TUDGE C. C. & POORE G. C. B. & LEMAITRE R. 2000: 156
FALCIAI L. & MINERVINI R. 1996: 145
FROGLIA C. 1995: 7
SAINT LAURENT M. & DE & MANNING R. B. 1982: 211
1982
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