New Records of Two Brachyuran Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda), Naxioides robillardi (Miers, 1882) (Epialtidae) and Lupocyclus tugelae Barnard, 1950 (Portunidae) from India

Devi, Suvarna S.; Kumar, Appukuttannair Biju; Ng, Peter K. L.

doi:10.1007/s41208-019-00138-2

“…Despite the good collections of S. livermorii from the western and eastern Indian Ocean, none are yet known from intermediate localities, almost certainly an artefact of limited sampling at outer shelf and slope depths in the Indian region. Only in recent years have efforts to document the Indian deep-water crustacean fauna accelerated (e.g., Ahyong & Kumar, 2018;Devi et al, 2019;Ng et al, 2019;Macpherson et al, 2020;Padate et al, 2020Padate et al, , 2021Padate et al, , 2022, so it is likely that S. livermorii will eventually be found there. All known specimens of S. livermorii are from Indian Ocean localities.…”

Section: Diagnosismentioning

confidence: 99%

Spider crabs of the Samadinia pulchra complex (Crustacea: Decapoda: Epialtidae)

Ahyong,

Lee,

Ng

2023

Rec. Aust. Mus.

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The spiny spider crab, Samadinia pulchra (Miers in Tizard, Moseley, Buchanan & Murray, 1885) (type locality: Bohol Sea, Philippines) has long been considered to be widespread in the western Pacific and Indian Ocean, with Anamathia livermorii Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891, described from the Andaman Sea, in its synonymy. Reassessment of Samadinia pulchra from throughout its purported range indicates that it comprises a complex of three species: S. pulchra sensu stricto, occurring in the northwestern Pacific, from the South China Sea to Japan; S. livermorii, occurring in the Indian Ocean, ranging from southwestern Indonesia to East Africa; and a new species, S. jimlowryi sp. nov., ranging from northwestern Australia to southeastern Indonesia.

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“…Despite the good collections of S. livermorii from the western and eastern Indian Ocean, none are yet known from intermediate localities, almost certainly an artefact of limited sampling at outer shelf and slope depths in the Indian region. Only in recent years have efforts to document the Indian deep-water crustacean fauna accelerated (e.g., Ahyong & Kumar, 2018;Devi et al, 2019;Ng et al, 2019;Macpherson et al, 2020;Padate et al, 2020Padate et al, , 2021Padate et al, , 2022, so it is likely that S. livermorii will eventually be found there. All known specimens of S. livermorii are from Indian Ocean localities.…”

Section: Colour In Lifementioning

confidence: 99%

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2023

Rec. Aust. Mus.

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James K. Lowry (1942Lowry ( -2021 was one of the most prolific crustacean taxonomists of the late 20th through early 21st century, authoring some 214 publications over a period of some 55 years in which he named some 800 new taxa including 5 suborders, 62 families, 129 genera, and 548 species of primarily amphipod crustaceans. The present work provides a complete list of Jim Lowry's scientific publications along with the new taxa that he described therein.

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