Paralomis erinacea 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 : 48

Paralomis erinacea Macpherson, 1988

Paralomis erinacea Macpherson, 1988a: 82 , fig. 36A, 37, pl. 19A; Ahyong, 2010: 108 (list); McLaughlin et al., 2010: 13 (list); Muñoz et al., 2011: 480 (list).

Material examined. Mauritania: MAURIT1107, stn 55, 17 °26.8'N, 16°54.5'E, 1218–1310 m, 04.XII.2007, 1 female, 48 × 46 mm (IEO-CD-MR07/069); MAURIT0811, stn 86, 18 °12.3'N, 17°19.2'E, 1215 m, 10.XII.2008, 2 males, 68 × 74 mm (IEO-CD-MR08/755), 59 × 76 mm (IEO-CD-MR08/756).

Distribution. The species was previously reported to occur in West African waters, only off the Ivory Coast (type locality) and Guinea –Bissau, at depths of 900 and 398 m, respectively (Macpherson 1988a). This record extends the species geographic and bathymetrical distribution to the north ( Mauritania) and to deeper waters, between 1215 and 1310 m.