Myra eudactyla (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

Myra eudactyla (Bell, 1855)

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Material examined. 1 immature specimen (7.1 mm) (MNHN-IU-2013-609), stn PR47, Siar I., 05°11.2'S 145°48.4'E, 16.11.2012; 1 immature specimen (8.1 mm) (MNHN-IU-2013-12728), stn PD53, south Panab I., 05°10.3'S 145°48.5'E, 2–10 m, 28.11.2012; 1 male (17.9 mm) (MNHN-IU-2013-17890), stn PD79, between Taush I. and Malamal I., 05°07'S 145°48.5'E, 20 m, 10.12.2012.

Colour in life. immature: carapace pale bone, granules pale orange. Cheliped merus with pale orange bands medially and distally; palm white, fingers darker. Ambulatory legs with brown bands distally on meri, proximally on carpi, propodi ( Fig. 3 H).

Geographical distribution. Gulf of Aden, Andaman Is., Thailand (Gulf of Thailand), Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, Arafura Sea, New Guinea, Torres Strait, Australia (western Australia), Chesterfield Is., New Caledonia; 8–69 m ( Galil 2001b).

Figures

FIGURE 3. Colours in life. A, Arcania heptacantha, male (9.1 mm) (MNHN-IU- 2013 - 458), stn PD 14; B, Heterolithadia fallax, female (13.1 mm) (ZRC 2014.0168), stn PD 66; C, Heterolithadia fallax, male (8.7 mm) (ZRC 2014.0172), stn PS 22; D, Heterolithadia fallax, female (9.5 mm) (MNHN-IU- 2013 - 1195), stn PD 66; E, Hiplyra longimana, ovigerous female (14.0 mm) (ZRC 2014.0173); F, Myra curtimana, immature female (9.4 mm) (MNHN-IU- 2013 - 1226), stn PD 74; G, Myra digitata, male (19.6 mm) (MNHN-IU- 2013 - 2010), stn PP 06; H, Myra eudactyla, immature specimen (7.1 mm) (MNHN-IU- 2013 - 609), stn PR 47.