Fultodromia spinifera ( Montgomery, 1931 )

Mclay, Colin L. & Hosie, Andrew M., 2022, The sponge crabs of Western Australia and the Northwest Shelf with descriptions of new genera and species (Crustacea: Brachyura: Dromiidae), Zootaxa 5129 (3), pp. 301-355 : 333

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5129.3.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6502103
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scientific name	Fultodromia spinifera ( Montgomery, 1931 )
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Fultodromia spinifera ( Montgomery, 1931) View in CoL

Cryptodromia tumida spinifera Montgomery, 1931:413 View in CoL , pl. 29, figs 3, 3a, 3b;

Fultodromia spinifera View in CoL — McLay, 1993: 162; — Davie, 2002: 165; — Poore, 2004: 306.

Type material. Holotype: NHM 8461 , female 14.0 × 14.0 mm, Broome , Western Australia.

Other material examined. WAM C13510, New Year Island , dredged, 55 m, coll. W. Goode November 1962: male 10.8 × 12.1 mm ; WAM C13513, Montebello Islands , SW Hermite Island, dredged, 8 m, FRV Soela, 12-12- 1979: female 12.0 × 12.4 mm, with ascidian cap .

Remarks. Fultodromia spinifera was originally described by Montgomery (1931) from a female collected at Broome by the 1913 Percy Sladen Trust Expedition, as Cryptodromia tumida var. spinifera Montgomery, 1931 , and elevated to full specific status by McLay (1993).

Distribution. Known only from Western Australia; 8– 55 m.