Lithodes mamillifer Macpherson, 1988

Muñoz, Isabel & García-Isarch, Eva, 2013, New occurrences of lithodid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae) from the coasts of Africa, with the description of a new species of Paralomis White, 1856, Zootaxa 3670 (1), pp. 45-54 : 46-47

Lithodes mamillifer Macpherson, 1988

Lithodes murrayi .— Kensley, 1977: 166, fig. 3 (not L. murrayi Henderson, 1888 ).

Lithodes mamillifer Macpherson, 1988b: 122 , pls. 2A–B, 3A; Ahyong, 2010: 15 (list); McLaughlin et al., 2010: 12 (list).

Material examined. Mozambique: MOZAMBIQUE 0307, stn 4, 26 °47.6'S, 33°08.5'E ,, 619–621 m, 14.III.2007, 1 female, 53 × 51 mm (IEO-CD-MZ07/300); MOZAMBIQUE 0 308, stn 92, 26 °47.6' S, 33°52.7'E, 675–681 m, 5.IV.2008, 2 females, 59 × 57 mm (IEO-CD-MZ08/301), 32 × 30 mm (IEO-CD-MZ08/302); MOZAMBIQUE 0308, stn 104, 26 °46.9'S, 33°11.5'E, 691–692 m, 7.IV.2007, 2 females, 40 × 37 mm (IEO-CD- MZ08/303), 27 × 24 mm (IEO-CD-MZ08/304) and 2 males, 37 × 33 mm (IEO-CD-MZ08/305), 15 × 14 mm (IEO- CD-MZ08/306); MOZAMBIQUE 0308, stn 108, 26 °35.2'S, 33°16.3'E, 659–664 m, 8.IV.2008, 2 females, 37 × 35 mm (IEO-CD-MZ08/307), 33 × 30 mm (IEO-CD-MZ08/308) and 1 male, 13 × 11 mm (IEO-CD-MZ08/309); MOZAMBIQUE 0309, stn 7, 26 °46.3'S, 33°12.4'E, 690 m, 14.III.2009, 3 females, 38 × 36 mm (IEO-CD-MZ09/ 312), 24 × 22 mm (IEO-CD-MZ09/313), 13 × 13 mm (IEO-CD-MZ09/314); MOZAMBIQUE 0309, stn 92, 25 °58.4'S, 34°36.4'E, 619–623 m, 2.IV.2009, 1 ovigerous female, 169 × 152 mm (IEO-CD-MZ09/315); MOZAMBIQUE 0309, stn 107, 26 °34.7'S, 33°42.3'E, 685 m, 5.IV.2009, 2 males, 23 × 22 mm (IEO-CD-MZ09/ 310), 14 × 13 mm (IEO-CD-MZ09/311).

Distribution. The species was previously known only from the type locality ( Madagascar) and Natal ( South Africa) between 550 and 800 m (Kensley 1974; Macpherson 1988b). The present material extends its geographic distribution slightly to the north ( Mozambique), between 619 and 692 m.