Tuerkayana hirtipes (Dana, 1851)

Lagare, Nickel Jean S., Mapi-Ot, Emmarie F., Molina, Ziljih S., Neri, Jemateo B., Nuñeza, Olga M. & Mendoza, Jose Christopher E., 2020, On a collection of freshwater and estuarine crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura) from Mindanao Island, the Philippines, Zootaxa 4868 (3), pp. 301-330 : 305-306

Tuerkayana hirtipes (Dana, 1851)

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Cardisoma hirtipes, Estampador 1937: 541 ; 1959: 98.— Türkay 1974: 229.

Discoplax hirtipes, Ng & Guinot 2001: 335 .— Ng & Shih 2014: 112, fig. 1G, H, 5E, 10H, 15.

Material examined. 1 female, 57.0 by 53.0 mm, (MSU-IIT; NJL191802), Pocto I., Brgy. Manyayay, Lianga town, Surigao del Sur prov., coll. N.J. Lagare, 3 Mar. 2019.

Remarks. Recent systematic revisions of Discoplax hirtipes (Dana, 1851) (type locality: Viti) have limited the distributional range of this species to the western and central Pacific, with other populations in the Indian Ocean being recognized as two separate species, D. celeste and D. magna ( Ng & Davie 2012; Ng & Shih 2014). Even more recently, Guinot et al. (2018), had established a new genus Tuerkayana (type species: Thelphusa rotunda Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 ), and included these three aforementioned species in that genus.

In the Philippines, Tuerkayana hirtipes has been recorded by Estampador (1937, 1959) (no specific locality), Türkay (1974) (Dinagat I.), and by Ng & Guinot (2001) and Ng & Shih (2014) (Bohol I.). Anecdotal evidence also indicates that this species is more widespread than presented in the literature, and is used as food in many rural areas in the Philippines (JCEM pers. obs.). The present specimen was found on a limestone hill/outcrop amidst a coastal mangrove.

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FIGURE 2. Colour photos of recently preserved crabs (dorsal habitus). A, Baptozius vinosus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834), male, 67.4 by 46.7 mm (ZRC), Sibutad, Zamboanga del Norte; B, Amarinus wolterecki (Balss, 1934), male, 13.6 by 14.1 mm (ZRC), Mainit, Surigao del Norte; C, Cardisoma carnifex (Herbst, 1796), male, 67.0 by 56.0 mm (ZRC), Manukan, Zamboanga del Norte; D, Tuerkayana hirtipes (Dana, 1851), female, 57.0 by 53.0 (ZRC), Lianga, Surigao del Sur; E, Bresedium brevipes (De Man, 1889), male, 20.8 by 18.2 mm (ZRC), Maigo, Lanao del Norte; F, Labuanium trapezoideum (H. Milne Edwards, 1837), female, 38.3 by 42.0 mm (ZRC), Oroquieta, Misamis Occidental. Scale bars: 10 mm.