Paramedaeus simplex
Creators: name: Mendoza, Jose Christopher E.
name: Ng, Peter K. L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Xanthidae
Paramedaeus
Paramedaeus simplex

description: <i>Paramedaeus simplex</i> (A. Milne-Edwards, 1873) (Fig. 2E) <i>Paramedaeus simplex</i> – Serène &amp; Umali, 1972: 67, Pl. 7 Figs. 3–4. <i>Material examined. –</i> 1 male, 14 × 9.0 mm (ZRC 1965.8.4.1), Batangas, coll. P. Palarca, 25 Apr.1963; 2 juv., 3.9 × 3.0 to 4.1 × 3.0 (NMCR-27355), Stn. B 14, coral rubble, 2–4 m, 9°38.5'N 123°49.2'E, Sungcolan Bay, Panglao Is., coll by Panglao Marine Biodiversity Project, 16 Jun.2004; 1 male, 9.0 × 6.2 mm, 1 ovig. female, 11.1 × 7.8 mm, 1 juv., 4.7 × 3.4 mm (ZRC 2008.1408), Stn. B 18, blocks dispersed among seagrass, 3–5 m, 9°38.5'N 123°49.7'E, Sungcolan Bay, Panglao Is., coll. PANGLAO 2004 Marine Biodiversity Project, 20 Jun.2004; 1 female, 9.7 × 6.8 mm (NMCR-27356), Stn. S 7, sand with seagrass, 1–4 m, 9°38.5'N 123°49.2'E, Sungcolan Bay, Panglao Is., coll. PANGLAO 2004 Marine Biodiversity Project, 09 Jun.2004. <i>Remarks. –</i> This species was described from Madagascar (A. Milne-Edwards, 1873) and has been reported from various localities in the Indian Ocean (Ward, 1942; Guinot, 1967a; Serène, 1984) and in the Pacific Ocean (De Man, 1902; Rathbun, 1906; Edmonson, 1925; Takeda, 1972, 1976; Ng &amp; Clark, 2002). This species has been previously reported from the Philippines by Serène &amp; Umali (1972), based on a single male collected from Batangas. It is interesting to note that all of the specimens reported in this paper, one of them ovigerous, are much smaller than this male specimen (carapace, 14.0 × 9.0 mm). Ng &amp; Clark (2002) remarked on the differences in size at maturity of the specimens found in Hawaii, Guam, New Caledonia and the Philippines and suggested that <i>Paramedaeus simplex</i> may be a species complex. The present material also indicates that a revision of this species is clearly necessary.
description: Published as part of <i>Mendoza, Jose Christopher E. &amp; Ng, Peter K. L., 2010, The Euxanthine Crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura: Xanthidae) Of The Philippines, pp. 57-74 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 58 (1)</i> on page 69, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5342421
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