Tunepugettia corbariae B.Y. Lee, Richer de Forges and P.K.L. Ng, 2019

Tunepugettia corbariae B.Y. Lee, Richer de Forges and P.K.L. Ng, 2019 View in CoL

( Fig. 6 View Figure 6 )

Tunepugettia corbariae B.Y. Lee, Richer de Forges and P.K.L. Ng, 2019: 21 , figs. 10A, 11D–F, 12A–D (type locality: Ainto Bay   GoogleMaps , southeast New Britain, Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea, MADEEP Expedition, 06°08’S 149°10’E, 430–620 m depth).

Material examined. 1 female ( PCL 26.9 mm, CW 20.8mm) ( IO /SS/BRC/00297),off Middle Andaman Island , Andaman Sea, FORVSS stn. 28016, 12.83°N 93.21°E, 441 m, coll. Dr. Vinu Jacob, Expo model trawl, 17 September 2010 GoogleMaps .

Remarks. Tunepugettia corbariae was originally described from a male (31.4 × 21.2 mm) collected from Ainto Bay, Papua New Guinea at 430–620 m during the MADEEP Expedition ( Lee et al., 2019).

The present female specimen largely agrees with the original description, with exception of a relatively narrow carapace, PCL/CW ratio 1.29 (vs. Papuan female specimens, PCL/CW ratio 1.45–1.67 ( Lee et al., 2019)) and slightly less prominent protuberances on the carapace ( Fig. 6A–C View Figure 6 ). The above differences in the present specimen as compared to the Papuan material could be attributed to the comparatively smaller size of the present material. The present observation is a new record in Indian waters.

Distribution. Papua New Guinea at 280–1085 m depth ( Lee et al., 2019) and Andaman Sea, India at 441 m depth (present study).