Petrolisthes rufescens ( Heller, 1861 )

Werding, Bernd & Hiller, Alexandra, 2007, The Porcellanidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) of the Red Sea with description of a new species of Petrolisthes, Zootaxa 1460, pp. 1-24 : 15-16

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14. Petrolisthes rufescens ( Heller, 1861) View in CoL

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Porcellana rufescens Heller, 1861: 255 View in CoL , pl. 2, fig. 4.

Petrolisthes rufescens View in CoL .— Lewinsohn 1969: 138, figs. 29a–e.— Ahmed & Mustaquim 1974: 174.— Lewinsohn 1979:

42.— Hogarth 1988: 1102.— Tirmizi et al. 1989: 21, figs. 13A–G, 14.— Haig 1983: 283. Not Petrolisthes rufescens Nakasone & Miyake 1972: 139 View in CoL , figs. 2A–I (= P. mesodactylon Kropp 1983: 91 View in CoL , fig. 1).

Material examined. 4 ɗ ( SMNS ZIa 3377), Egypt, Red Sea, Koseir, leg. Klunzinger; 1 ɗ, 2 Ψ ( SMNS ZIa 3390), Egypt, Red Sea, Koseir, 1862, leg. Klunzinger; 4 ɗ, 2 Ψ (1 ov) ( SMNS ZIa 3368), Egypt, Red Sea, Koseir, 1883, leg. Klunzinger; 1 ɗ, 2 Ψ ( SMF 4614), Red Sea, 0 7.1912, leg. E. Bannwarth; 8 ɗ, 3 Ψ ( SMF 4669), Red Sea, Jul. 1912, leg. E. Bannwarth; 4 ɗ ( SMF 9742), Red Sea, leg. R. Kossmann; 1 ɗ, 1 juv. ( ZSM 164/7) Red Sea, Nov. 1895, Pola-Exp.; 5 Ψ ( ZSM 164/8), Red Sea, Gulf of Suez, Shadwan, 18-20 Feb. 1896, Pola-Exp.

Measurements. Largest ɗ 11.0 x 10.4 mm; largest Ψ 7.9 x 8.0 mm.

Distribution. Indian Ocean, including the Red Sea.

References

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Haig, J. (1983) Porcellanidae (Decapoda, Anomura) from the Seychelles, Western Indian Ocean. Crustaceana, 45 (3), 279 - 289

Heller, C. (1861) Beitrage zur Crustaceen-Fauna des rothen Meeres. Zweiter Theil. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, 44 (1), 241 - 295.

Hogarth, P. J. (1988) Anomuran Crustacea (Paguridae, Porcellanidae, and Hippidae) from Oman, principally from Dhofar province, southern Oman. Journal of Natural History, 22, 1095 - 1110.

Kropp, R. K. (1983) Three new species of Porcellanidae (Crustacea: Anomura) from the Mariana Islands and a discussion of Borradaile's Petrolisthes lamarckii complex. Micronesia, 19 (1 - 2), 91 - 106.

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Lewinsohn, C. (1979) Researches on the coast of Somalia. The shore and the Dune of Sar Uanle. 23. Porcellanidae (Crustacea Decapoda Anomura). Italian Journal of Zoology, Supplemento XII, 39 - 57.

Nakasone, Y. & Miyake, S. (1972) Four unrecorded porcellanid crabs (Anomura: Porcellanidae) from Japan. Bulletin of Science & Engineering Division University of the Ryukyus, Mathematics & Natural Sciences, 15, 136 - 147.

Tirmizi, N. M., Yaqoob, M. & Siddiqui, F. A. (1989) Marine fauna of Pakistan: 3. Porcellanid crabs (Crustacea, Anomura). Centre of Excellence in Marine Biology, University of Karachi, Pakistan, 6, 1 - 46.