Australian Museum Journal Some majid spider crabs from the deep Indo–West Pacific
- Shortform:
- Griffin and Tranter, 1986, Rec. Aust. Mus. 38(6): 351–370
- Author(s):
- Griffin, D. J. G.; Tranter, H. A.
- Year published:
- 1986
- Title:
- Some majid spider crabs from the deep Indo–West Pacific
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 38
- Issue:
- 6
- Start page:
- 351
- End page:
- 370
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.38.1986.186
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 31 December 1986
- Cover date:
- 31 December 1986
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- CRUSTACEA: DECAPODA; TAXONOMY; OCEAN: INDIAN; OCEAN: PACIFIC
- Digitized:
- 18 November 2008
- Available online:
- 19 December 2008
- Reference number:
- 186
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (114kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (4127kb PDF)
Abstract
Fifteen species of seven genera are discussed. The material comes from depths exceeding 200 m in the Indian Ocean (off east Africa, Indonesia and north-west Australia) and the west Pacific (Tasman Sea and Kermadec Deep). Four new species are described, one of the genus Platymaia and three of Rochinia. The known geographic range of six species is extended: Cyrtomaia suhmi, Pleistacantha moseleyi, Rochinia pulchra are recorded from off north-west Australia for the first time. Platymaia fimbriata is recorded from the Indian Ocean for the first time and the known range of Teratomaia richardsoni is extended to the Kermadec region. Echinoplax pungens is confirmed as a synonym of Pleistacantha moseleyi and Rochinia riversandersoni is shown to be a complex of several species.