Rochinia, A. Milne-Edwards, 1875

Lee, Bee Yan, Forges, Bertrand Richer De & Ng, Peter K. L., 2017, Deep-sea spider crabs of the families Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838 and Inachidae MacLeay, 1838, from the South China Sea, with descriptions of two new species (Decapoda, Brachyura, Majoidea), European Journal of Taxonomy 358, pp. 1-37 : 22-24

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2017.358

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3852116

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A3559C5D-FF95-FFE6-FD0B-E90CFDCFFE11

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Carolina

scientific name

Rochinia
status

 

Rochinia View in CoL sp.

Fig. 8 View Fig B–C

Material examined

SOUTH CHINA SEA: 1 ♀ (9.1 × 6.4 mm) ( ZRC 2016.0550), Nanhai, continental slope, stn CP4117, 20°00.88′ N, 114°08.80′ E to 20°01.87′ N, 114°09.35′ E, 421– 333 m, coll. NANHAI 2014 Expedition, 11 Jan. 2014; 1 ♀ (7.6 × 5.3 mm) ( ZRC 2016.0551), continental slope, stn CP4116, 20°02.32′ N, 114°10.22′ E to 20°02.92′ N, 114°11.29′ E, 298– 262 m, coll. NANHAI 2014 Expedition, 11 Jan. 2014.

Diagnosis

Small species, pyriform carapace, smooth surface. Short diverging pseudorostral spines. One supraocular spine formed at anterior angle of supraocular eave. One postocular spine, 1 hepatic spine of same length. No distinct spine on dorsal surface of carapace. Gastric and cardiac regions slightly raised. Dorsal surface of carapace covered by tomentum of thick short setae. Basal antennal article fused with carapace, smooth, distal external angle forming blunt spine.

Remarks

What is here referred to as Rochinia sp., is probably a new species. However, as there are only two female specimens, one of which is in poor condition, it is not formally described here.

This species is closest in morphology to R. daiyuae Takeda & Komatsu, 2005 . However, in this species the hepatic spine is flattened and pointing upwards ( Fig. 8 View Fig B–C), whereas in R. daiyuae , the flattened hepatic spine is pointed anteriorly ( Takeda & Komatsu 2005: fig. 3A).

Distribution

Only known from South China Sea.

ZRC

Zoological Reference Collection, National University of Singapore

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Epialtidae

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