Paractaea rufopunctata (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)

Castro, Peter, 2011, Catalog of the anomuran and brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura, Brachyura) of the Hawaiian Islands 2947, Zootaxa 2947 (1), pp. 1-154 : 86-87

Paractaea rufopunctata forma primarathbunae Guinot, 1969

Paractaea rufopunctata forme primarathbunae Guinot, 1969b [unavailable name]: 248, fig. 23 [type localities: Penguin Bank east of Moloka‘i , Moloka‘i , Au‘au Channel east of Lāna‘i; syntypes: USNM 29397 , 29399 , 29400 ] .

Additional Hawaiian Is. records:

Actaea rufopunctata (H. Milne Edwards, 1834) — Rathbun 1906: 852 (part; “ Actaea rufopunctata variety no. 1” on label) [Penguin Bank east of Moloka‘i, Moloka‘i, Au‘au Channel east of Lāna‘i]. (not Xantho rufopunctatus rufopunctatus H. Milne Edwards, 1834 ).

Remarks. The name of the variety needs to be formally validated. It may prove to be a distinct species.

Taxonomy. Guinot (1969b), Serène (1984)

Geographical distribution. Only known with certainty from the Hawaiian Is. A western Indian Ocean specimen was attributed “with reserve” to this variety by Serène (1984: 123).

Habitat. Subtidal, 25–78 m