On two new species of Catoptrus A. Milne-Edwards, 1870 (Decapoda, Brachyura, Portunidae) from China

Abstract

Two new species of Catoptrus A. Milne-Edwards, 1870, Catoptrus quinquedentatus sp. nov. and Catoptrus undulatipes sp. nov. (Portunidae, Carupinae), are described from the South China Sea, and their affinities with allied taxa are discussed. RÉSUMÉ Deux espèces nouvelles de Catoptrus A. Milne-Edwards, 1870, Catoptrus quinquedentatus sp. nov. et Catoptrus undulatipes sp. nov. (Portunidae, Carupinae), sont décrites du sud de la mer de Chine, et leurs affinités avec les taxons apparentés sont discutées.

<i>Catoptrus lavicolus</i>, a new species of swimming crab (Crustacea, Brachyura, Portunidae) from shallow subtidal lava rock field at Sakurajima, an active volcano in Kagoshima, southern Japan

“…sp., including the smallest specimen (RUMF-ZC-5991, 4.7 7.5 mm), have these two teeth there. Yang et al (2006: fig. 3D) shows that C. undulatipes Yang, Chen & Tang, 2006, has relatively stout and short cheliped merus (length to width ratio 2.44, merus length to carapace length ratio 0.88, calculated from Yang et al [2006: fig.…”

“…The portunoid crab genus Catoptrus A. Milne-Edwards, 1870, currently contains seven species: C. nitidus A. Milne-Edwards, 1870 (type species; type locality, Samoa); C. inaequalis (Rathbun, 1906) (type locality, Molokai Island, Hawaiian Islands); C. rathbunae Serène, 1966 (type locality, Nhatrang, Vietnam); C. quinquedentatus Yang, Chen & Tang, 2006 (type locality, Hainan Island, China); C. undulatipes Yang, Chen & Tang, 2006 (type locality, Xisha Island, South China Sea); C. marigondonensis Takeda, 2010 (type locality, Marigondon Cave, Mactan Island, Philippines); and C. iejima Fujita & Naruse, 2011 (type locality, Ie Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan) (A. Milne-Edwards, 1870;Rathbun, 1906;Serène, 1966;Yang et al, 2006;Ng et al, 2008;Takeda, 2010;Fujita & Naruse, 2011).…”