Hiplyra longimana (A. Milne Edwards, 1874)

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 : 457

Hiplyra longimana (A. Milne Edwards, 1874)

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Material examined. 1 juvenile male (7.8 mm) (MNHN-IU-2013-12748), stn PD30, Budup, 05°04.7'S 145°48.3'E, 1–8 m, 17.11.2012; 1 female (12.4 mm) (MNHN-IU-2013-12742); 1 ovigerous female (14.0 mm) ( ZRC 2014.0173), stn PD38, Rempi Area, north Tadwai I., 04°58.8'S 145°47.4'E, 10–15 m, 20.11.2012.

Colour in life. Carapace and legs olive-coloured, granules on margins of carapace and cheliped merus duncoloured; inner margin of fingers orange, tips white ( Fig. 3 E).

Geographical distribution. New Caledonia, Australia (Queensland, Western Australia) ( Galil 2009). New record for Papua New Guinea.

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FIGURE 3. Colours in life. A, Arcania heptacantha, male (9.1 mm) (MNHN-IU- 2013 - 458), stn PD 14; B, Heterolithadia fallax, female (13.1 mm) (ZRC 2014.0168), stn PD 66; C, Heterolithadia fallax, male (8.7 mm) (ZRC 2014.0172), stn PS 22; D, Heterolithadia fallax, female (9.5 mm) (MNHN-IU- 2013 - 1195), stn PD 66; E, Hiplyra longimana, ovigerous female (14.0 mm) (ZRC 2014.0173); F, Myra curtimana, immature female (9.4 mm) (MNHN-IU- 2013 - 1226), stn PD 74; G, Myra digitata, male (19.6 mm) (MNHN-IU- 2013 - 2010), stn PP 06; H, Myra eudactyla, immature specimen (7.1 mm) (MNHN-IU- 2013 - 609), stn PR 47.