Elamenopsis A. Milne Edwards, 1873

Rahayu, Dwi Listyo & Ng, Peter K. L., 2004, The Hymenosomatidae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) of Timika (Irian Jaya, Indonesia), Zoosystema 26 (1), pp. 87-94 : 88

Genus Elamenopsis A. Milne Edwards, 1873

Elamenopsis lineata A. Milne Edwards, 1873 Elamenopsis lineatus A. Milne Edwards, 1873: 324 , pl. 18 fig. 4. — Kemp 1917: 250. — Tesch 1918: 26, pl. 1 figs 5, 5a-c. — Serène & Umali 1970: 58, pl. 5 fig. 11.

Elamenopsis lineata – Lucas 1980: 192, figs 3j, 5j, 8e, 10j. — Chuang & Ng 1994: 87. — Ng & Chuang 1996: 40, figs 15, 16. — Ng & Richer de Forges 1996: 263, fig. 1. — Guinot & Richer de Forges 1997: 468, figs 4J-L, 7B.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Indonesia. Kamora , intertidal, mud substrate in mangrove area, 10.VII.2001, coll. A. Pratiwi, 1 2.7 × 2.1 mm, 1 3.5 × 2.7 mm ( RCO) ; 22.IX.2001, 1 2.8 × 2.4 mm, 2 4.9 × 3.2 mm, 3.4 × 2.7 mm ( RCO) .

Mawati, 4°58’S, 137°7’E, sandy mud, 3 m, estuary, 4.VIII.1999, coll. A. Haris, 2 2.3 × 1.7 mm, 2.3 × 1.6 mm, 2 2.4 × 1.7 mm, 2.1 × 1.5 mm ( MNHN) ; 9.VIII.1999, 2 2.3 × 1.7 mm, 2.5 × 1.9 mm ( MNHN) .

Otakwa, 4°58’S, 137°12’E, sandy mud, 5 m, estuary, 6.VIII.1999, coll. A. Haris, 2 2.7 × 1.8 mm, 2.9 × 2.1 mm, 5 2.5 × 2 mm, 2.2 × 1.6 mm, 2.2 × 1.6 mm, 3.23 × 2.3 mm, 2.9 × 2.0 mm ( MZB) ; 28.VIII.1999, 4 2.4 × 1.7 mm, 2.7 × 1.9 mm, 2.6 × 1.9 mm, 2.5 × 2.0 mm, 2 2.4 × 1.6 mm ( ZRC 2002.604 ) .

REMARKS

This species has previously been reported from New Caledonia (type locality), Queensland ( Australia) and Sulawesi ( Indonesia) ( Ng & Chuang 1996). Its presence in Irian Jaya is thus not at all surprising. In nearby Ambon, a related species, E. comosa Ng & Chuang, 1996 , is present.