taxonID	type	description	language	source
846E87A71D4F441CA6B17621FDCD1AD1.taxon	description	Lipidopa [sic] californica. — Paul, 2003: 4, fig. 1.	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D4F441CA6B17621FDCD1AD1.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Mexico: Baja California Norte, Gulf of California, south of Pond Island, Angel de la Guarda Island, 62 – 76 fms (113.4 – 139.0 m), 5 Feb 1940, coll. R / V " Velero III ": 1 male, 9.6 mm cl (LACM CR 1940 - 052.4). Baja California Sur, ocean side, Magdalena Bay (Bahia Magdalena), 15 fms (= 27.4 m), 3 Dec 1931, coll. unknown: 1 male, 5.1 mm cl (USNM 1011076).	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D4F441CA6B17621FDCD1AD1.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Los Angeles Co., California, to Bahia Magdalena, Baja California Sur, Mexico, to 27.4 m depth; also in Gulf of California, Mexico, 113 – 139 m depth (Boyko 2002, herein).	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D4F441CA6B17621FDCD1AD1.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The LACM specimen cited above was identified by Efford (1971), but was explicitly excluded from the type series of L. californica. Boyko (2002) did not examine Efford’s Gulf of California specimen (LACM specimen cited above), and noted that this record might be correct for L. californica but that an undescribed species might also exist. Examination of the specimen in question shows that it is clearly conspecific with L. californica. The only difference of note between the Mexican and Californian specimens is that the fragments of carapace groove (CG) 4 on the carapace extend further medially in one Mexican specimen (LACM), while the indent of the dactylus of pereopod II is slightly broader in the other (USNM). The range of L. californica is therefore confirmed to extend into the Gulf of Mexico, but is also extended considerably further south on the ocean side of Baja California Sur. Note that the single record of L. californica from the Gulf of California was collected in much deeper water than any specimens from the west coast of the United States or Mexico. This suggests the possibility that this species may only occur in deeper, colder waters in the Gulf, but more specimens need to be collected to determine if this is correct. Wicksten (2008) incorrectly included Lepidopa myops Stimpson, 1860 (now Paraleucolepidopa myops) in synonymy with L. californica. There are also errors in Wicksten’s synonymy list for L. californica: Ricketts et al. (1985) correctly cited the species as L. californica (but in earlier editions of that work it was listed as L. myops), and the figure number is 261, not 216. Haig & Abbott (1980) do not mention Lepidopa myops anywhere in their book chapter.	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D4C441CA6B17416FCC01EE9.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Mexico: Baja California, Oaxaca, Bay of Dulce, 5 Apr 1937, coll. W. Williams and F. E. Lewis On " Stranger ": 1 male, 9.8 mm cl, 1 female 12.1 mm cl (USNM 267786).	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D4C441CA6B17416FCC01EE9.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Colima, Mexico, south to Mancora, Peru; depth range unknown (Boyko 2002).	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D4C441CA6B17416FCC01EE9.taxon	discussion	Remarks. These specimens agree in almost all characters with Lepidopa deamae; the sole exception is that the indent of the dactylus of pereopod II is rounded rather than narrowly indented and slitlike. This character was given in the key of Boyko (2002) to distinguish between L. deamae (slit-like pereopod II indent) and L. benedicti Schmitt, 1935 (broad pereopod II indent), although the distribution and maximum sizes of L. deamae (Pacific, 35.9 mm cl) and L. benedicti (Atlantic, 25.3 mm cl) are also very different. As the two specimens cited above represent the smallest known specimens of L. deamae (the previous smallest known specimen was an 18.1 mm cl female; see Boyko 2002: 166), it is possible that the shape of the pereopod II dactylus indent changes with size and becomes more narrowed. The two specimens examined here appear to be mature, based on pleopod and telson development, although the female lacks eggs and reproductive competence cannot be explicitly demonstrated. Aside from the difference in pereopod II morphology, these specimens appear identical with L. deamae and occur within the known geographic range of that species. It is possible that these specimens represent a distinct species from L. deamae, and one that perhaps does not attain the large size of L. deamae. Further collection of specimens is required, ideally including a developmental series to show ontogeny of the pereopod II, in order to address this question. It is possible that the differences between these specimens and other L. deamae are the reason that Hendrickx (1993 a) cited a record of L. cf. deamae from Sinaloa.	