Neonida grandis Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996

Macpherson, Enrique & Baba, Keiji, 2006, New species and records of small galatheids (Crustacea, Decapoda, Galatheidae) from the Southwest and Central Pacific Ocean, Zoosystema 28 (2), pp. 443-456 : 454-455

Neonida grandis Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996

Neonida grandis Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996: 480 , figs 3g, h, 25, 34a. — Baba 2005: 303 (list).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Solomon Islands. SALOMON 1, stn CP 1831, 10°12.121’S, 161°19.236’W, 135- 325 m, 5.X.2001, 1 ♂ 3.3 mm ; 6 ovig. ♀♀ 6.7-7.8 mm (MNHN-Ga 5326).

REMARKS

This species was only known by the holotype collected in Vanuatu at 397- 402 m. The specimens collected from the Solomon Islands agree quite well with the original description and illustrations provided in Baba & de Saint Laurent (1996). The tubercular processes in the posterior part of the cardiac region are more reduced than in the holotype, being absent in two specimens. This new record extends the distribution of the species to the Solomon Islands.

Genus Onconida Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996