Raymunida formosanus Lin, Chan & Chu, 2004

Ahyong, Shane T. & Poore, Gary C. B., 2004, Deep-water Galatheidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from southern and eastern Australia, Zootaxa 472 (1), pp. 1-76 : 70-71

Raymunida formosanus Lin, Chan & Chu, 2004 ( Fig. 17 )

Raymunida formosanus Lin, Chan & Chu, 2004: 149–156 , figs. 1–3 [type locality: Tai­Shi, NE Taiwan].

Material examined. NEW SOUTH WALES: AM P26582, 1 female (19.7 mm), E of Crowdy Head , 31°54’S, 153°00’E, 104 m, K77­13­02, 17 Aug 1977 .

Remarks. The single Australian specimen is badly fragmented but is tentatively identified with R. formosanus , described from Taiwan. The present specimen agrees well with the type description, notably in the relatively robust chelae (being 5 times as long as wide in females) and in the distinctly squamose meri of the walking legs, features that distinguish R. formosanus from the very similar New Caledonian species R. confundens Macpherson & Machordom, 2001 . It differs from the type description in having spines along most of the length, instead of primarily on the proximal half of the lower margin of the pollex of the cheliped. The significance of this difference in chela spination is not readily apparent. It could represent specific distinction or merely intraspecific variation. Additional intact Australian specimens are required to settle the issue.

Distribution. Northeastern Taiwan and now from eastern Australia at depths between 104 and 300 m.

Figures

FIGURE 17. Raymunida formosanus Lin, Chan & Chu, 2004, female (19.7 mm), AM P26582. A, dorsum. B, right chela. C, left pereopod 2, dorsal. D, sternum. E, left antennule and antenna, ventral. F, left third maxilliped, lateral. Scale A–D = 4 mm, E–F = 2 mm.