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D4C441DA6B170B6FD7A1AFA.taxon	description	not “ Albuneid sp. 2 ” Hewitt, 2004: 179 (part, stn. 24 [part]) (= Squillalbunea scutelloides (Garstang, 1897 )).	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D4C441DA6B170B6FD7A1AFA.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Mariana Islands, Guam: reef talus, east Asana Bay, 90 m off Gold Dome, coarse foram and Halimeda rich sand, coll. G. Paulay and B. D. Smith, 14 Jul 1997: 1 male, 5.0 mm cl, 1 female, 4.0 mm cl (FLMNH UF 324).	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D4C441DA6B170B6FD7A1AFA.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam Australia (Western Australia, Queensland and New South Wales), New Caledonia, Mariana Islands (Guam), Marshall Islands, Tahiti, in 6.1 – 45.5 m depth (Boyko 2002, Osawa et al. 2010, herein).	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D4C441DA6B170B6FD7A1AFA.taxon	discussion	Remarks. These specimens are the first records of Paralbunea dayriti from Guam. The record by Garth et al. (1987) from Enewetak Atoll cited above is based on the same material cited by Boyko (2002). The species has a very wide range across the western Pacific. The validity of the subfamilial placement of Paralbunea is unclear. Boyko (2002) considered it as basal in the Albuneinae, while the morphological analysis of Boyko & Harvey (2009) placed as basal in the Lepidopinae. Further study, likely using molecular analysis, is required to resolve this uncertainty.	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D4D441DA6B17014FBEF1CFA.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Mariana Islands, Guam: northwest coast, Ritidian channel, right in front of channel at the beach, rubble area in sand, 13 ° 39.153 ’ N, 144 ° 51.164 ’ E, 20 m depth, coll. L. Kirkendale, 21 Jun 2002: 1 female, 5.9 mm cl (FLMNH UF 3117). U. S. A., Hawaii: sand, Oahu, coll. Unknown, Oct 2006 (FLMNH UF 11993).	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D4D441DA6B17014FBEF1CFA.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Mascarene Island (Réunion), Seychelles, Maldives, Australia (Western Australia), Loyalty Islands, Japan, Society Islands, Mariana Islands (Guam), Marquesas Islands, U. S. A. (Hawaii), in 3.0 – 34 m depth (Boyko 2002, Paulay et al. 2003).	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D4D441DA6B17014FBEF1CFA.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The Guam specimen was first reported by Paulay et al. (2003).	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D4D441DA6B17469FEB81EDC.taxon	description	“ Albuneid sp. 2 ”. — Hewitt, 2004: 179 (part, stn. 24 [part]). “ Albuneid sp. 3 ”. — Hewitt, 2004: 179. not “ Albuneid sp. 1 ”. — Hewitt, 2004: 179 (part, stn. 42) (= Albunea occulta Boyko, 2002). not “ Albuneid sp. 2 ”. — Hewitt, 2004: 179 (part, stn. 24 [part], 25, 55, 87) (= Paralbunea dayriti (Serène & Umali, 1965 )).	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D4D441DA6B17469FEB81EDC.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. None.	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D4D441DA6B17469FEB81EDC.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Indonesia, Western Australia and Queensland, Australia, Marquises Islands, in up to 82.3 m depth (Boyko 2002).	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D4D441DA6B17469FEB81EDC.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The paper by Garstang (1897) was overlooked by all subsequent researchers, despite having the genus name Albunea stated in the title of the paper. Study of his description and sole illustration (of the anterior portion of the carapace, including ocular peduncles) leaves no doubt that the single specimen he examined is conspecific with Albunea mariellae Serène, 1973. This means that Albunea scutelloides is the valid name for the taxon that is the type species of the monotypic genus Squillalbunea Boyko, 2002. The correct name for this species is therefore Squillalbunea scutelloides (Garstang, 1897). The holotype of A. scutelloides was originally in the Oxford Museum but Garstang (1897) stated that it “ will be ” deposited in the British Museum. Unfortunately, it appears that neither of these institutions currently holds the specimen (De Grave, Lowe, pers. commun.) and it must be considered lost. This species is distinctive enough that no neotype is required.	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D4D441AA6B17269FB491B94.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Philippines: Sulu Sea, coll. H. M. S. Nassau, 1871 – 1872: 1 male, 8.1 mm cl, 1 male abdomen only (OUMNH 2008 - 09 - 0113), 3 females, 10.5, 11.1, 15.1 mm cl (OUMNH 2008 - 09 - 0114).	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D4D441AA6B17269FB491B94.taxon	distribution	Distribution. From Zanzibar and Madagascar north to Oman and eastward to the Philippines and New Caledonia, and northward to Japan, in 3 – 45 m depth (Boyko 2002).	