Juxtaxanthias lividus (Latreille, in Milbert, 1812)

Devi, S. Suvarna, Mendoza, Jose C. E., Ravinesh, R., Idress Babu, K. K., Kumar, A. Biju & Ng, Peter K. L., 2019, On a collection of brachyuran crabs from Lakshadweep, Indian Ocean (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), Zootaxa 4613 (3), pp. 477-501 : 488

Juxtaxanthias lividus (Latreille, in Milbert, 1812)

( Figs. 2E , 4E )

Material examined. 1 male (43.5 x 27.2 mm), 1 female (39.5 x 24.8 mm) ( DABFUK), Kavaratti, coll. 7 January 2013 .

Remarks. Previously recorded by Suvarna Devi et al. (2014) from Lakshadweep. Serène (1984) reports it from Mauritius (type locality) and Chagos Archipelago, and there are also records from Sumatra, Japan and Marshall Islands ( Serène 1984).

Figures

FIGURE 2. A, Cryptodromia fallax, male, 7.1 x 6.4 mm (DABFUK), Kavaratti; B, Gonioinfradens paucidentatus, female, 35.9 x 27.0 mm (DABFUK), Agatti; C, Xiphonectes iranjae, male, 24.7 x 11.6 mm (DABFUK), Agatti; D, Euxanthus rugosus, juv. male, 10.3 x 6.8 mm) (DABFUK), Kavaratti, 7 January 2013; E, Juxtaxanthias lividus, male 43.5 x 27.2 mm (DABFUK), Kavaratti; F, Lachnopodus bidentatus, male, 14.0 x 9.3 mm (DABFUK), Minicoy; G, Macromedaeus crassimanus, male, 34.7 x 22.1 mm (DABFUK), Kavaratti, 10 October 2014; H, Percnon sp., megalopa, 6.9 x 5.1 mm (DABFUK), Kavaratti. Scale bar: 5.0 mm.

FIGURE 4. Fresh colouration. A, Carupa tenuipes, female, 14.8 x 9.7 mm (DABFUK), Bitra; B, Trapezia lutea, male, 12.6 x 10.8 mm, (DABFUK), Bitra; C, Pseudoliomera granosimana, female, 17.2 x 10.9 mm (DABFUK), Minicoy; D, Liomera laevis, female, 20.9 x 12.1 mm (DABFUK), Minicoy; E, Juxtaxanthias lividus, male, 43.5 x 27.2 mm (DABFUK), Kavaratti.