Oxypleurodon forte Lee, Corbari & Richer de Forges, 2015

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 : 9

Oxypleurodon forte Lee, Corbari & Richer de Forges, 2015

Fig. 13D

Oxypleurodon forte Lee, Corbari & Richer de Forges, 2015: 1258–1262 , figs 2–4 (type locality: South China Sea).

Material examined

SOUTH CHINA SEA: 1 ♂ (12.9 × 7.7 mm) [photographed] ( ZRC 2016.0075), 2 ♂♂ (17.7 × 11.9 mm, 10.7 × 6.6 mm), 1 ♀ (10.1 × 6.5mm) ( ZRC 2016.0076), 1 ♂ (11.6 × 7.3 mm), 1 ♀ (13.1 × 8.7 mm) (MNHN- IU-2016-177), west of Zhongsha, stn CP4152, 16°01.55′ N, 113°53.35′ E to 16°04.72′ N, 113°55.11′ E, 412– 410 m, coll. ZHONGSHA 2015 Expedition, 27 Jul. 2015; 1 ♂ (13.3 × 8.2 mm), 1 ovigerous ♀ (13.2 × 8.1 mm) ( ZRC 2016.0077), north of Dongsha, stn DW4158, 21°06.76′ N, 116°44.64′ E to 21°04.88′ N, 116°44.23′ E, 325– 310 m, coll. ZHONGSHA 2015 Expedition, 30 Jul. 2015; 1 ♂ (14.2 × 9.1 mm) [photographed] ( ZRC 2016.0078), west of Zhongsha, stn CP4151, 16°04.72′ N, 113°55.09′ E to 16°02.58′ N, 113°53.93′ E, 410– 356 m, coll. ZHONGSHA 2015 Expedition, 27 Jul. 2015.

Remarks

Oxypleurodon forte was collected on seamounts in the middle of the SCS during the NANHAI 2014 cruise ( Lee et al. 2015). The new series of small specimens collected during ZHONGSHA shows that the species has a wider distribution in the SCS.

Distribution

This species is known only from the South China Sea.

Figures

Fig. 13. Colour in life. A. Naxioides robillardi (Miers, 1882), ♂ (39.2 × 24.5 mm) (ZRC 2016.01065), South China Sea. B. Oxypleurodon stimpsoni Miers, 1885, ♂ (with Sacculina, 14.0 × 9.0 mm) (ZRC 2016.0072), South China Sea. C. Oxypleurodon auritum (Rathbun, 1916), ♂ (16.7 × 11.1 mm) (ZRC 2016.0066), South China Sea. D. Oxypleurodon forte Lee, Corbari & Richer de Forges, 2015, ♂ (14.2 × 9.1 mm) (ZRC 2016.0078), South China Sea. E. Oxypleurodon sanctaeclausi Richer de Forges & Ng 2009, paratype, ♀ (18.7 × 16.8 mm) (ZRC 2009.0019) (after Richer de Forges & Ng 2009a). F. Stegopleurodon pteridion sp. nov., holotype, ♂ (13.1 × 7.9 mm) (NTOU), South China Sea. Scale bars: A = 10 mm; B–F = 5 mm.