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D4D441AA6B17269FB491B94.taxon	discussion	Remarks. That these specimens are from the material examined by Garstang (1897) is clear judging from his initials on the specimen labels. From his description, he examined a large series of A. microps, but the whereabouts of the other specimens is not known; they are not in OUMNH or BMNH.	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D4A441BA6B171ACFD101B6A.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. U. S. A., Hawaii: 200 fathoms (365.8 m), ex opakapaka a. k. a. crimson jobfish (Pristipomoides filamentosus (Valenciennes )) Little Brooks Bank (ca. 24 ° – 24 ° 15 ’ N, 166 ° 45 ’ – 167 ° W), northwestern Hawaiian Islands, coll. Capt. W. Strickland on F / V Fortuna, 11 Apr 2005: 1 male, 17.5 mm cl (BPBM S 12265).	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D4A441BA6B171ACFD101B6A.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Taiwan; Queensland, Australia; New Caledonia; Fiji; Hawaii; up to 29.3 m depth (365.8 m, in gut of P. filamentosus); possibly from Pitcairn Island, in 47.6 – 54.9 m depth (Boyko 2002, herein). Colouration. Carapace, eyes, antennae, and abdomen all generally uniform tan; carapace with darker brown band across medial third; pereopods with iridescent sheen on light tan ground colour; setae dark brown (Fig. 1 C).	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D4A441BA6B171ACFD101B6A.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Until now, the albuneid fauna of the Hawaiian Islands included only two species: A. speciosa Dana, 1852 and A. danai Boyko, 1999 (see Eldredge & Evenhuis 2003). The condition of the present specimen is remarkably good, considering the source, and the characters of the dactyli of pereopods II-IV and the male telson confirm it as A. bulla (Figs. 2 A-D). The collection data for this new specimen of A. bulla was initially perplexing in that the species has never been recorded from waters deeper than 29.3 m (or 54.9 m if the species occurs on Pitcairn Island; currently known only from a partial specimen; see Boyko 2002). However, the fact that the fish species from which the Hawaiian specimen of A. bulla was removed has been found generally from 90 – 360 m depth (Allen 1985) suggests that perhaps the crab was eaten at shallower depths and transported intus piscis to the depth at which the fish was caught. Nevertheless, it is clear, based on the condition of the specimen, that the crab was relatively recently caught by the fish and not imported to the Hawaiian Islands from an outside locality. The deepest known freely caught albuneids are Austrolepidopa caledonia Boyko & Harvey, 1999 (190 – 225 m) and an unusually deep-water specimen of Albunea symmysta (Linnaeus, 1758) from the Philippines (151.5 m).	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D4A441AA6B174DCFE0C1E4A.taxon	description	Albunea? elioti. — Garth et al., 1987: 239. Albunea elioti. — Boyko, 2002: 254 – 260, figs. 83, 84 (full synonymy).	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D4A441AA6B174DCFE0C1E4A.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. French Polynesia, Society Islands, Moorea: Sta. BIZ- 223, Temae, at lighthouse, 0.5 – 2 m, reef crest and narrow lagoon with high current, in sand under rocks and rubble, coll. S. McPherson, S. McKeon, C. Meyer, H. Stewart, 3 Dec 2009: 1 male, 14.6 mm cl (FLMNH UF 23345).	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D4A441AA6B174DCFE0C1E4A.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Madagascar and the Seychelles eastward to Moorea, in up to 32 m depth (Boyko 2002). Colouration. Carapace rust coloured, with whitened bands lining carapace grooves; branchiostegite white with thin line of rust colouration dorsally; eyes rust coloured with whitened area proximal to corneae; antennae rust coloured on basal segments with white flagellae; abdomen and pereopods rust coloured with lighter areas in regions of setation; dactyli of pereopods mottled rust and white; setae rust coloured (Fig. 1 A, B).	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D4A441AA6B174DCFE0C1E4A.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This species was previously known in the Pacific as far east as Samoa (Boyko 2002), and is now known from Moorea.	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D4B4418A6B17235FE4B1B41.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. None.	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D4B4418A6B17235FE4B1B41.taxon	distribution	Distribution. U. S. A., Hawaii in 4.8 – 40.2 m depth (Boyko 2002). Remarks. The records of Albunea thurstoni reported by Titgen (1987) were overlooked previously. These actually represent records of Albunea danai and most of these specimens were designated as paratypes of A. danai (Boyko 1999).	