taxonID	type	description	language	source
787F87ECCD7F046CF416FB12AB52F9DC.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Poore et al. (2008) listed 14 species in this family from the south-western Australian collections. Of these, Austrolibinia gracilipes (Miers, 1879), Hyastenus convexus Miers, 1884, Naxioides robillardi (Miers, 1882), N. taurus (Pocock, 1890), N. tenuirostris (Haswell, 1880), Phalangipus filiformis Rathbun, 1916, and P. hystrix (Miers, 1884) were new records for southern or all Western Australia. They also reported Griffinia lappacea (Rathbun, 1918) and Lahaina agassizii (Rathbun, 1902) which were previously known. One specimen, which could not be identified at the time, belongs to a species of Thacanophrys.	en	Forges, Bertrand Richer de, Poore, Gary C. B. (2008): Deep-sea majoid crabs of the genera Oxypleurodon and Rochinia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Epialtidae) mostly from the continental margin of Western Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 65: 63-70, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2008.65.6, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-65-2008/pages-63-70/
787F87ECCD7F046DF416F999AEE0FEC0.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Oxypleurodon was redefined and separated from other similar genera by Tavares (1991) and several species from the Indo-West Pacific were reviewed by Richer de Forges (1995). Ng and Richer de Forges (2007) listed the 17 species known. Davie (2002) included the genus in the subfamily Pisinae of family Majidae. Following Ng et al. (2008) it is now in the family Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838, included inside the superfamily Majoidea. One species has been previously recorded from Australia, O. stimpsoni Miers, 1886, from Queensland (Davie, 2002). Here, a second species is newly recorded for Australia and a third species is described as new from Western Australia.	en	Forges, Bertrand Richer de, Poore, Gary C. B. (2008): Deep-sea majoid crabs of the genera Oxypleurodon and Rochinia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Epialtidae) mostly from the continental margin of Western Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 65: 63-70, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2008.65.6, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-65-2008/pages-63-70/
787F87ECCD7E046DF7A3FE8DAD68FBDF.taxon	description	Figure 1 a	en	Forges, Bertrand Richer de, Poore, Gary C. B. (2008): Deep-sea majoid crabs of the genera Oxypleurodon and Rochinia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Epialtidae) mostly from the continental margin of Western Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 65: 63-70, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2008.65.6, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-65-2008/pages-63-70/
787F87ECCD7E046DF7A3FE8DAD68FBDF.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Australia. WA. Leveque L 27 transect (15 ° 00.52 ' S – 14 ° 59.05 ' S, 121 ° 38.08 ' E – 121 ° 39 ° 10 ' E), 205 – 211 m, 25 Jun 2007 (stn SS 05 / 2007 099), NMV J 58221 (2 females 11.7 x 9.7 mm, 11.8 x 10.1 mm; juvenile 5 x 3.9 mm). Remarks. These specimens from the northern part of the Western Australian continental slope fit well with the description of O. luzonicum from the Philippines. These records extend the distribution of the species considerably south, to 15 ° S in the western Indian Ocean. The species’ distribution does not overlap with that of another Oxypleurodon from the southern part of the Western Australian slope which is described below as a new species.	en	Forges, Bertrand Richer de, Poore, Gary C. B. (2008): Deep-sea majoid crabs of the genera Oxypleurodon and Rochinia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Epialtidae) mostly from the continental margin of Western Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 65: 63-70, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2008.65.6, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-65-2008/pages-63-70/
