Izanami curtispina (Sakai, 1961)

Galil, Bella S., 2007, The deep-water Calappidae, Matutidae and Leucosiidae of the Solomon Islands, with a description of a new species of Euclosia Galil, 2003 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura), Zoosystema 29 (3), pp. 555-563 : 556-557

Izanami curtispina (Sakai, 1961)

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — SALOMON 2, stn DW 2234, 6°51.4’S, 156°23.8’E, Oldham Deep, 182-277 m, XI.2004, 1 ♂ cl 22.3 mm, 2 ♀♀ cl 18.7 and 19.3 mm (MNHN B.30218). — Stn DW 2235, 6°50.9’S, 156°23.3’E, 162-196 m, XI.2004, 1 ♂ cl 20.4 mm, 1 ♀ cl 18.9 mm (MNHN B.30219). — Stn DW 2239, 6°53.9’S, 156°21.4’E, STaylor Reefs, 460-730 m, XI.2004, 1 ♀ cl 18.5 mm (MNHN B.30220).

DISTRIBUTION. — Madagascar, China Sea, Japan, Arafura Sea, Taiwan, 35-217 m ( Galil & Clark 1994; Ng et al. 2001; Chen & Sun 2002), new record for the Solomons and significant extension of the depth record.

Family LEUCOSIIDAE Samouelle, 1819