Latreillopsis gracilipes Guinot &amp; Richer de Forges 1981
Creators: name: Forges, Bertrand Richer De
name: Ng, Peter K. L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Homolidae
Latreillopsis
Latreillopsis gracilipes

description: <i>Latreillopsis gracilipes</i> Guinot &amp; Richer de Forges, 1981 (Fig. 23A–D) <i>Latreillopsis gracilipes</i> Guinot &amp; Richer de Forges, 1981: 557, figs. 3G, 4H, 6C, C1, pl. 7, fig. 1, 1a. — Guinot &amp; Richer de Forges 1995: 402, fig. 38 a–d. — Cleva et al. 2007: 252, Fig. 21C. — Ng et al. 2008: 40. <b>Material examined</b>. <b>Vanuatu</b>: Espiritu Santo I., SANTO 2006, stn. AT 5, 15°39.9’S 167°03.84’E, 114–132 m, 15 September 2006: 1 ovigerous female (9.7 x 6.6 mm, photographed) (MNHN-B31298).— Stn. AT 6, 15°38.2’S 167°02.2’E, 140–167 m, 15 September 2008: 1 male (5.9 x 4.3 mm) (ZRC 2008.0996).— Stn. AT 11, 15°39.5’S – 167°01.5’E, 272–286 m, 17 September 2006: 5 males (9.1 x 6.6 mm –7.4 x 5.1 mm), 5 females (from 7.9 x 5.9 mm to 5.2 x 3.9 mm) (MNHN-B31299).— Stn. AT 14, 15°23.7’S 167°12.9’E, 102–120 m, 19 September 2006: 1 male (7.6 x 5.2 mm), 2 juveniles (ZRC 2008.0997).— Stn. AT 17, 15°39.9’S 167°02.0’E, 267–270 m, 21 September 2006: 1 male (11.0 x 7.4 mm), 1 female (8.1 x 6.4 mm) (MNHN-B31300).— Stn. AT18, 15°41.3’S 167°02.6’E, 321–336 m, 21 September 2006: 1 male (9.4 x 6.4 mm), 1 female (8.6 x 6.6 mm), 1 juvenile (4.0 x 2.9 mm) (ZRC 2008.0998).— Stn. AT 61, 15°39.2’S 167°01.4’E, 266–281 m, 4 October 2006: 2 ovigerous females (11.4 x 8.2 mm, 10.7 x 8.0 mm) (MNHN-B31301).— Stn. AT 63, 15°39.6’S 167°01.3’E, 290–334 m, 4 October 2006: 4 males (10.2 x 6.9 mm, 9.3 x 5.5 mm, 8.4 x 6.2 mm, 6.3 x 4.2 mm), 2 females (8.6 x 5.8 mm, 8.7 x 5.9 mm) (ZRC 2008.0999).— Stn. AT 64, 15°39.6’S 167°01.9’E, 249–252 m, 4 October 2006: 2 females (8.7 x 6.6 mm, 8.1 x 5.8 mm) (MNHN-B31302).— Stn. AT 76, 15°38.7’S 167°03.6’E, 105–135 m, 10 October 2006: 1 ovigerous female (10.2 x 6.6 mm), 3 females (7.4 x 5.4 mm, 6.1 x 4.9 mm, 7.0 x 5.0 mm), 1 juvenile (4.7 x 3.1 mm) (ZRC 2008.1000).— Stn. AT 77, 15°39.2’S 167°03.2’E, 142–171 m, 10 October 2006: 1 male (7.7 x 4.9 mm) (MNHN-B31303). – AT 121, 15°38.7’S 167°01.2’E, 275–290 m, 19 October 2006: 6 males (10.1 x 7.1 mm, 9.1 x 6.7 mm, 7.8 x 5.9 mm, 9.6 x 6.6 mm, 7.9 x 5.6 mm, 6.6 x 4.5 mm), 1 ovigerous female (10.9 x 7.8 mm, 4 females 7.7 x 5.1 mm, 7.7 x 6.0 mm, 5.3 x 3.3 mm, 6.5 x 3.9 mm), 2 juveniles (4.6 x 3.4 mm, 5.3 x 4.5 mm) (MNHN-B31304). <b>Remarks</b>. <i>Latreillopsis gracilipes</i> was first described from New Caledonia and is here recorded for the first time from Vanuatu, where it is common at depths of 114 to 336 m.
description: Published as part of <i>Forges, Bertrand Richer De &amp; Ng, Peter K. L., 2008, New western Pacific records of Homolidae De Haan, 1839, with descriptions of new species of Homolochunia Doflein, 1904, and Latreillopsis Henderson, 1888 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), pp. 1-35 in Zootaxa 1967</i> on page 28
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