787F87ECCD7E046DF7A3FB9CACD3F9DB.taxon	description	Figure 1 b	en	Forges, Bertrand Richer de, Poore, Gary C. B. (2008): Deep-sea majoid crabs of the genera Oxypleurodon and Rochinia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Epialtidae) mostly from the continental margin of Western Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 65: 63-70, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2008.65.6, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-65-2008/pages-63-70/
787F87ECCD7E046DF7A3FB9CACD3F9DB.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype: Australia. WA. Off Two Rocks (31 ° 36.32 ' S – 31 ° 37.02 ' S, 114 ° 58.52 ' E – 114 ° 58 16 ' E), 329 – 370 m, 19 Nov 2005 (stn SS 10 / 2005 006), WAM C 400529 (ovigerous female 15.7 x 15.4 mm). Paratypes. Collected with holotype, WAM C 400530 (ovigerous female, 16.4 x 14.0 mm). WA. Off Abrolhos (29 ° 00.46 ' S – 29 ° 01.23 ' S, 113 ° 46.44 ' E – 113 ° 47.06 ' E), 419 – 439 m, 03 Dec 2005 (stn SS 10 / 2005 088), NMV J 54070 (male, 18.5 x 19.6 mm). Off Two Rocks (31 ° 37.05 ' S – 31 ° 37.23 ' S, 114 ° 58.19 ' E – 115 ° 14.39 ' E), 364 – 404 m, 19 Nov 2005 (stn SS 10 / 2005 004), NMV J 54069 (3 males, 14.4 x 13.5 mm, 13.9 x 13.4 mm, 9.6 x 8.8 mm). Diagnosis. Carapace to 18.5 mm, long, pyriform. Carapace, including pseudorostral spines, covered with short setae. Carapace bearing several elevated plates and tubercles arranged as follows: 1 cardiac plate, round and forming a conical point in its middle; 2 branchial plates, thin, sharp and pointing laterally; 2 epibranchial plates, thin, sharp and oriented obliquely; 1 ovoid mesogastric plate; 2 hepatic plates touching the postocular plates forming together a L-shape; 1 small subbranchial oblong plate on the lateral border; 2 supraocular plates, sharp anteriorly; 1 anterogastric tubercle; 1 tubercle on each side of mesogastric plate; posterior border of the carapace thick, forming medially a large tooth pointing backward. Pseudorostral spines long and sharp, diverging in a V. Eyes small, completely inserted in the orbits, the postocular plate forming a cup. Basal antennal article fused with carapace. Cheliped shorter than pereopod 2. Articles of ambulatory legs cylindrical. Female abdomen of 7 segments. Distribution. South-western WA slope (29 ° – 31.5 ° S), 329 – 439 m depth. Etymology. Dedicated to Dr Robin Wilson in recognition of his enthusiasm and hard work during the cruise when this species was collected, and at all times. Remarks. Oxypleurodon wilsoni sp. nov. belongs in the group of species of Oxypleurodon having long and sharp branchial plates: O. luzonicum (Rathbun, 1916), O. stuckiae (Guinot and Richer de Forges, 1986 b), O. karubar Richer de Forges, 1995, and O. lowryi (Richer de Forges, 1992). In O. wilsoni the supraocular plate is sharp anteriorly whereas it is rounded in O. luzonicum. The cardiac plate is small, round and elevated in the middle (round and flat in O. luzonicum). The epibranchial plates are oblong, pointing externally in O. wilsoni but small and triangular in O. luzonicum. The mesogastric plate is ovoid but lozenge-shaped in O. luzonicum. Between the mesogastric spine and the hepatic spine lies a small tubercle absent in O. luzonicum.	en	Forges, Bertrand Richer de, Poore, Gary C. B. (2008): Deep-sea majoid crabs of the genera Oxypleurodon and Rochinia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Epialtidae) mostly from the continental margin of Western Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 65: 63-70, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2008.65.6, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-65-2008/pages-63-70/
