Cancer globus Fabricius, 1775: 401 Cancer porcellaneus Herbst, 1783: 92 Cancer globosus Fabricius 1793: 441 Leucosia globosa Fabricius 1798: 349 Leucosia globulosa Bosc, 1802: 238 1830: 289 Philyra globosa Man 1888: 202 Alcock 1896: 243 Laurie 1906: 364 Stephensen 1945: 83 Chhapgar 1957: 407 Deb 1998: 358 Philyra polita Henderson, 1893: 401 Philyra globossa Khan & Ahmad 1979: 74 Philyra porcellana Sakai 1999: 18 Philyra globulosa H. Milne Edwards, 1837 Philyra heterograna Ortmann, 1892 Philyra globosa Barnard 1947: 373 1950: 380 Kensley 1981: 39 Philyra samia Philyria globulosa Devi et al. 1988: 21 Ryphila cancellus ( Herbst, 1783 )) An examination of the genus Philyra Leach, 1817 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Leucosiidae) with descriptions of seven new genera and six new species Galil, Bella S. Zoosystema 2009 2009-06-30 31 2 279 320 76YMG (Fabricius, 1775) Galil 2009 Fabricius 1775 [207,553,786,813] Malacostraca Leucosiidae Philyra Animalia Decapoda 4 283 Arthropoda species globus      Cancer globus Fabricius, 1775: 401(p.p.).     Cancer porcellaneus Herbst, 1783: 92, pl. 2, fig. 18.    Cancer globosus–  Fabricius 1793: 441(p.p.).    Leucosia globosa–  Fabricius 1798: 349(p.p.).     Leucosia globulosa Bosc, 1802: 238;  1830: 289.    Philyra globosa– de  Man 1888: 202. —  Alcock 1896: 243. —  Laurie 1906: 364. —  Stephensen 1945: 83, fig. 12d-f. —  Chhapgar 1957: 407, pl. 2k-m. —  Deb 1998: 358.     Philyra polita Henderson, 1893: 401, pl. 38, figs 1-3.    Philyra globossa–  Khan & Ahmad 1979: 74(incorrect spelling).    Philyra porcellana– K.  Sakai 1999: 18, pl. 7D. Non  Philyra globulosaH. Milne Edwards, 1837( Milne Edwards 1836-1844): pl. 24, fig. 4, 4a, 4b; 1837: 132 (=  Philyra heterograna Ortmann, 1892).  Non  Philyra globosa–  Barnard 1947: 373;  1950: 380, fig. 72f-h. —  Kensley 1981: 39(=  Philyra samia n. sp.).  Non  Philyria globulosa–  Devi et al.1988: 21, fig. 2 (incorrect spelling) (=  Ryphila cancellus( Herbst, 1783)).   TYPE MATERIAL. —  Lectotype:  India. Malabar, coll. Dr J. G. Koenig, id. J. C. Fabricius as  Cancer globus(labelled as Syntype 2, designated as lectotype by Holthuis [1962]), 1 ovig. ♀cl 17.0 mm ( ZMK CRU3997).  MATERIALEXAMINED. —  India.Madras, coll. J. R. Henderson, syntypesof  Philyra polita, 4 ♂♂cl 14.2-20.1 mm, 6 ♀♀cl 16.3-17.8 mm( NHM1892.7.15.389-398) (the ♂cl 20.1 mmis here designated the lectotypeand the remaining specimens are now considered to be paralectotypes). — Calcutta, Orissacoast, 5.X.1898, 1 ♂cl 19.7 mm, 1 ♀cl 15.9 mm, ex. Indian Museum, id. A. Alcock as  Philyra globosa( ZMK CRU4256). — Madras, 1 ♂cl 18.8 mm( NHM1999.6). — Kasimedu Fish Landing, Madras, XI.2004, coll. Z. Jaafar, 1 ♂cl 18.0 mm ( ZRC).   Sri Lanka.Coll. W. A. Herdman, 2 ♀♀cl 14.4, 14.5 mm( NHM1907.5.22.62-64).  Andaman Sea.Mergui Archipelago, id. Prof. A. R. S. Anderson as  Philyra globosa, 1 ♀cl 15.2 mm, ( RMNH).  Indian Ocean.Coll. C. von Hügel, 2 ♂♂( NMW19046).  DISTRIBUTION. — Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Mergui Archipelago.  DESCRIPTION Dorsal surface of carapace minutely punctuate, bearing closely-spaced minute flattened granules. Front strongly deflexed anteriorly, frontal margin bearing triangular denticle medially.Circumference of carapace behind front evenly beaded. Anterior margin of epistome slightly arcuate, inner angles of afferent branchial canals slightly prominent. Margins of external maxillipeds minutely granulate, exopod subquadrate, shovel-like. Pterygostomian region closely granulate. Anterolateral margin very slightly sinuous, posterolateral margin arcuate. Thoracic sternites granulate. Anterior margin of abdominal sulcus in male specimens beaded. Fused male abdominal segments 3-6 bearing granulate basal knobs separated by a concavity. Margins of fused abdominal segments in female beaded, granulate stripe proximally. Cheliped merus rugose, bearing perliform granules, increasingly smaller, sparser, distally. Carpus and propodus nearly smooth, but for granulate stripe on lower surface of latter. Fingers punctate; inner margins minutely denticulate.Lower margin of merus of last pereiopod minutely granulate; meri of pereiopods 1-3 bear line of increasingly minute granules along ventral margin; carpi and propodi smooth; upper margin of propodus of first pereiopod carinate, lower margin bicarinate in male, unicarinate in female specimens; propodi of pereiopods 2-4 unicarinate on upper, lower margins. Male first pleopod with sinuous apical process, bearing line of cirri distad, with subterminal alate and cirrate process, tip vermicular, curved interiorly.  Colour“In spirit: smoky bluish brown above, the blue deepest on the carapace.” ( Alcock 1896: 244); “Sandy brown with bluish tinge” ( Khan & Ahmad 1979: 74).  REMARKS Fabricius’ (1775: 401) description of  Cancer globus(“Thorace laevi, subcrenato, cauda basi binodi, brachiis scabris […] Parvus, subglobosus, thorace undique crenato. Brachia scabra, manus filiformes.”) may fit more than one species. Indeed, Fabricius’ two syntypesbelong to different species (see above). Alcock (1896: 243), who realized that, referred to  P.globosaonly “Fabricius’ female type as re-described by De Man”. His detailed description includes several characters that clearly identify his specimens, i.e. the medially acuminate deflexed front, carinate propodi, the two linear basal segments of the male abdomen, and lack of median denticle on the fused abdominal segments. The photograph of Herbst’s specimen of  Cancer porcellaneus, preserved in the Berlin Zoological Museum ( ZMBHerbst 2194) ( K. Sakai 1999: pl. 7D) is clearly that of  P. globus.From the characters used by Henderson (1893: 401)to separate  P. politafrom  P. globosa– presence of branchio-cardiac grooves and abdominal denticle, marginal carapacial granules of varying size and prominently granulate chelipeds – it is clear he confused the latter species with  Lyphira perplexa n. sp.Examination of Henderson’s (1893: pl. 38, figs 1-3) material and figures leaves no doubt as to the identity of his species. The present study agrees with Stephensen (1945: 83)that though the specimens collected in the Persian Gulf “are rather small and so do not agree with the characters [of  P. globosa] […] the disagreements are so small, that they probably are due to the difference in size”. 5070988308 TYPE, MATERIAL, J, G, C, ZMK Dr J. G. Koenig India Malabar 4 283 ZMK CRU3997 1 1 lectotype