Petrolisthes pubescens Stimpson, 1858

Osawa, Masayuki, 2007, Porcellanidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands, Zootaxa 1548, pp. 1-49 : 28

Petrolisthes pubescens Stimpson, 1858

Petrolisthes pubescens Stimpson, 1858: 228 (type locality: Foukow Bay (= Naze Bay), Amami-Oshima); 1907: 183, fig. 3.— Haig, 1979: 126, figs. 8, 9.— Kropp, 1986: 456, fig. 2.

Material examined. New Caledonia. Kuendu Beach, lagoon, low tide, Apr. 1993, 1 males CL 8.1 mm, 1 female CL 9.1 mm, 2 ovig. females CL 8.1, 9.4 mm. Lagoon, littoral, May 1993, coll. J.-L. Menou, 1 male CL 7.1 mm, 3 females CL 4.9–6.4 mm, 1 ovig. female CL 7.0 mm. Ouémo, lagoon, intertidal, 2 Jul. 1992, coll. B. Richer de Forges, 2 females CL 6.7, 7.9 mm. Platier de Thio, St Gabriel, lagoon, low tide, 0.8 m, 19 May 1996, coll. B. Richer de Forges, 3 males CL 4.8–5.3 mm, 2 ovig. females CL 4.4, 4.7 mm. Platier de Thio, lagoon, low tide, Aug. 1996, coll. B. Richer de Forges, 1 ovig. female CL 6.8 mm. Platier de Ouano, lagoon, intertidal, 26 Apr. 1998, coll. B. Richer de Forges, 1 male CL 6.9 mm, 1 ovig. female CL 5.6 mm. Récif Senez, lagoon, 7 m, 7 Sep. 1992, coll. P. Bouchet, 1 ovig. female CL 5.6 mm. Platier de Thio, lagoon, low tide, 1 m, coll. B. Richer de Forges, 1 Jul. 1996, 3 males CL 6.4–8.3 mm, 1 female CL 6.2 mm, 1 ovig. female CL 8.1 mm. Récif Ricaudy, intertidal, 12 Jul. 1995, coll. B. Richer de Forges, 1 ovig. female CL 10.0 mm.

Remarks. The taxonomy of this species is discussed in depth by Kropp (1986).

Distribution. Red Sea, Mauritius, Moluccas, Taiwan, southern Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Queensland, New Caledonia, and Marquesas Islands; low intertidal or subtidal, under rocks and corals ( Haig 1979; Kropp 1986).