Medaeops granulosus ( Haswell, 1882 )

Mendoza, Jose Christopher E. & Ng, Peter K. L., 2010, The Euxanthine Crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura: Xanthidae) Of The Philippines, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 58 (1), pp. 57-74 : 65

Medaeops granulosus ( Haswell, 1882)

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Medaeops granulosus – Serène & Umali, 1972: 65, Pl. 7: Figs. 1 , 2 ; Serène & Vadon, 1981: 122.

Material examined. – 1 male, 12.0 × 8.5 mm, 2 females, 12.5 × 9.0 mm, 13.0 × 9.5 mm (NMCR-9705), among dead coral, 2 m, Manigo-nigo Is., Carles , Iloilo, coll. V. G. Bautista, May 1989 .

Remarks. – This species is apparently restricted to the western Pacific and eastern Indian oceans, particularly Australia (type locality), the eastern coast of China, and Japan ( Guinot,1967a). It has also been recorded from Korea, Singapore and Taiwan, ( Buitendijk, 1950; Kim & Kim, 1982; Ng et al., 2001). In the Philippines, it has been previously recorded from Quezon, Palawan Island (Serène & Umali, 1972) and Lubang Island, off the southwestern coast of Luzon (Serène & Vadon, 1981). Records of Medaeops granulosus elsewhere, e.g. the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea, Mauritius, India and South Africa (cf. Stephensen, 1945; Barnard, 1950; Michel, 1964) should be considered as those for a similar species, Medaeops neglectus ( Balss, 1922) (see Guinot, 1967a; Serène, 1984).

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Fig. 4. Epistocavea mururoa Davie, 1993, male (33.2 × 23.5 mm) (L36, ZRC 2008.1371): A, dorsal view; B, frontal view; Miersiella haswelli (Miers, 1886), male (7.4 × 5.5 mm) (CP2343, Pamilacan Is., ZRC 2008.1400); C, dorsal view; D, ventral view; Paraxanthodes obtusidens (Sakai, 1965), female (30.1 × 20.3 mm) (Balicasag Is., NMCR-27357); E, dorsal view; F, frontal view; G, Medaeops granulosus (Haswell, 1882), female (12.5 × 9.0 mm) (Iloilo, NMCR-9705); H, Paraxanthodes cumatodes (MacGilchrist, 1905), male (5.7 × 4.1 mm) (T1, Panglao Is., ZRC 2008.1409).

Fig. 1. Live colouration of euxanthine crabs from the Philippines: A, Cranaothus deforgesi Ng, 1993, male (8.0 × 5.9 mm) (R59, Panglao Is., ZRC 2008.1365); B, Crosnierius carinatus Serène & Vadon, 1981, female (15.6 × 11.8 mm) (CP2737, eastern coast of Luzon, ZRC 2008.1370); C, Epistocavea mururoa Davie, 1993, male (33.2 × 23.5 mm) (L36, Panglao Is., ZRC 2008.1371); D, Euxanthus herdmani Laurie, 1906, male (10.0 by 7.6 mm) (S32, Panglao Is., NMCR-27334); E) Euxanthus huonii (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846), male (31.9 × 21.9 mm) (M17, Panglao Is., ZRC 2008.1376); F, Hepatoporus orientalis (Sakai, 1935) male (8.1 × 6.0 mm) (CP2862, off Batangas coast, ZRC 2008.1379).

Fig. 2. Live colouration of euxanthine crabs from the Philippines: A, Hypocolpus haanii Rathbun, 1909, male juv., (11.5 × 8.0 mm) (B11, Pamilacan Is., ZRC 2008.1383); B, Ladomedaeus fungillus Manuel-Santos & Ng, 2007, male juv. (9.7 × 7.0 mm) (CP2708, ZRC 2008.1389); C, Miersiella cavifrons Takeda, 1989, male (9.8 × 6.6 mm) (L36, Panglao Is., ZRC 2008.1391); D, Paramedaeus globosus Serène & Vadon, 1981, male (6.0 × 4.6 mm) (T36, Cervera Shoal, MNHN-B31891); E, Paramedaeus simplex (A. Milne-Edwards, 1873), female (9.7 × 6.8 mm) (S7, Panglao Is., NMCR-27356); F, Paraxanthodes obtusidens (Sakai, 1965), male (18.6 × 13.0 mm) (CP2747, ZRC 2008.1410).