Leucosiidae Samouelle, 1819

Poupin, Joseph, Corbari, Laure, Pérez, Thierry & Chevaldonné, Pierre, 2012, Deep-water decapod crustaceans studied with a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia (Crustacea: Decapoda), Zootaxa 3550, pp. 43-60 : 52-53

Family Leucosiidae Samouelle, 1819

Tanaoa serenei (Richer de Forges, 1983). Stn 34, Hatu Iti, 334 m ( Fig. 6 d). R/V Marara , trap, Eiao, Fatu Hiva, Hiva Oa, 256–580 m; R/V Alis, dredge, beam trawl, Dumont d'Urville Seamount, Eiao, Hatutaa Motu One, Nuku Hiva, Tahuata, 163– 805 m.

Remarks. Tanaoa serenei (Richer de Forges 1983) was described based on specimens from Tahiti (R/V Tainui, trap, 400–500 m), Samoa, and Guam (Richer de Forges 1983: 634). Galil (2003: 402) has synonymised T. serenei with T. distinctus (Rathbun, 1894) . Recently, however, Ng & Richer de Forges (2007: 16) concluded that the two species are distinct, with T. distinctus known with certainty only from the Hawaii Is. and T. serenei from French Polynesia, Wallis & Futuna, Samoa, Guam, and questionably from the Solomon Is. (as T. distinctus ; in Galil 2007), and New Zealand (as T. distinctus ; in Galil 2003 and Yaldwyn & Webber 2011).

Figures

FIGURE 6. Brachyuran crabs photographed with ROV Super Achille: a – b) Latreillia metanesa Williams, 1982, stn 37, Eiao, 214 m, on antipatharian coral Antipathes? sp.; c) Naxioides vaitahu Poupin, 1995 (with a specimen of L. metanesa, top), stn 37, Eiao, 214 m, on antipatharian coral Antipathes? sp.; d) Tanaoa serenei (Richer de Forges, 1983), stn 34, Hatu Iti, 334 m (distance between the two laser green spots is 60 mm).