Toru pilus ( Tan, 1996 )

Galil, Bella S. & Ng, Peter K. L., 2015, Leucosiid crabs from Papua New Guinea, with descriptions of eight new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), Zootaxa 4027 (4), pp. 451-486 : 475

Toru pilus ( Tan, 1996)

( Fig. 5 B)

Material examined. 1 male (11.1 mm) (MNHN-IU-2013-651), stn CP3948, west Kranket I., 05°12'S 145°51'E, 363–388 m, 26.11.2012; 1 female (12.2 mm) (MNHN-IU-2013-8939), 1 female (12.5 mm) (MNHN-IU-2013- 8932), stn CP3949, west Kranket I., 05°12'S 145°51'E, 380–407 m, 26.11.2012; 1 male (11.1 mm), 1 female (12.8 mm) (MNHN-IU-2013-11291), stn CP4023, Astrolabe Bay, 05°22'S 145°48'E, 340–385m, 14.12.2012; 1 female (10.6 mm) (MNHN-IU-2013-1504), stn DW4031, Cape Croisiles, 04°53'S 145°49'E, 370 m, coll. 16 December 2012; 1 male (9.2 mm) (MNHN-IU-2013-8885), stn CP4035, east Kotakot, 04°31'S 145°31'E, 380–382 m, 17.12.2012; 1 male (11.5 mm) (MNHN-IU-2013-1556), 3 males (10.5 mm, 12.1 mm, 11.5 mm) ( ZRC 2014.0164), stn CP4055, north Aitape, 03°03'S 142°18'E, 370–374 m, Bismarck Sea, 20.12.2012.

Geographical distribution. Philippines, Solomon Is., Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji, 230–620 m ( Galil 2003, 2007). New record for Papua New Guinea.

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FIGURE 5. Colours in life. A, Tanaoa retpela sp. nov., paratype female (29.5 mm) (MNHN-IU- 2011 - 3835), stn CP 3653; B, Toru pilus, male (11.5 mm) (MNHN-IU- 2013 - 1556), stn CP 4055; C, Urashima pustuloides, broken juvenile (MNHN-IU- 2013 - 1494), stn CP 4035; D, Urnalana chevreti, male (10.6 mm) (MNHN-IU- 2013 - 615), stn PD 22; E, Leucosia rubripalma, male (20.8 mm) (MNHN-IU- 2013 - 1199), stn PR 176; F, Urnalana flammea sp. nov., holotype male (9.3 mm) (MNHN-IU- 2013 - 1341), stn PR 227.