Ovilyra fuliginosa (Targioni Tozzetti, 1877)

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Ovilyra fuliginosa (Targioni Tozzetti, 1877) # ( Figs. 12 , 36C )

Ovilyra fuliginosa — present record.

Taxonomy: Chen and Sun (2002: as Philyra olivacea ), Ng (2021).

Type: Presumably lost ( Lucas 1981; Schubart and Ng 2020).

Type locality: Java, Indonesia.

Distribution: Southeast and East Asia: Java ( Indonesia), Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Gulf of Thailand, to Hainan to Zhejiang (South China) (Ng 2021).

Habitat: Lower intertidal or shallow subtidal; substrates sandy or muddy ( Chen and Sun 2002; Ng 2021).

Remarks: Ng (2021) recently showed that Philyra olivacea Rathbun, 1909 , is a junior synonym of Philyra fuliginosa Targioni Tozzetti, 1877 , and should be transferred to a new genus, Ovilyra . This species is a new record for the fauna of Hong Kong.

Paranursia abbreviata (Bell, 1855) #

Paranursia abbreviata — Chen and Sun 2002: 464, fig. 211; Wong et al. 2021: 24, fig. 31c, pl. 6F.

Taxonomy: Chen and Sun (2002), BY Lee and NK Ng (2014). Type: Syntypes probably in NHM ( Davie 2002). Type locality: Indian Ocean. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean to West Pacific: from India, Phuket ( Thailand), Malaysia, Singapore, South China, to Australia (see BY Lee and NK Ng 2014). Habitat: Intertidal and shallow subtidal: substrates muddy (as locally in Deep Bay and Lower Pak Nei).

Figures

Fig. 12. Ovilyra fuliginosa (Targioni-Tozetti, 1877) (male, 9.2 × 11.2 mm, Lower Pak Nai): A, carapace and cheliped; B, maxilliped 3; C, pleon; D, left G1, mesial view.

Fig. 36. Overall habitus. A, Neorhynchoplax sinensis (Shen, 1932) (male, 2.7 × 3.0 mm, Lower Pak Nai); B, Alox somphos C.G.S. Tan & Ng, 1995 (male, 14.7 × 9.9 mm, Shelter Island); C, Ovilyra fuliginosa (Targioni Tozzetti, 1877) (male, 9.2 × 11.2 mm, Lower Pak Nai); D, E, Rhinolambrus lippus (Lanchester, 1902) (male, 36.0 × 33.8 mm, Clear Water Bay; D, dorsal view (overall algae-covered); E, ventral view); F, Aniptumnus quadridentatus (De Man, 1895) (male, 16.1 × 10.6 mm, off Castle Peak). A, B and F preserved coloration; D algae-covered; A and F partially denuded.