787F87ECCD7E046DF7A3FB9CACD3F9DB.taxon	description	O. wilsoni is distinguishable from O. stuckiae by the presence of a supraocular spine. The pseudorostral spines are longer and less diverging in O. wilsoni than in O. stuckiae. An anterior gastric tubercle in O. wilsoni is not seen in O. stuckiae. O. wilsoni differs from O. karubar in the following characters: the epibranchial plate is straight but curved in O. karubar; the pseudorostral spines are straight but enlarged basally in O. karubar; the anterior part of the supraocular plate is spiniform in O. wilsoni but rounded in O. karubar; the hepatic plate touches the postocular plate forming together an L-shape in O. wilsoni but these are several disjointed pieces in O. karubar. The shape of the carapace is pyriform in O. wilsoni while it is large and rounded posteriorly in O. lowryi. The supraocular plate points forward in O. wilsoni but laterally in O. lowryi. The branchial spines are straight in O. wilsoni while they are curved in O. lowryi. The ambulatory legs of the holotype and paratype from the same sample are mixed and it is not possible to be precise about the relative lengths of pereopods. The species was collected over narrow latitudinal and depth ranges.	en	Forges, Bertrand Richer de, Poore, Gary C. B. (2008): Deep-sea majoid crabs of the genera Oxypleurodon and Rochinia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Epialtidae) mostly from the continental margin of Western Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 65: 63-70, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2008.65.6, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-65-2008/pages-63-70/
787F87ECCD7E046FF401F998ADBDFF23.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Rochinia was redefined by Tavares (1991) updating the extensive revision by Griffin and Tranter (1986 a) who provided a key to 29 species of a more inclusive genus. Davie (2002) included the genus in the subfamily Pisinae of family Majidae. Five species have been previously recorded from Australia (Davie, 2002). Ng and Richer de Forges (2007) listed the 24 species known from the Indo-West Pacific and ten from the north-western and western Atlantic and eastern Pacific Oceans. Here, we add three species described originally from the Indo-West Pacific to the Australian fauna, comment briefly on three others, and describe a new species from Western Australia.	en	Forges, Bertrand Richer de, Poore, Gary C. B. (2008): Deep-sea majoid crabs of the genera Oxypleurodon and Rochinia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Epialtidae) mostly from the continental margin of Western Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 65: 63-70, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2008.65.6, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-65-2008/pages-63-70/
787F87ECCD7C046FF7A3FE90AB46FBC5.taxon	description	Figures 1 c, 3	en	Forges, Bertrand Richer de, Poore, Gary C. B. (2008): Deep-sea majoid crabs of the genera Oxypleurodon and Rochinia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Epialtidae) mostly from the continental margin of Western Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 65: 63-70, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2008.65.6, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-65-2008/pages-63-70/
787F87ECCD7C046FF7A3FE90AB46FBC5.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype: Australia, WA. Off Two Rocks (31 ° 37.05 ' S – 31 ° 37.23 ' S, 114 ° 58.19 ' E – 115 ° 14.39 ' E), 364 – 404 m, 19 Nov 2005 (SS 10 / 2005 004), WAM C 400531 (male, 11.9 x 8.6 mm). Paratypes. Same data as holotype. WAM C 400532 (11 specimens), NMV J 54179 (87 specimens, smallest is a male of 7.3 x 4.6 mm). Othermaterial. Australia. WA. OffKalbarri (27 ° 55.43 ' S – 27 ° 56.01 ' S, 113 ° 08.17 ' E – 113 ° 08.38 ' E), 252 – 253 m, 04 Dec 2005 (stn SS 10 / 2005 099), NMV J 54058 (1 male). Off Two Rocks (31 ° 36.32 ' S – 31 ° 37.02 ' S, 114 ° 58.52 ' E – 114 ° 58.16 ' E), 329 – 370 m, 19 Nov 2005 (stn SS 10 / 2005 006), NMV J 54178 (2 ovigerous females 10.5 x 8.2 mm, 8.6 x 6.9 mm). Jurien Bay (29 ° 52.04 ' S – 29 ° 52.26 ' S, 114 ° 23.13 ' E – 114 ° 23.53 ' E), 414 – 401 m, 02 Dec 2005 (stn SS 10 / 2005 078), NMV J 54253 (7 juveniles). Off Lancelin (31 ° 00.45 ' S – 31 ° 00.17 ' S, 114 ° 49.30 ' E – 114 ° 49.23 ' E), 394 – 393 m, 01 Dec 2005 (stn SS 10 / 2005 075), NMV J 54238 (1 male). Off Bunbury (33 ° 00.30 ' S – 33 ° 00.07 ' S, 114 ° 34.16 ' E – 114 ° 34.30 ' E), 421 – 414 m, 20 Nov 2005 (stn SS 10 / 2005 