Paralomis truncatispinosa Takeda & Miyake, 1980

Macpherson, Enrique & Chan, Tin-Yam, 2008, Some lithodid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae) from Taiwan and adjacent waters, with the description of one new species from Guam, Zootaxa 1924, pp. 43-52 : 49

Paralomis truncatispinosa Takeda & Miyake, 1980

( Fig. 5 f)

Paralomis truncatispinosa Takeda & Miyake, 1980: 42 , figs 1–4. — Macpherson 2003: 416. Paralomis heterotuberculata Yumao, Fuzhen & Zhicheng, 1984: 329 .

Material examined. Taiwan: Stn CD 231, 31.08.2003, 22°14.32'N, 119°58.78'E, 951–1062 m: 1 specimen broken, sex undetermined, ca. LC = 35 mm.

Coloration. Carapace pinkish red, large flat tubercles pinkish.

Distribution. Previously known from East China Sea, at 642– 840 m.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Dorsal view. (a) Neolithodes nipponensis Sakai, 1971, male, Taiwan, Stn CD 228. (b) Lithodes turritus Ortmann, 1892, male, Taiwan, Dasi fishing port. (c) Lithodes paulayi n. sp., holotype male, Guam. (d) Paralomis dofleini Balss, 1911, male, Taiwan, Dasi fishing port. (e) Paralomis arae Macpherson, 2001, female, Taiwan. f, Paralomis truncatispinosa Takeda & Miyake, 1980, broken carapace, Taiwan, Stn CD 231.