Nursilia dentata Bell, 1855

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 : 459-460

Nursilia dentata Bell, 1855

( Fig. 4 A)

Material examined. 1 ovigerous female (10.3 mm) (MNHN-IU-2013-834), stn PD53, south Panab I., 05°10.3'S 145°48.5'E, 2–10 m, 28.11.2012; 1 male (7.2 mm) ( ZRC 2014.0165), 1 female (6.7 mm) (MNHN-IU-2013-1224), stn PD75, Madang South hospital, 05°14.2'S 145°47.8'E, 10–25 m, 7.12.2012.

Colour in life. Carapace bone-white, medially mottled reddish-brown, bisected by narrow white stripe running from bidentate front to posterior margin. Cheliped merus with pale orange band medially; distal part of palm, fingers mottled pale brown. Ambulatory legs with 2 orange bands on meri, proximally on carpi, propodi ( Fig. 4 A). Geographical distribution. Red Sea to Fiji ( Tan 1996), Vanuatu ( Galil & Ng 2010). New record for Papua New Guinea.

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FIGURE 4. Colours in life. A, Nursilia dentata, male (7.2 mm) (ZRC 2014.0165), stn PD 75; B, Parilia major, immature male (35.1 mm) (MNHN-IU- 2013 - 1044), stn CP 3968; C, Raylilia coniculifera, ovigerous female (10.5 mm) (ZRC 2014.0169), stn PD 45; D, Raylilia uenoi, young female (10.4 mm) (MNHN-IU- 2013 - 117), stn PR 07; E, Ryphila bertrandi sp. nov., paratype ovigerous female (12.5 mm) (MNHN-IU- 2013 - 12750), stn PD 68; F, Tanaoa kuka sp. nov., holotype male (33.0 mm) (MNHN- IU- 2013 - 7963), stn CP 3984.