Urnalana chevreti (Haswell, 1880)

Galil, Bella S. & Ng, Peter K. L., 2015, Leucosiid crabs from Papua New Guinea, with descriptions of eight new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), Zootaxa 4027 (4), pp. 451-486 : 479-480

Urnalana chevreti (Haswell, 1880)

( Fig 5 D)

Leucosia chevertii Ovaere, 1987: 200 , figs 3b, 6c; Ng et al. 2008: 95 (list).

Material examined. 1 male (10.6 mm) (MNHN-IU-2013-615); 1 female (11.6 mm) (MNHN-IU-2013-12759), stn PD22, south Sek I., 05°06.3'S 145°49.2'E, 12–20 m, 14– 15.11.2012; 1 male (11.3 mm) ( ZRC 2014.0167), stn PD45, Rempi Area, west Barag I., 05°01.2'S 145°47.9'E, 5–10 m, 22– 23.11.2012.

Colour in life. Dorsal surface of carapace bone coloured, minutely dotted red on post frontal ridge, pale brownish blotches on hepatic regions, dotted red, pale brownish stripe medially on gastric, cardiac regions, pale brownish blotches laterally near branchial margins. Cheliped pale pink, granules slightly darker pink; fingers proximally red. Ambulatory legs with pale orange spots ( Fig. 5 D).

Geographical distribution. South China Sea, Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, Arafura Sea, Australia (western coast), Papua New Guinea ( Galil 2005).

Figures

FIGURE 5. Colours in life. A, Tanaoa retpela sp. nov., paratype female (29.5 mm) (MNHN-IU- 2011 - 3835), stn CP 3653; B, Toru pilus, male (11.5 mm) (MNHN-IU- 2013 - 1556), stn CP 4055; C, Urashima pustuloides, broken juvenile (MNHN-IU- 2013 - 1494), stn CP 4035; D, Urnalana chevreti, male (10.6 mm) (MNHN-IU- 2013 - 615), stn PD 22; E, Leucosia rubripalma, male (20.8 mm) (MNHN-IU- 2013 - 1199), stn PR 176; F, Urnalana flammea sp. nov., holotype male (9.3 mm) (MNHN-IU- 2013 - 1341), stn PR 227.