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D494419A6B1763CFEC41F24.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Madagascar: specific locality unknown, coll. Unknown, date unknown: 1 male, 9.1 mm cl (SAM A 10613).	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D494419A6B1763CFEC41F24.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Southern Japan southward in a narrow band to Western Australia and Victoria, Australia, in up to 45.7 m depth (Boyko 2002); possibly from Madagascar (needs confirmation, see below).	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D494419A6B1763CFEC41F24.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The identification of this specimen as A. groeningi is unquestionable, but the locality data is less definitive. Albunea groeningi is otherwise unknown from the western Indian Ocean (see distribution). The handwritten (in pencil) label accompanying this specimen reads only “ Madagascar, Wits Univ ” with an identification of A. symnista [sic]. In the absence of more specific data or additional Madagascan material, I am inclined to consider this a possible record of A. groeningi from Madagascar, but not a verified extension of its range.	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D494419A6B175ACFAD618B4.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Mascarene Islands, Réunion Island: Baie de Saint-Paul, seaward of Cap la Houssaye, soft bottom, 80 – 120 m, 21 ° 00 ’ 94 ’’ S, 55 ° 23 ’ 82 ” E, coll. G. Hoarau, 2008: 1 male, 5.8 mm cl (FLMNH UF 18587).	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D494419A6B175ACFAD618B4.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Zanzibar, Madagascar, Mascarene Islands (Réunion), Seychelles, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia (Queensland) in 9.1 – 120 m depth (Boyko 2002, herein).	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D494419A6B175ACFAD618B4.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This is not the first record of Albunea holthuisi from Réunion. Boyko (2002) suspected that the specimens of Albunea “ symnista ” [sic] reported from Réunion by Ward (1942) were A. holthuisi. The specimen listed above further strengthens that supposition and Ward’s (1942) record is included in the above synonymy list without the “? ” that preceded it in Boyko (2002: 290). The collection depth of the present specimen greatly exceeds previously reported depths for this species of up to 34 m (Boyko 2002).	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D494416A6B1704CFD0E1BDA.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Madagascar: specific locality unknown, 1928, coll. Mme. Prevot: 1 male, 18.8 mm cl (MNHN – Hi 149); India: Madras, 1874, coll. Rev. E. Jermyn: 1 female, 18.9 mm cl (OUMNH 2008 - 09 - 0112); near Madras, 1899, coll. E. S. Goodrich: 1 immature female, 8.7 mm cl (OUMNH 2008 - 09 - 0111).	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D494416A6B1704CFD0E1BDA.taxon	distribution	Distribution. East coast of India throughout southeast Asia to Taiwan, Queensland and Lord Howe Island, Australia, in up to 151.5 m depth (Boyko 2002; Osawa et al. 2010); possibly from Madagascar (needs confirmation, see below).	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D494416A6B1704CFD0E1BDA.taxon	discussion	Remarks. As with the Madagascan specimen of Albunea groeningi reported above, A. symmysta is otherwise unknown from Madagascar, or indeed any part of the western Indian Ocean (see distribution). The locality data on the handwritten (in pen) label accompanying this specimen reads only “ Madagascar ” with an identification of A. steinitzi Holthuis, 1958. However, the label is clearly not original and consultation of the MNHN catalogue books provided no additional data. Thomassin (1969) reported this species from Madagascar, but examined no specimens nor cited any verifiable records from the literature (see Boyko 2002). In the absence of additional Madagascan material beyond the single specimen reported herein, I consider this a possible record of A. symmysta from Madagascar, but not a verified extension of the species’ range. All of the above “? ” citations of this species as Albunea “ symnista ” are possibly of this species but may well be misidentifications, especially the material from China. The specimen cited by Garstang (1897) from Madras, India, however, is clearly A. symmysta, based on direct examination of the specimen (OUMNH 2008 - 09 - 0112) upon which his illustration was based.	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D464416A6B17709FC391FD1.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Panama (Atlantic): Bocas del Toro, Isla Colon, Boca del Drago, sand flat (yabby pump), 1 m, coll. A. Anker and I. Martin, 30 Apr 2007: 1 female, 8.3 mm cl (FLMNH UF 20177).	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D464416A6B17709FC391FD1.