Takedromia longispina McLay, 1993

Mclay, Colin L. & Ng, Peter K. L., 2005, On a collection of Dromiidae and Dynomenidae from the Philippines, with description of a new species of Hirsutodynomene McLay, 1999 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), Zootaxa 1029 (1), pp. 1-30 : 17-18

Takedromia longispina McLay, 1993 ( Fig. 4 )

Takedromia longispina McLay, 1993: 214 , figs. 10a–j, 19c, d.

Material. 2 males, 13.2 x 12.4 mm, 16.5 x 15.9 mm, 1 mature female, 12.1 x 11.3 mm, 200–300 m, Dec 2000, ZRC 2001.393 ; 2 males, 15.6 x 14.5 mm, 17.2 x 15.8 mm, 1 mature female, 13.7 x 12.8 mm, Jun 2002, ZRC 2002.634 ; 1 male, 12.5 x 12.5 mm, 200–300 m, 2 Mar 2004, ZRC ; 1 ovigerous female, 17.1 x 17.3 mm, 200–300 m, Nov 2003 – Apr 2004, NMCR. All locations in Balicasag Island, Panglao, Bohol, Visayas, Philippines; purchased from local shell fishermen, obtained by tangle nets .

Remarks. This is only the second report of Takedromia longispina , a species previously only known from New Caledonia and the Chesterfield Islands at depths of 230– 365 m. The present specimens are larger and come from a similar depth, increasing the maximum known size for males to 17.2 mm in carapace width and for females, 13.7 mm. The major differences between T. longispina and T. cristatipes are: rostrum tridentate (versus rostrum continuous, without teeth in T. cristatipes ); and the anterolateral margin has only three long acute teeth (versus three or four blunt lacinated teeth in T. cristatipes ).

Distribution. New Caledonia, Chesterfield Islands and the Philippines.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Takedromia longispina McLay, 1993. Male, 17.2 x 15.8 mm, ZRC 2002.634, Philippines. A, overall view; B, frontal view; C, outer face of right chela.