Cryptodromia tuberculata Stimpson, 1858

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 : 322

Cryptodromia tuberculata Stimpson, 1858

( Fig. 13A–C )

Cryptodromia tuberculata Stimpson, 1858: 239 .— Ihle 1913: 119.— Balss, 1935: 115.— Buitendijk 1939: 225.— Sakai 1976: 13, figs. 3a, b.— McLay 1993: 199 (key); 2001b: 838.— Davie, 2002: 160.— McLay & Ng 2005: 7, fig. 2.— Yeh et al. 2006: 70, figs 1A–B.— Ahyong et al., 2009: 38, figs. 13, 14a–b.

Material examined. Western Australia: WAM C13505, Fremantle , 32°03’00”S, 115°44’00”E, coll. R. W. George, 02-03-1962: female 7.5 × 6.9 mm ; WAM C13530, Point Peron , ~ 1 m, coll. N. H. B., 28-06-1958: male 6.7 × 6.3 mm ; WAM C11733, Goss Passage, Beacon Island , exposed reef, coll. M. A. Liddall, 23-04-1974: male 14.3 × 12.9 mm ; WAM C15527, Bunker Bay , coll. Wilson & Disley, 8-12-1965: male 9.1 × 8.6 mm, ovig female 12.0 × 10.6 mm .

Remarks. Cryptodromia tuberculata is very similar to C. pileifera (see comparison above).

Distribution. Japan, South China Sea, Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, and Western Australia (previously reported from Western Australia by Balss 1935). Cryptodromia tuberculata has been collected intertidally and subtidally.

Figures

FIGURE 13. Cryptodromia tuberculata Stimpson, 1858, male with sponge cap, 14.3 × 12.9 mm (WAM C 11733): A, dorsal view; B, frontal view, with sponge cap; C, ventral view.