A New Species of Squat Lobster (Decapoda, Anomura, Chirostylidae) from the Philippines and Indonesia

Abstract

[A new species of squat lobster, Chirostylus sandyi, is described from two female specimens collected on a reef flat in Bohol, Philippines, and from the Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. It is differentiated from the other known species of the genus by a ventrally inflated third thoracic sternite and the absence of spines on the carapace other than a pair of epigastric spines. The coloration is similar to that of C. stellarus Osawa, 2007, from which it is distinct in having no white spots on the lateral surface of the P2-4 meri and carpi. Une espece nouvelle de galathee, Chirostylus sandyi, est decrite a partir de deux femelles recoltees sur un recif plat a Bohol, Philippines et au Detroit de Lembeh, Indonesie. Elle se differencie des autres especes connues du genre par le troisieme sternite abdominal aplati ventralement et l'absence d'epines sur la carapace a part d'une paire d'epines epigastriques. La coloration est analogue a celle de C. stellarus Osawa, 2007 dont elle se distingue cependant par l'absence de taches blanches sur la face laterale du merus et du carpe des pereiopodes 2-4., A new species of squat lobster, Chirostylus sandyi, is described from two female specimens collected on a reef flat in Bohol, Philippines, and from the Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. It is differentiated from the other known species of the genus by a ventrally inflated third thoracic sternite and the absence of spines on the carapace other than a pair of epigastric spines. The coloration is similar to that of C. stellarus Osawa, 2007, from which it is distinct in having no white spots on the lateral surface of the P2-4 meri and carpi. Une espece nouvelle de galathee, Chirostylus sandyi, est decrite a partir de deux femelles recoltees sur un recif plat a Bohol, Philippines et au Detroit de Lembeh, Indonesie. Elle se differencie des autres especes connues du genre par le troisieme sternite abdominal aplati ventralement et l'absence d'epines sur la carapace a part d'une paire d'epines epigastriques. La coloration est analogue a celle de C. stellarus Osawa, 2007 dont elle se distingue cependant par l'absence de taches blanches sur la face laterale du merus et du carpe des pereiopodes 2-4.]