Abstract
BackgroundThree specimens of Puerulus mesodontus Chan, Ma & Chu, 2013 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Achelata, Palinuridae) were collected from Palabuhanratu Bay, southern Java, Indonesia. There is no previous record on the presence of the species in Indonesia. This finding represents the first record of this species in Java, Indonesia, and confirms that the species is present in the Indian Ocean. The morphological characters of the species are described.New informationThis paper contains a new distribution record of a lobster species from Indonesian waters.
Highlights
The deep-sea spiny lobster genus Puerulus Ortmann 1897 lives at depths of 200-700 m in seas of the Indo-West Pacific region facing the Indian Ocean (Holthuis 1991; Chan 1998; Chan et al 2013)
The new species were not reported from Indonesian waters, but P. velutinus and P. angulatus were recorded to occur in these waters (Holthuis 1991; Chan et al 2013)
Material a. scientificName: Puerulus mesodontus; scientificNameID: Puerulus mesodontus Chan, Ma & Chu, 2013; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Malacostraca; order: Decapoda; family: Palinuridae; genus: Puerulus; specificEpithet: mesodontus; scientificNameAuthorship: Chan, Ma & Chu 2013; waterBody: Indian Ocean; stateProvince: West Java; locality: Palabuhanratu Bay; verbatimLocality: Palabuhanratu; maximumDepthInMeters: 20; samplingProtocol: local fishing boat and net; eventDate: 2015-05-17; eventTime: unrecorded; habitat: sandy bottom; individualCount: 3; preparations: specimen stored in ethanol 96%; recordedBy: Yusli Wardiatno, Agus Alim Hakim, Ali Mashar, Nurlisa Alias Butet, Luky Adrianto, Achmad Farajallah; otherCatalogNumbers: PMP01, PMP02, PMP03; identifiedBy: Agus Alim Hakim; dateIdentified: 2015-12-22; identificationRemarks: identified by morphology; identificationQualifier: cf.; language: ina; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen a b c d e f
Summary
Three specimens of Puerulus mesodontus Chan, Ma & Chu, 2013 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Achelata, Palinuridae) were collected from Palabuhanratu Bay, southern Java, Indonesia. There is no previous record on the presence of the species in Indonesia. This finding represents the first record of this species in Java, Indonesia, and confirms that the species is present in the Indian Ocean. The morphological characters of the species are described. This paper contains a new distribution record of a lobster species from Indonesian waters
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