013), NMV J 54073 (male 8.3 x 5.7 mm), J 54238 (1 female 6.0 x 4.6 mm). Off D’Entrecasteaux (35 ° 04.11 ' S – 35 ° 04.14 ' S, 115 ° 20.10 ' E – 115 ° 20.53 ' E), 378 – 379 m, 21 Nov 2005 (stn SS 10 / 2005 017), NMV J 54916 (1 male 9.5 x 10.7 mm, 2 ovigerous females 8.4 x 6.1 mm, 10.5 x 7.4 mm, 2 females 7.6 x 4.7 mm, 7.2 x 5.2 mm). Diagnosis. Carapace to 11.9 mm long, pyriform with long diverging pseudorostral spines (one-third length of carapace). Dorsal surface spiny, longest spines as follows: 2 longest and thin branchial spines twice as long as other spines; 1 intestinal spine; 1 long cardiac spine; 1 long mesogastric spine; 2 hepatic spines; in protogastric area, a line of 3 short blunt spines, 2 other spines alongside mesogastric spine; 2 short spines on epigastric area; 2 short spines on lower side of cardiac area. Cheliped of male short with chelae inflated; merus cylindrical, smooth, with 5 blunt teeth on inferior border, upper anterior angle forming 2 teeth; carpus short and triangular, forming a carina at its interior border; propodus inflated and carinate on upper border; fingers thin with serrulated interior border; dactylus border forming a bump in its first third. Ambulatory legs long and thin; articles cylindrical, pereopod 2 longer than pereopod 1 (pereopod 2 merus reaching little beyond ridge on reflexed carpus of pereopod 1). Eyes small, protected by cupped postocular tooth; large supraocular tooth. Basal antennal article with long tooth on its antero-external angle; article fused to carapace. Antenna flagellum longer than pseudorostrum; antennule fossae sharp anteriorly. Border of buccal frame expanded laterally. Abdomen of 7 segments. Pleopod 1 of pisid type, distally expanded to an oblique truncate spinose margin, 16 setae in groove (fig. 3). Distribution. South-western WA slope (27 ° – 35 ° S), 252 – 424 m depth. Etymology. The species is named in honour of Anna McCallum, who sorted and made preliminary identifications of many of the Decapoda of the Western Australian cruises. Remarks. Of the 35 species described in the genus Rochinia few have long branchial spines. The only species comparable to R. annae sp. nov. are: R. pulchra (Miers, 1886), R. riversandersoni (Alcock, 1895), R. sibogae Griffin and Tranter, 1986, R. galathea Griffin and Tranter, 1986, R. griffini Davie and Short, 1989, and R. paulayi Ng and Richer de Forges, 2007. R. galathea has a long branchial spine but a long and flat hepatic spine, very different from the spine of R. annae. R. sibogae has two very long branchial spines pointing laterally but two other long spines, one intestinal and one cardiac (one long gastric spine in R. annae). Also, the postocular tooth is distinct from the hepatic spine in R. annae whereas it is a fused plate in R. sibogae. R. pulchra has long branchial spines but a different pattern in the other long spines of the carapace: four spines in the median line (three in R. annae). R. pulchra possesses pseudorostral spines about three-quarters as long as the carapace but these are one third as long in R. annae. R. riversandersoni is a large species with long branchial spines and long epibranchial spines. R. annae has only a granule at this place. R. paulayi and R. griffini are also large species, very spiny and showing a totally different arrangement of spines from that in R. annae. Although there is abundant material no specimen is intact and it is not possible to be precise about the relative lengths of pereopods. The species occurs over a wide geographic range along the south-western WA coast.	en	Forges, Bertrand Richer de, Poore, Gary C. B. (2008): Deep-sea majoid crabs of the genera Oxypleurodon and Rochinia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Epialtidae) mostly from the continental margin of Western Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 65: 63-70, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2008.65.6, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-65-2008/pages-63-70/
