Ethusina ciliacirrata Castro, 2005

Ahyong, Shane T. & Farrelly, Caroline A., 2018, First Australian records of Ethusina (Crustacea: Decapoda: Ethusidae) and additional records from New Zealand, Zootaxa 4486 (2), pp. 161-168 : 164

Ethusina ciliacirrata Castro, 2005

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Ethusina Sp. MOV 5005.—POOre et al. 2008: 45.—McENNulTY et al. 2011: 184 (uNNumbered fig.), appeNdix 1.

Ethusina ciliacirrata CaSTrO, 2005 : 547, 553–555, fig. 18 [TYpe lOcaliTY: NW Of ESpiriTu SaNTO, VaNuaTu].

Material examined. AUSTRALIA: Queensland: QM w30026, 1 female (cl 7.3 mm, cw 6.6 mm), Qld, Coral Sea, E of Cape York, 10°31.86'S, 145°37.67'E, 1140–1172 m, CIDARIS III Expedition, stn 9-2, beam trawl, coll. M. Pichon, A. Birtles, P. Arnold, 12 February 1992.

Western Australia: NMV J53957 , 1 female (cl 15.5 mm, cw 12.6 mm), Perth Canyon, 31°58.283–57.317'S, 115°06.000–06.833'E, 848–1050 m, SS10/05/071, beam trawl, R. wilson, 29 November 2005.

Remarks. The specimens agree well with Castro’s (2005) description, including the presence of plumose setae on the anterior margins of the carapace ( Fig. 2B, C ). Poore et al. (2008) (and repreated by McEnnulty et al. 2011) reported the western Australian specimen as “ Ethusina sp. MoV 5005” ( Fig. 3C ).

Distribution. Southwestern Pacific, from Vanuatu, New Caledonia and now from Queensland and western Australia; 848–1250 m.

Figures

FIGURE 1. A, Ethusina castro AHYONg, 2008, male, cl 13.5 mm, cW 12.7 mm, LOrd HOWe RiSe, NIWA 69442; B–C, Ethusina ciliacirrata CaSTrO, 2005, female, cl 7.3 mm, cW 6.6 mm, COral Sea, QM W30026; D, Ethusina robusta (MierS, 1886), male, cl 7.8 mm, cW 6.9 mm, COral Sea, QM W14203.

FIGURE 2. Ethusina castro AHYONg, 2008, male, cl 13.5 mm, cW 12.7 mm, LOrd HOWe RiSe, NIWA 69442: A, rigHT G1, abdOmiNal vieW; B, apex rigHT G1, STerNal vieW; C, rigHT G2, STerNal vieW; D, rigHT G2, abdOmiNal vieW; E, abdOmeN; F, aNTeriOr carapace, dOrSal vieW. Scale: A–D = 1.0 mm, E–F = 2.0 mm.

FIGURE 3. A, Ethusina castro AHYONg, 2008, female, cl 15.0 mm, cW 15.1 mm, E Of Bermagui, NMV J72547; B, Ethusina castro AHYONg, 2008, male, cl 12.5 mm, cW 11.1 mm, E Of Bermagui, AM P102237; C, Ethusina ciliacirrata CaSTrO, 2005, female, cl 15.5 mm, cW 12.6 mm, PerTH CaNYON, NMV J53957; D, Ethusina robusta (MierS, 1886), male, cl 6.9 mm, cW 6.0 mm, E Of BurleigH HeadS, NMV J72892; E, Ethusina robusta (MierS, 1886), female, cl 8.4 mm, cW 7.2 mm, Off TWO ROckS, NMV J55605. (PHOTOS: K. GOWleTT-HOlmeS).