Leucosia rubripalma Galil, 2003

Galil, Bella S. & Ng, Peter K. L., 2015, Leucosiid crabs from Papua New Guinea, with descriptions of eight new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), Zootaxa 4027 (4), pp. 451-486 : 476

Leucosia rubripalma Galil, 2003

( Fig. 5 E)

Material examined. 1 male (20.8 mm) (MNHN-IU-2013-1199), stn PR176, Madang, Madang Resort, 05°12.5'S 145°48.5'E, 3–17 m, Papua New Guinea, 4.12.2012.

Colour in life. Carapace ochre-orange, darker anteriorly, 2 orange spots posteriorly near lateral corners of posterior margin; dorsal surface of cheliped merus, carpus ochre, granules pale orange, bright-orange patch on inner surface of palm. Epimeral ledge white. Ambulatory legs white, banded with orange on merus, propodus ( Fig. 5 E).

Geographical distribution. Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, New Caledonia ( Galil 2003; Galil & Ng 2007). New record for Papua New Guinea.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Colours in life. A, Tanaoa retpela sp. nov., paratype female (29.5 mm) (MNHN-IU- 2011 - 3835), stn CP 3653; B, Toru pilus, male (11.5 mm) (MNHN-IU- 2013 - 1556), stn CP 4055; C, Urashima pustuloides, broken juvenile (MNHN-IU- 2013 - 1494), stn CP 4035; D, Urnalana chevreti, male (10.6 mm) (MNHN-IU- 2013 - 615), stn PD 22; E, Leucosia rubripalma, male (20.8 mm) (MNHN-IU- 2013 - 1199), stn PR 176; F, Urnalana flammea sp. nov., holotype male (9.3 mm) (MNHN-IU- 2013 - 1341), stn PR 227.