Lamoha personata ( Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1981 )

Ng, Peter K. L., Forges, Bertrand Richer De & Martin, Joel W., 2020, The Homolidae of the Hawaiian Islands, with notes on the taxonomy of Moloha major (Kubo, 1936) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), Zootaxa 4809 (2), pp. 306-328 : 310

Lamoha personata ( Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1981)

Hypsophrys personata Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1981: 543 , figs. 4A, 5B, B1, 7D, pl. 4 fig. 3, 3a, b, 4, pl. 7 fig. 3, 3a; Guinot & Richer de Forges 1995: 453, figs. 3, 58A, B, 59a, b, 61a, b; Ng et al. 2008: 40.

Hypsophrys williamsi — Titgen 1988: 144 (not Hypsophrys williamsi Takeda, 1980 ).

Hypsophrys aff. williamsi — Guinot & Richer de Forges 1995: 453, figs. 59 e–f, 61 e, f, k.

Lamoha williamsi — Castro 2011: 35 .

Material examined. Hawaiian Islands: 1 male (33.0 × 29.4 mm), 2 females (30.0 × 28.3 mm, 30.0 × 26.7 mm) ( BPBM S10614 ), Kona, 666 m, from Heterocarpus trap, coll. R. H. Titgen, 15 January 1987 .— 1 male (37.0 × 33.0 mm), 1 ovigerous female (31.3 × 29.0 mm) ( BPBM-S10628 ), 400 m, in shrimp trap, coll. R. H. Titgen, 5 October 1980 .

Remarks. Titgen (1988: 144) recorded two males and three females from Kona in the island of Hawai‘i and identified them with L. williamsi ( Takeda, 1980) (as a Hypsophrys ). Guinot & Richer de Forges (1995: 453, figs. 59 e–f, 61 e–f, k) examined the material, figured a specimen and doubted the identity of the specimens, preferring to refer to them only as “ Hypsophrys aff. williamsi ”.

Ng & Wang (2002: 21) examined material of L. personata ( Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1981) , from Guam and on the basis of the structure of the chela, ambulatory leg proportions, and armature on the dorsal margin of the P2–P4 merus, commented that Titgen’s (1988) record of “ H. williamsi ” from the Hawaiian Islands is clearly L. personata .

Distribution. Known from Vanuatu (type locality), Guam, Samoa, French Polynesia, Austral Islands, Kiribati, and the Hawaiian Islands (Kona), 450–900 m ( Guinot & Richer de Forges 1995; Ng & Wang 2002).