Notonyx nitidus A. Milne-Edwards, 1873

Castro, Peter, 2007, A reappraisal of the family Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) and revision of the subfamily Goneplacinae, with the description of 10 new genera and 18 new species, Zoosystema 29 (4), pp. 609-774 : 755

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4525564
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5098525
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scientific name	Notonyx nitidus A. Milne-Edwards, 1873
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Notonyx nitidus A. Milne-Edwards, 1873 View in CoL

Notonyx nitidus A. Milne-Edwards, 1873: 269 View in CoL , pl. 12, figs 3, 3 a- 3 c [ New Caledonia]. — Miers 1886: 236 [New Guinea]. — Alcock 1900: 319 [Persian Gulf]. — Tesch 1918: 219 [in key], 219 [ Indonesia]. — Balss 1938: 74 [ Fiji]. — Stephensen 1946: 172, fig. 47A, B [ Indonesia]. — Serène & Umali 1972: 82, figs 90-95, pl. 8, figs 9, 10 [Philippine Is]. — Serène & Soh 1976: fig. 16E [ Thailand]. — Clark & Ng 2006: 541, figs 1- 3, 6A [ Indonesia, New Guinea, Chesterfield Is, New Caledonia].

TYPE MATERIAL. — M. Balansa coll., ♀ holotype, cl 9.2 mm, cw 6.6 mm ( MNHN-B 10220).

TYPE LOCALITY. — New Caledonia.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — New Caledonia. LAGON, stn 322, 22°30’S, 166°58’E, 71 m, 27.XI.1984, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ( ZRC 2005.0139).

DISTRIBUTION. — Indo-West Pacific region from the Persian Gulf ( Alcock 1900) to Fiji ( Balss 1938). Depth: 13-82 m ( Clark & Ng 2006).

REMARKS

The variation in the morphology of the G1 observed by Clark & Ng (2006) among specimens identified as N. nitidus from the Philippine Is, Indonesia, and New Caledonia seems to indicate that they are not conspecific.