Nursilia dentata Bell, 1855

(Fig. 4 A)

Material examined. 1 ovigerous female (10.3 mm) (MNHN-IU-2013-834), stn PD53, south Panab I., 05°10.3'S 145°48.5'E, 2–10 m, 28.11.2012; 1 male (7.2 mm) (ZRC 2014.0165), 1 female (6.7 mm) (MNHN-IU-2013-1224), stn PD75, Madang South hospital, 05°14.2'S 145°47.8'E, 10–25 m, 7.12.2012.

Colour in life. Carapace bone-white, medially mottled reddish-brown, bisected by narrow white stripe running from bidentate front to posterior margin. Cheliped merus with pale orange band medially; distal part of palm, fingers mottled pale brown. Ambulatory legs with 2 orange bands on meri, proximally on carpi, propodi (Fig. 4 A). Geographical distribution. Red Sea to Fiji (Tan 1996), Vanuatu (Galil & Ng 2010). New record for Papua New Guinea.