Cyrtomaia horrida Rathbun, 1916

Forges, Bertrand Richer De & Ng, Peter K. L., 2008, New records of deep­sea spider crabs of the genus Cyrtomaia Miers, 1886, from the Pacific Ocean, with description of a new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Majidae), Zootaxa 1861, pp. 17-28 : 19-20

Cyrtomaia horrida Rathbun, 1916

Cyrtomaia horrida Rathbun, 1916: 532 . – Balss 1924: 23. – Estampador 1937: 550. – Bennett, 1964: 30. – Serène & Lohavanijaya 1973: 46. – Griffin 1976: 188. – Griffin & Brown 1976: 253. – Richer de Forges & Ng 2007b: 57, figs. 1C, 2. – Ng et al. 2008: 111.

Cyrtomaia horrida typica — Ihle & Ihle­Landenberg 1931: 155.

Cyrtomaia horrida subsp. pilosa Ihle & Ihle­Landenberg, 1931: 154 . Cyrtomaia pilosa — Guinot & Richer de Forges 1982b: 45.

Material examined. Solomon Islands: SALOMON 1, DW 1774, 8°12.55’S – 160°41.66’E, 498–600 m, 28 September 2001: 1 male (49.1 x 55.0 mm) (MNHN­B30725).

Remarks. Cyrtomaia horrida was described from the Philippines by Rathbun in 1916. The species was considered to be relatively rare, and all reports which include fresh material rarely cite more than one or two specimens (see Griffin 1976). Richer de Forges & Ng (2007b), however, showed that in the Philippines C. horrida is in fact very common on the steep slopes of coral islands in the Philippines between 270 and 900 m deep. The present record from Solomon Islands extends the known range of this species to the south.