Turleania McLaughlin, 1997

Osawa, Masayuki & Fujita, Yoshihisa, 2008, Two new species of Turleania McLaughlin, 1997 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) from the Ryukyu Islands, southwestern Japan, and a redescription of T. balli (McLaughlin & Haig, 1996), Zootaxa 1753, pp. 49-68 : 50

Genus Turleania McLaughlin, 1997

Anapagrides de Saint Laurent-Dechancé, 1966: 262 (in part). — Miyake 1978: 142 (in part). Anapagrides . — de Saint Laurent 1968: 1115.– Haig & Ball 1988: 177. Not Anapagrides de Saint Laurent-Dechancé, 1966.

Laurentia McLaughlin & Haig, 1996: 76 . Not Laurentia Ragonot, 1888 (Lepidoptera) . Turleania McLaughlin, 1997: 476 . — Komai 1999: 49. Gender feminine.

Emended diagnosis. Nine to 11 pairs of quadriserial phyllobranchiate gills. Rostrum well developed, triangular; terminally acute or blunt. Ocular peduncles with corneas slightly to prominently dilated; ocular acicles simple or multifid. Antennal peduncle with supernumerary segmentation. Maxillule with external lobe of endopod somewhat produced, not recurved; with or without terminal setae. Third maxilliped with crista dentata well developed, without accessory tooth. Chelipeds unequal or subequal, with right appreciably stouter, but not necessarily longer. Second and third pereopods with or without corneous spines on ventral margins of dactyls; carpi each with small dorsodistal spine. Sternite of third pereopods (sixth thoracic sternite) with subquadrate, weakly subrectangular, or subovate anterior lobe, unarmed or with one to few marginal spines or tubercles. Fourth pereopod subchelate or weakly semichelate; propodal rasp consisting of single row of corneous scales. Sternite of fifth pereopods (eighth thoracic sternite) as single subquadrate, circular or ovate lobe. Males with moderately long to long sexual tube developed from coxa of left fifth pereopod, frequently folded or coiled, terminating in tuft of setae, right fifth coxa with gonopore and sometimes papilla or very short sexual tube; pleon with unequally biramous left pleopods 3–5. Females with paired gonopores, no paired and modified first pleopods; pleon with well developed, unpaired, biramous left pleopods 2–4, pleopod 5 as in males. Uropods markedly asymmetrical. Telson without or with very weak lateral indentations indicating anterior and posterior portions; posterior lobes symmetrical or asymmetrical, separated by distinct median cleft; terminal margins usually oblique, unarmed or with few small spines.

Type species. Laurentia albatrossae McLaughlin & Haig, 1996 , by original designation.

Species included. Nine species: T. albatrossae ( McLaughlin & Haig, 1996) , T. balli ( McLaughlin & Haig, 1996) , T. boucheti McLaughlin, 2007 , T. multispinosa McLaughlin, 1997 , T. saliens n. sp., T. senticosa ( McLaughlin & Haig, 1996) , T. sibogae ( McLaughlin & Haig, 1996) , T. spinimanus Komai, 1999 , and T. tenebrosa n. sp.

Remarks. McLaughlin (2007) gave an emended diagnosis of the genus Tu r leania McLaughlin, 1997. Simple emendation of this genus is herein made again for the number of gills based on the reexamination of the holotype of T. balli and inclusion of two new species.