First record of Puerulus mesodontus Chan, Ma & Chu, 2013 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Achelata, Palinuridae) from south of Java, Indonesia

Abstract

BackgroundThree specimens of Puerulus mesodontus Chan, Ma & Chu, 2013 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Achelata, Palinuridae) were collected from Palabuhanratu Bay, southern Java, Indonesia. There is no previous record on the presence of the species in Indonesia. This finding represents the first record of this species in Java, Indonesia, and confirms that the species is present in the Indian Ocean. The morphological characters of the species are described.New informationThis paper contains a new distribution record of a lobster species from Indonesian waters.

Variation in Morphometric Characters in Four Sand Crab (Albunea symmysta) Populations Collected from Sumatra and Java Island, Indonesia

“…Many morphometric studies of decapod crustaceans have shown significant relationships among some morphometric characters to carapace or total length (e.g., Oh & Hartnoll 1999;Sampedro et al 1999;Conan et al 2001;Wardiatno & Tamaki 2001;Mashar & Wardiatno 2013a,b;Wardiatno & Mashar 2013;Muzammil et al 2015). Widely used allometric relationships have been used mostly to quantify the relative growth of body parts expressing secondary sexual characters in crustaceans (Hartnoll 1978(Hartnoll , 1982.…”

“…Wardiatno and Tamaki (2001) revealed that variations in the size of the cornea and rostrum angle of Nihonotrypaea japonica and N. harmandi were effective characters to separate the two species. Wardiatno and Mashar (2013) speculated that variations in claw size between two mantis shrimp species (Harpiosquilla raphidea and Oratosquillina gravieri) may be a factor behind their competitive abilities.…”

“…These hippoids are specialized to live buried in sandy substrates or fine sediment from the intertidal to offshore zones (Boyko, 2002;Osawa et al 2010;Wardiatno & Mashar 2013). Wardiatno et al (2015a) reported seven genera of superfamily Hippoidea distributed in Indonesian waters, including Albunea symmysta.…”

“…Studies of the crustacean biology in Indonesia have been increasing recently, e.g., the occurrence of lobsters as a first record (Wardiatno et al 2016), the biology of mantis shrimp (Wardiatno & Mashar 2010, 2011Wardiatno et al 2012;Wardiatno & Mashar 2013), the biology of blue swimming crabs (Hamid 2011;Hamid & Wardiatno 2015;Hamid et al 2015a,b;Zairion et al 2014;Wiyono & Ihsan 2015;Zairion et al 2015a, b), as well as the biology of mole/sand crabs (Mashar & Wardiatno 2013a,b;Sarong & Wardiatno 2013;Wardiatno et al 2014;Mashar et al 2014Mashar et al , 2015Santoso et al 2015;Wardiatno et al 2015a,b;Muzammil et al 2015). Of the numerous studies on Indonesian mole/sand crabs, there has been no published work as yet on the morphometric variations of albuneid crab populations in Indonesia.…”

Kebiasaan Makanan, Luas Dan Tumpang Tindih Relung Beberapa Jenis Lobster Di Teluk Prigi, Kabupaten Trenggalek

“…Di Indonesia, ditemukan sebanyak tujuh jenis spiny lobster dari Famili Palinuridae yaitu Panulirus homarus (lobster pasir), P. ornatus (lobster mutiara), P. longipes (lobster batik), P. versicolor (lobster bambu), P. polyphagus (lobster pakistan/lumpur), P. penicillatus (lobster batu) (Phillips, 2006;Tewfik et al, 2009), dan Puerulus mesodontus (Wardiatno et al, 2016). Kalih (2012) …”