Hippa adactyla Fabricius, 1787

Boyko, Christopher B., 2000, The Hippoidea (Decapoda, Anomura) of the Marquises Islands, with description of a new species of Albunea, Zoosystema 22 (1), pp. 107-116 : 116

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5754593
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5475039
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scientific name	Hippa adactyla Fabricius, 1787
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Hippa adactyla Fabricius, 1787 View in CoL

Hippa adactyla Fabricius, 1787: 329 View in CoL . – Haig 1970: 294 (synonymy; neotype designated).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Marquises Islands, French Polynesia. CTT: stn 22, 2 11.0- 20.6 mm, 1 23.4 mm (MNHN-Hi 248).

DISTRIBUTION. — Madagascar eastward to the Marquises Islands, northward to Japan and southward to Queensland, Australia (Haig 1974: 180).

REMARKS

Hippa adactyla was previously recorded from the Marquises by de Man (1896: 461, 463) as Remipes testudinarius Latreille, 1806 (see Haig 1970: 294), but has not been reported from there subsequently. This species has been reported to have 3-6 antennal flagellum segments in adults (Haig 1974: 179; Boyko & Harvey 1999: 403) but in one small yet mature specimen at hand (MNHN-Hi 248) there are only two segments. This supports the suggestion of Boyko & Harvey (1999: 399) that identifications of Hippa specimens should not be based on single characters as done by some authors, but rather on multiple characters such as the shape of the dactyli, form of the anterior carapace margin and carapace patterning.