Spider crabs of the Samadinia pulchra complex (Crustacea: Decapoda: Epialtidae)

  • Author
    Shane T. Ahyong; Bee Yan Lee; Peter K. L. Ng
  • Year
    2023
  • Journal
    Records of the Australian Museum
  • Publisher
    The Australian Museum

Abstract

The spiny spider crab, Samadinia pulchra (Miers in Tizard, Moseley, Buchanan & Murray, 1885) (type locality: Bohol Sea, Philippines) has long been considered to be widespread in the western Pacific and Indian Ocean, with Anamathia livermorii Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891, described from the Andaman Sea, in its synonymy. Reassessment of Samadinia pulchra from throughout its purported range indicates that it comprises a complex of three species: S. pulchra sensu stricto, occurring in the northwestern Pacific, from the South China Sea to Japan; S. livermorii, occurring in the Indian Ocean, ranging from southwestern Indonesia to East Africa; and a new species, S. jimlowryi sp. nov., ranging from northwestern Australia to southeastern Indonesia.

 
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Short Form
Ahyong et al., 2023. Rec. Aust. Mus. 75(4): 343–356
Author
Shane T. Ahyong; Bee Yan Lee; Peter K. L. Ng
Year
2023
Title
Spider crabs of the Samadinia pulchra complex (Crustacea: Decapoda: Epialtidae)
Serial Title
Records of the Australian Museum
Volume
75
Issue
4
Start Page
343
End Page
356
DOI
10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1876
Language
en
Date Published
06 December 2023
Cover Date
06 December 2023
ISSN (online)
2201-4349
ISSN (print)
0067-1975
CODEN
RAUMAJ
Publisher
The Australian Museum
Place Published
Sydney, Australia
Subjects
CRUSTACEA: DECAPODA; TAXONOMY
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06 December 2023
Available Online
06 December 2023
Reference Number
1876
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