787F87ECCD7C046FF401FBF3ABF1F8B6.taxon	description	Figure 1 d	en	Forges, Bertrand Richer de, Poore, Gary C. B. (2008): Deep-sea majoid crabs of the genera Oxypleurodon and Rochinia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Epialtidae) mostly from the continental margin of Western Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 65: 63-70, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2008.65.6, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-65-2008/pages-63-70/
787F87ECCD7C046FF401FBF3ABF1F8B6.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Australia. WA. Off Barrow Island (21 ° 00.24 ' S – 21 ° 00.02 ' S, 114 ° 22.52 ' E – 114 ° 22.30 ' E), 399 – 408 m, 13 Dec 2005 (stn SS 10 / 2005 172), NMV J 53872 (1 male 28.2 x 20.7 mm). Off Ningaloo North (21 ° 58.13 ' S – 21 ° 58.45 ' S, 113 ° 47.35 ' E – 113 ° 47.28 ' E), 356 – 324 m, 11 Dec 2005 (stn SS 10 / 2005 157), NMV J 53873 (1 female juvenile 14.2 x 9.9 mm). Off Red Bluff (23 ° 59.12 ' S – 23 ° 59.43 ' S, 112 ° 32.02 ' E – 112 ° 31.44 ' E), 411 m, 08 Dec 2005 (stn SS 10 / 2005 130), NMV J 54067 (1 juvenile 10.5 x 6.5 mm). Remarks. Rochinia carinata was described from the Kei (Kai) Islands in Indonesia and has not been recorded anywhere else since. The specimens from the south-western Australian coast differ from the typical material from Indonesia (Griffin and Tranter, 1986 a: pl. 12). The merus of pereopods 2 and 3 is cylindrical in cross section vs carinate in the Indonesian specimens. The mesogastric plate (islet) looks more ovoid in R. carinata from Western Australia whereas it is more rounded in the typical material. The pseudorostrum spines are more elongated in the specimens from south-western Australia than in the specimens from Indonesia. The species’ range is extended from 5 ° S in Indonesia to 24 ° S, near Shark Bay, WA. The depth range in Indonesia is 204 – 325 m and 324 – 411 m in WA.	en	Forges, Bertrand Richer de, Poore, Gary C. B. (2008): Deep-sea majoid crabs of the genera Oxypleurodon and Rochinia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Epialtidae) mostly from the continental margin of Western Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 65: 63-70, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2008.65.6, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-65-2008/pages-63-70/
787F87ECCD7A0469F7A3FAD2AC06FEC0.taxon	description	Figure 2 a	en	Forges, Bertrand Richer de, Poore, Gary C. B. (2008): Deep-sea majoid crabs of the genera Oxypleurodon and Rochinia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Epialtidae) mostly from the continental margin of Western Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 65: 63-70, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2008.65.6, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-65-2008/pages-63-70/
787F87ECCD7A0469F7A3FAD2AC06FEC0.taxon	description	2007: 62. Material examined. Australia. Tas. Eastern Bass Strait, 100 km NE of North Point, Flinders I., (38 ° 52.36 ' S, 148 ° 25.12 ' E), 140 m, 15 Nov 1981 (stn BSS 170 S), NMV J 4730 (2 ovigerous females 15.0 x 10.0 mm, 11.3 x 7.5 mm; male 11.7 x 7.0 mm). 70 km ENE of North Point, Flinders I. (39 ° 28.24 ' S, 148 ° 41.48 ' E), 110 m, 28 Mar 1979 (stn BSS 35), NMV J 23091 (juvenile). 37 km NE of Cape Tourville (41 ° 52.52 ' S – 41 ° 59.34 ' S, 148 ° 37.56 ' E – 148 ° 31 08 ' E), 124 m, 30 Oct 1988 (stn SLOPE 85), NMV J 16059 (male). Vic. W of Cape Nelson, 183 m, 06 Jun 1969, NMV J 8610 (male, ovigerous female) Remarks. This species has already been mentioned from the east and south coasts of Australia. Most records in Museum Victoria are from the continental margin of eastern Bass Strait.	en	Forges, Bertrand Richer de, Poore, Gary C. B. (2008): Deep-sea majoid crabs of the genera Oxypleurodon and Rochinia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Epialtidae) mostly from the continental margin of Western Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 65: 63-70, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2008.65.6, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-65-2008/pages-63-70/
