Albunea microps Miers, 1878

Boyko, Christopher B., 2020, Fig. 4 in Striatoandricus sanchezi Cuesta-Porta & Melika & Nicholls & Stone & Pujade-Villar 2022, n. sp., Zoological Studies 59 (15), pp. 1-16 : 3

Albunea microps Miers, 1878 ( Fig. 1A )

Albunea microps – Boyko 2002: 3, 9, 229, 230, 246–254, 259, 260, 295, 312, 373, figs. 2a, 81, 82 [full synonymy]; Boyko 2010: 52–53 [ Philippines]; Boyko and McLaughlin 2010: 140 [list]; Markham 2010: 152–153 [host of Albunione australiana Markham and Boyko, 1999 ]; Osawa et al. 2010: 8, 11 [mention]; Poupin 2010: 32 [list]; Osawa and Fujita 2012: 246 [mention].

Material examined: 1 male (fragmented, unmeasurable), Panglao Island, Bohol Province, Philippines, stn. R 56, lagoon and upper reef slope, 1–10 m, 9°32.3'N, 123°43.1'E, coll. Panglao 2004 Expedition, 21 June 2004 ( ZRC 2016.0115).

Range: From Zanzibar and Madagascar north to Oman and eastward to the Philippines and New Caledonia, at 3–45 m deep ( Boyko 2002). Also reported from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan at 52 m ( Osawa and Fujita 2007).

Remarks: Although the male was collected in good condition (see Fig. 1A ), at some point between being photographed and examined by the author, it became severely damaged. It is identifiable both by the color photograph of the fresh specimen and characteristic shape of the eyes and dactyli, all of which remain intact. Albunea microps was previously recorded from the Philippines ( Boyko 2002).

Figures

Fig. 1. A, Albunea microps Miers, 1878, male, CL unknown (fragmented when examined) (ZRC 2016.0115). B, Albunea symmysta (Linnaeus, 1758), female, 19.0 mm CL (ZRC 2016.0114). Photographs courtesy of Tin-Yam Chan.