Albunea holthuisi Boyko & Harvey, 1999

Boyko, Christopher B., 2010, New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide, Zootaxa 2555, pp. 49-61 : 56

Albunea holthuisi Boyko & Harvey, 1999

Albunea symnista [sic]. — Ward, 1942: 52 (list), 63 (not Albunea symmysta Linnaeus, 1758 ).

Albunea holthuisi . — Davie, 2002: 27. — Boyko, 2002: 290 –296, figs. 94, 95 (full synonymy).

Material examined. Mascarene Islands, Réunion Island: Baie de Saint-Paul, seaward of Cap la Houssaye, soft bottom, 80–120 m, 21°00’94’’S, 55°23’82”E, coll. G. Hoarau, 2008: 1 male, 5.8 mm cl ( FLMNH UF 18587).

Distribution. Zanzibar, Madagascar, Mascarene Islands ( Réunion), Seychelles, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia (Queensland) in 9.1–120 m depth ( Boyko 2002, herein).

Remarks. This is not the first record of Albunea holthuisi from Réunion. Boyko (2002) suspected that the specimens of Albunea “ symnista ” [sic] reported from Réunion by Ward (1942) were A. holthuisi . The specimen listed above further strengthens that supposition and Ward’s (1942) record is included in the above synonymy list without the “?” that preceded it in Boyko (2002: 290). The collection depth of the present specimen greatly exceeds previously reported depths for this species of up to 34 m ( Boyko 2002).