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Bermuda and the Florida Keys south throughout the Caribbean and Central America to Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, in 0 – 101 m (Boyko 2002). Colouration. Carapace, eyes, antennae, and abdomen all generally uniform tan with hints of iridescence and lighter areas along carapace grooves and where setae inserted; antennae with alternating light and dark thin bands along flagellae; pereopods with iridescent sheen on light tan ground colour; setae light tan (Fig. 1 D, E).	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D464416A6B17709FC391FD1.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This specimen is referable to A. paretii, and agrees with that species in all aspects, including ocular peduncle / carapace length ratios, carapace grooves, and dactylus shapes of pereopods II – IV (Figs. 2 E, G). The species has been reported from Panama previously (Boyko 2002).	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D464417A6B17316FD841F5A.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Panama (Atlantic): Shimmey Beach, Ft. Sherman, 23 Jan 1971, coll. L. G. Abele: 2 males, 12.0 – 13.5 mm cl (USNM 1011075); Isla Grande, 0.5 m (yabby pump), coll. A, Anker and T. Lang, 11 Jun 2006: 1 female, 12.1 mm cl (USNM 1138908); Isla Grande, south side, 0.5 m (suction pump), fine sand, coll. A, Anker, 6 – 7 Oct 2005: 1 male, 9.1 mm cl, 1 female, 8.8 mm cl (USNM 1138909); Bocas del Toro, Carenero, sea grass, 0.5 – 1 m, coll. A. Anker, 2 May 2007: 1 female, 6.1 mm cl (USNM 1138910).	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D464417A6B17316FD841F5A.taxon	distribution	Distribution. From Virginia to Palm Beach Co., Florida, then from Collier Co., Florida, through the Gulf of Mexico to southern Texas; Panama (Atlantic), in up to 64 m depth (Boyko 2002, herein). Colouration. Carapace, eyes, antennae, and abdomen all generally uniform light tan with strong iridescence and lighter areas along carapace grooves and where setae inserted; antennae with alternating light and dark thin bands on flagellae; pereopods with iridescent sheen on light tan ground colour; setae dark orange in colour (Fig. 1 F, G).	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
846E87A71D464417A6B17316FD841F5A.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Identification of the first two Panamanian specimens examined (USNM 1011075) was quite perplexing, as they appeared to be A. catherinae Boyko, 2002, despite that species’ apparent absence from outside the continental southeast United States. The carapace grooves and ocular peduncle / carapace length ratios identify these specimens as A. catherinae. Additionally, the shapes of the indents on the dactyli of pereopods II and III are also as seen in A. catherinae. The acute heel of the dactylus of pereopod IV, while not like that of typical A. paretii (smoothly curved), is not quite like the bluntly projecting dactylus of A. catherinae (Figs. 2 H-J). No other specimens examined in large series of both A. paretii and A. catherinae (see Boyko 2002: 327 – 330, 343 – 346 for other material examined) showed this acute shape of the heel on pereopod IV. Both of these specimens are mature males and are virtually identical to each other in all aspects. Two additional males collected in the same location on the same date were identical with typical A. paretii (see Boyko, 2002: 329), while another Panamanian ovigerous female collected nearby was likewise clearly A. paretii. Four subsequent specimens provided by Arthur Anker also key out to A. catherinae, with the same acute heel on pereopod IV dactylus, while another specimen collected nearby (see above) is clearly A. paretii. The evidence supports recognition of a highly disjunct population of A. catherinae in Atlantic Panama. The single character difference (acute heel of dactylus of pereopod IV) is not enough to consider these specimens as belonging to a new species. Genetic analysis may give further insight into the relationships between the A. catherinae of Atlantic Panama and those from the main part of the species’ range. It is possible that this disjunct population is the result of transport of larvae via ships’ ballast water from North American ports that was then discharged in the vicinity of the Canal Zone. The Panama Canal Zone Authority prohibits discharge of ballast in the canal since 1999 (Lloyd’s Register 2007), but discharge of such ballast outside the Canal Zone is apparently not restricted. Transport of non-native species from North America to Central America is not impossible, and would be less obvious when the species in question were relatively small, cryptic in habitat, and closely related to native species.	en	Boyko, Christopher B. (2010): New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide. Zootaxa 2555: 49-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196904