787F87ECCD7A0469F401FE8DACBAFB20.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Australia. Tas. Eastern Bass Strait, 100 km NE of North Point, Flinders I. (38 ° 52.36 ' S, 148 ° 25.12 ' E), 140 m, 15 Nov 1981 (stn BSS 170 S), NMV J 4731 (female 9.3 x 6.6 mm). Vic. Eastern Bass Strait, S of Waratah Bay (38 ° 59.54 ' S, 146 ° 00 ' E), 64 m, 26 Nov 1973 (stn K 7 - 73 - 63), NMV J 12157 (2 males 13.2 x 9.4 mm, 12.7 x 8.7 mm). Central Bass Strait, 100 km SSE of Cape Liptrap (39 ° 45.54 ' S, 145 ° 33.18 ' E), 74 m, 13 Nov 1981 (stn BSS 156), NMV J 10642 (juvenile); NMV J 4732 (female 8.1 x 5.1 mm). SA. Great Australian Bight (33 ° 15.52 ' S – 33 ° 16.03 ' S, 130 ° 37.50 ' E – 130 ° 37 07 ' E), 139 – 141 m, 09 May 2000 (stn SS 01 / 00 334), NMV J 52198 (3 males 8.5 x 5.2 mm, 7.3 x 4.8 mm, 7.2 x 4.3 mm). Great Australian Bight (33 ° 16.00 ' S – 33 ° 16.36 ' S, 130 ° 43.09 ' E – 130 ° 48.38 ' E), 134 – 130 m, 10 May 2000 (stn SS 01 / 00 351), NMV J 52196 (2 ovigerous females 11.3 x 7.7 mm, 10.9 x 7.4 mm). Great Australian Bight (33 ° 16.00 ' S – 33 ° 16.01 ' S, 130 ° 36.35 ' E – 130 ° 38.02 ' E), 143 – 140 m, 10 May 2000 (stn SS 01 / 00 350), NMV J 52197 (3 males 9.1 x 5.8 mm, 9.4 x 5.9 mm, 7.7 x 4.5 mm; ovigerous female 9.1 x 5.7 mm; female 7.1 x 4.5 mm; juvenile 4.8 x 3.3 mm). Remarks. This material from south-eastern Australia fits well with the redescription of R. mosaica by Griffin and Tranter (1986 a). Whitelegge described this species in the genus Pugettia in which the carapace has a similar pattern but the first pleopod of Pugettia is very different from that of Rochinia. The records are well within the reported distribution of the species from central Queensland, through Bass Strait to the Great Australian Bight. The most westerly is 130 ° W near the SA – WA border.	en	Forges, Bertrand Richer de, Poore, Gary C. B. (2008): Deep-sea majoid crabs of the genera Oxypleurodon and Rochinia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Epialtidae) mostly from the continental margin of Western Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 65: 63-70, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2008.65.6, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-65-2008/pages-63-70/
787F87ECCD7A046AF401FAADAE1BFD92.taxon	description	Figure 2 b	en	Forges, Bertrand Richer de, Poore, Gary C. B. (2008): Deep-sea majoid crabs of the genera Oxypleurodon and Rochinia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Epialtidae) mostly from the continental margin of Western Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 65: 63-70, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2008.65.6, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-65-2008/pages-63-70/
787F87ECCD7A046AF401FAADAE1BFD92.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Australia. WA. Ashmore L 30 transect (12 ° 31.46 ' S – 12 ° 30.50 ' S, 123 ° 25.38 ' E – 123 ° 25.22 ' E), 401 – 404 m, 07 Jul 2007 (stn SS 05 / 2007 192), NMV J 58172 (female 17.3 x 10.7 mm). Kulumburu L 29 transect (13 ° 15.54 ' S – 13 ° 16.21 ' S, 123 ° 22.27 ' E – 123 ° 21.24 ' E), 394 – 390 m, 07 Jul 2007 (stn SS 05 / 2007 180), NMV J 58025 (female 31.5 x 20.1, male 34.5 x 21.7 mm). Leveque L 27 transect (14 ° 49.02 ' S – 14 ° 48.32 ' S, 121 ° 27.33 ' E – 121 ° 29.34 ' E), 407 – 392 m, 27 Jun 2007 (stn SS 05 / 2007 107), NMV J 55947 (female 23.3 x 16.6 mm). Leveque L 27 transect (14 ° 51.12 ' S – 14 ° 50.43 ' S, 121 ° 25.53 ' E – 121 ° 27.01 ' E), 403 – 396 m, 03 Jul 2007 (stn SS 05 / 2007 144), NMV J 58220 (ovigerous female 28.7 x 21.9 mm). Lacepede L 26 transect (15 ° 47.34 ' S – 15 ° 48.30 ' S, 121 ° 03.30 ' E – 121 ° 02.53 ' E), 119 – 111 m, 01 Jul 2007 (stn SS 05 / 2007 129), NMV J 55681 (male 12.9 x 10.2 mm). Remarks. This species, characterised by its very long and numerous spines, has already been recorded from the north-west slope of Australia. The other records are from Japan to the Philippines. All these specimens are from extreme north WA. Griffin and Tranter (1986 a) tentatively identified a female from NSW as this species but it was described as Rochinia griffini Davie and Short, 1989.	en	Forges, Bertrand Richer de, Poore, Gary C. B. (2008): Deep-sea majoid crabs of the genera Oxypleurodon and Rochinia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Epialtidae) mostly from the continental margin of Western Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 65: 63-70, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2008.65.6, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-65-2008/pages-63-70/
