Juxtaxanthias lividus (Latreille, in Milbert, 1812)

Devi, S. Suvarna, Mendoza, Jose C. E., Ravinesh, R., Idress Babu, K. K., Kumar, A. Biju & Ng, Peter K. L., 2019, On a collection of brachyuran crabs from Lakshadweep, Indian Ocean (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), Zootaxa 4613 (3), pp. 477-501 : 488

Juxtaxanthias lividus (Latreille, in Milbert, 1812)

( Figs. 2E , 4E )

Material examined. 1 male (43.5 x 27.2 mm), 1 female (39.5 x 24.8 mm) ( DABFUK), Kavaratti, coll. 7 January 2013 .

Remarks. Previously recorded by Suvarna Devi et al. (2014) from Lakshadweep. Serène (1984) reports it from Mauritius ( type locality) and Chagos Archipelago, and there are also records from Sumatra, Japan and Marshall Islands ( Serène 1984).

Figures

FIGURE 2. A, Cryptodromia fallax, male, 7.1 x 6.4 mm (DABFUK), Kavaratti; B, Gonioinfradens paucidentatus, female, 35.9 x 27.0 mm (DABFUK), Agatti; C, Xiphonectes iranjae, male, 24.7 x 11.6 mm (DABFUK), Agatti; D, Euxanthus rugosus, juv. male, 10.3 x 6.8 mm) (DABFUK), Kavaratti, 7 January 2013; E, Juxtaxanthias lividus, male 43.5 x 27.2 mm (DABFUK), Kavaratti; F, Lachnopodus bidentatus, male, 14.0 x 9.3 mm (DABFUK), Minicoy; G, Macromedaeus crassimanus, male, 34.7 x 22.1 mm (DABFUK), Kavaratti, 10 October 2014; H, Percnon sp., megalopa, 6.9 x 5.1 mm (DABFUK), Kavaratti. Scale bar: 5.0 mm.

FIGURE 4. Fresh colouration. A, Carupa tenuipes, female, 14.8 x 9.7 mm (DABFUK), Bitra; B, Trapezia lutea, male, 12.6 x 10.8 mm, (DABFUK), Bitra; C, Pseudoliomera granosimana, female, 17.2 x 10.9 mm (DABFUK), Minicoy; D, Liomera laevis, female, 20.9 x 12.1 mm (DABFUK), Minicoy; E, Juxtaxanthias lividus, male, 43.5 x 27.2 mm (DABFUK), Kavaratti.