Zosimus actaeoides (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867 )

Castro, Peter, 2011, Catalog of the anomuran and brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura, Brachyura) of the Hawaiian Islands 2947, Zootaxa 2947 (1), pp. 1-154 : 110

Zosimus actaeoides (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867)

Lophozozymus actoeoides A. Milne-Edwards, 1867: 273 [type locality: New Caledonia; type material: status and location unknown].

Hawaiian Is. records:

Lophaactaea [sic] actaeoides (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867) — Schauinsland 1899: 92 [Laysan]. — Lenz 1901: 462 [Laysan].

Platypodia actoeoides (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867) — Rathbun 1906: 846 [Lenz’ record]. — Edmondson 1925: 53 [O‘ahu, Moloka‘i, Kure Atoll, Pearl and Hermes Reef, Laysan, French Frigate Shoals]; 1946: 287 [O‘ahu, Moloka‘i, N.W.I.]; 1962a: 227, fig. 3b [H.I.]. — DeFelice et al. 1998: 16 [Midway Is.].

Platypodia actoeides [sic] (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867) — Edmondson 1923b: 1552 [Kure Atoll].

Platypodia actaeoides (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867) — Pesta 1933: 280 [H.I.].

Remarks. A. Milne-Edwards (1867: 273) spelled the name of his new species as “ actoeoides , ” clearly alluding to the appearance of the new species to species of Actaea . For pronunciation reasons, Actaea is sometimes written as “ Actoea ” in classical texts, which was exactly how A. Milne Edwards (1867: 273) spelled this name when discussing the new species. As such, subsequent authors have generally spelled the species name as “ actaeoides ” (e.g., Serène 1984; Ng et al. 2008; some of the authors listed above). Serène (1968: 73), however, spelled it incorrectly as “ Platypodia acteoides ” and Edmondson (1923b: 1552) as “ Platypodia actoeides . ” Article 58.1 of the Code actually states that in such a case, i.e. with “oe” versus “ae,” both spellings are to be regarded as identical. In any case, Article 33.3.1 allows for the retention of what is deemed as incorrect spellings in prevailing usage, “ actaeoides ”in this case. Consdering both articles and acting as first revisor, it is opted to retain the spelling “ actaeoides ” for this species.

Taxonomy. Edmondson (1962a, as Platypodia actoeoides ), Ng et al. (2008)

Geographical distribution. Western Pacific Ocean, Hawaiian Is.

Habitat. Shallow subtidal.