Domecia hispida Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842

Sun, Yu-Li, Jiang, Wei & Sha, Zhong-Li, 2024, Shallow-water Trapezioidea (Decapoda: Brachyura) from the South China Sea, including two new records, and notes on Tetralia glaberrima Herbst, 1790, Zootaxa 5476 (1), pp. 393-423 : 395-397

Domecia hispida Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842

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Domecia hispida Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842: 235 , pl. 2 figs. 5–10.—Dana 1852: 251.—De Man 1888d: 326.— Serène 1984: 293, fig. 201; pl. 43A ( Kenya).— Castro et al. 2004: 19 , pl. 1A.— Liu et al. 2008: 791 (list) (Hainan Island, Xisha Islands).— Castro 2011: 78 (Hawaiian Islands).— Limviriyakul 2016: 4, fig. 4g ( Taiwan Island).— Boyko 2017: 488 , fig. 1B (Easter Island).— Poupin 2018: 36, fig. 12B ( Mayotte Island).— El-Sayed 2019: 45 (Gulf of Suez).

Material examined. Nansha Islands: Mischief Reef, 115°31.3’E 9°52.6’N, 8 m, coll. Shaobo Ma, Yuli Sun, Ziming Yuan, 7 May 2022, 1 male (4.20 × 3.73 mm), NS-MJJ-2022-1344, in Pocilloporidae ; 1 female (4.08 × 3.72 mm), NS-MJJ-2022-1345, in Pocilloporidae ; 1 female (2.85 × 2.56 mm),NS-MJJ-2022-1402, in dead coral reef; 115°33.8’E 9°52.9’N, 8 m, coll. Shaobo Ma, Yuli Sun, Ziming Yuan, 9 May 2022, 1 male (4.68 × 4.21 mm), NS-MJJ-2022-1582, in Pocilloporidae ; 1 male (4.62 × 4.15 mm), NS-MJ-2022-1720, in Montipora ( Acroporidae ); 115°34.4’E 9°53.5’N, 10 m, coll. Shaobo Ma, Yuli Sun, Ziming Yuan, 10 May 2022, 1 female (5.43 × 4.63 mm), NS-MJ-2022-1744, in Pocilloporidae ; 1 male (4.59 × 3.93 mm), NS-MJ-2022-1747, in Pocilloporidae . Fiery Cross Reef, 112°58.6’E 9°38.7’N, 10 m, coll. Shaobo Ma, Yuli Sun, Ziming Yuan, 12 May 2022, 1 male, 1 female (4.36 × 3.89 mm), NS-YS-2022-1027, in Pocilloporidae ; 113°0.8’E 9°39.9’N, 10 m, coll. Shaobo Ma, Yuli Sun, Ziming Yuan, 14 May 2022, 1 female (4.17 × 3.42 mm), NS-YS-2022-1175, in Pocilloporidae ; 1 male (3.12 × 2.84 mm), NS-YS-2022-1215, in Pocilloporidae ; 1 male (2.49 × 2.18 mm), 1 female (3.30 × 3.03 mm), NS-YS-2022-1232, in Pocilloporidae ; 1 male (4.62 × 4.01 mm), 1 female (5.21 × 4.52 mm), 1 megalopa (1.69 × 2.30 mm), NS-YS-2022- 1258, in Pocilloporidae ; 1 female (4.87 × 4.67 mm), NS-YS-2022-1276, in Acroporidae .— Zhongsha Islands: 17 m, coll. Geng Qin, Wei Jiang, 16 May 2019, 1 male (6.64 × 5.53 mm), 1 female (8.03 × 6.13 mm), ZS105C08; 15 m, 24 June 2020, 1 pre-adult (4.15 × 3.71 mm), ZS231C09; 17 m, 9 June 2021, 1 male, 1 female (7.22 × 5.97 mm), ZS307C56. Helen Shoal, 113°51’E 19°11’N, 15 m, coll. Geng Qin, Wei Jiang, 4 July 2020, 1 male (9.53 × 7.38 mm), ZS242C02; 18-23 m, 5 June 2021, 1 male (3.44 × 2.73 mm), 1 female (4.29 × 3.42 mm), C12. Shenhu Shoal, 113°0.7’E 19°30.3’N, 20 m, coll. Geng Qin, Wei Jiang, 5 June 21, 1 pre-adult (4.08 × 3.36 mm), C3.— Xisha Islands: Seven Connected Islets, 112°16.2’E 16°58.0’N, 10 m, coll. Shaobo Ma, Yuli Sun, Ziming Yuan, 19 May 2022, 1 male (4.62 × 4.01 mm),XS-QL-2022-1064 Yongle Islands, 111°44.3’E 16°33.0’N, 10 m, coll. Shaobo Ma, Yuli Sun, Ziming Yuan, 22 May 2022, 1 pre-adult (3.79 × 3.14 mm), XS-YL-2002-10134.87 × 4.22 mm), XS-YL-2002-1041; 1 male (3.43 × 2.90 mm), XS-YL-2002-1049.

Geographical distribution. Across Indo-West Pacific and Tropical Eastern Pacific regions ( Castro 2011).

Remarks. Most of specimens of Domecia hispida studied here were collected from dead corals.

Figures

FIGURE 1. A, Cherusius triunguiculatus Borradaile, 1902, male (2.94 × 2.57 mm) (XS-QL-2022-1066), Xisha Islands, Seven Connected Islets; B, Domecia glabra Alcock, 1899, female (4.93 × 4.18 mm) (NS-YS-2022-1056), Nansha Islands, Fiery Cross Reef; C, Domecia hispida Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842, male (4.62 × 4.01 mm) (XS-QL-2022-1064), Xisha Islands, Seven Connected Islets; D, Domecia hispida, megalopa (1.69 × 2.30 mm) (NS-YS-2022-1258), Nansha Islands, Fiery Cross Reef; E, Palmyria palmyrensis Rathbun in Edmondson, 1923, ovigerous female (4.11 × 3.21 mm) (XS-QL-2022-1065), Xisha Islands, Seven Connected Islets.