787F87ECCD79046AF7BCFDC1AE84FAFC.taxon	description	Figure 2 c	en	Forges, Bertrand Richer de, Poore, Gary C. B. (2008): Deep-sea majoid crabs of the genera Oxypleurodon and Rochinia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Epialtidae) mostly from the continental margin of Western Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 65: 63-70, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2008.65.6, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-65-2008/pages-63-70/
787F87ECCD79046AF7BCFDC1AE84FAFC.taxon	description	Forges, 2007: 62. Materialexamined. WA. MermaidL 24 transect (16 ° 38.04 ' S – 16 ° 38.46 ' S, 119 ° 09.13 ' E – 119 ° 08.02 ' E), 990 – 987 m, 17 Jun 2007 (stn SS 05 / 2007 068), NMV J 58024 (ovigerous female 16.2 x 10.6 mm). Barrow L 1 transect (20 ° 57.09 ' S – 20 ° 57.34 ' S, 114 ° 00.47 ' E – 114 ° 00.26 ' E), 1000 m, 09 Jun 2007 (stn SS 05 / 2007 002), NMV J 58142 (male 18.4 x 12.6 mm). Remarks. This species was described by Griffin and Tranter (1986 b) from specimens from Ceram Island, Indonesia. The authors drew attention to the common confusion between R. sibogae and R. riversandersoni (Alcock, 1895) from India. They gave a short key to species of this group of Rochinia where R. sibogae is clearly separated from the others by the hepatic plate fused with the postocular plate. This new locality for R. sibogae extends the range of the species far south of Indonesia, from 3 ° S to 20 ° S on the north-west slope at 1000 m, a similar depth to the type locality.	en	Forges, Bertrand Richer de, Poore, Gary C. B. (2008): Deep-sea majoid crabs of the genera Oxypleurodon and Rochinia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Epialtidae) mostly from the continental margin of Western Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 65: 63-70, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2008.65.6, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-65-2008/pages-63-70/
787F87ECCD79046AF7BCFAFAAD0FF8B6.taxon	description	Figure 2 d	en	Forges, Bertrand Richer de, Poore, Gary C. B. (2008): Deep-sea majoid crabs of the genera Oxypleurodon and Rochinia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Epialtidae) mostly from the continental margin of Western Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 65: 63-70, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2008.65.6, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-65-2008/pages-63-70/
787F87ECCD79046AF7BCFAFAAD0FF8B6.taxon	description	Richer de Forges, 2007: 62. — Poore et al., 2008: 56. Rochinia aff. s trangeri. — Serène and Vadon, 1981: 128, pl. 4 D. Material examined. Australia. WA. Abrolhos (29 ° 03.39 ' S, 29 ° 04.41 ' S, 113 ° 38.10 ' E – 113 ° 37.48 ' E), 1000 – 1037 m, 02 Dec 2005 (stn SS 10 / 2005 084), NMV J 55427 (ovigerous female 11.0 x 6.8 mm). Remarks. This species was described by Serène and Lohavanijaya (1973) from only two specimens from the South China Sea. The closest species is R. riversandersoni (Alcock, 1895) from India. Serène and Vadon (1981), in a preliminary list of Brachyura from the MUSORSTOM collection in the Philippines, mentioned a specimen as Rochinia aff. strangeri. The photograph of this specimen looks very similar to the specimen from south-western Australia (29 ° S).	en	Forges, Bertrand Richer de, Poore, Gary C. B. (2008): Deep-sea majoid crabs of the genera Oxypleurodon and Rochinia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Epialtidae) mostly from the continental margin of Western Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 65: 63-70, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2008.65.6, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-65-2008/pages-63-70/
