Liocarpilodes harmsi ( Balss, 1934 )

Liocarpilodes harmsi ( Balss, 1934) View in CoL [Jn: Yaeyama-toge-ougigani]

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Pilodius harmsi Balss, 1934, p.228 View in CoL , fig. 2. — Forest & Guinot, 1961, p. 93, fig. 85. — Takeda & Miyake, 1968b, p.6, pl. 1 fig. E.

Chlorodopsis natalensis Ward, 1935 View in CoL (1934), p.21, pl. 1 fig. 6.

Liocarpilodes harmsi View in CoL : Serène, 1971a, p 914; 1984, pp. 261 (in key), 263 (in key), 264, fig. 175, pl. 37 fig. B. — Takeda & Nunomura, 1976, p.72. — Hsueh et al., 2009, p.1026.

Material examined. Chichi-jima Is. —Miyanohama, Chichi-jima I., 1♂ (NSMT-Cr 31671; cb 5.2×cl 3.6 mm), 12-VII-2009, H. Komatsu leg.; Futami Bay, Chichi-jima I., on rope at fishing port, 1 ♀ (NSMT-Cr 31672; cb 5.0×cl 3.6 mm), 17-XI-2009, H. Komatsu leg.

Remarks. This small species was finely figured by the original author ( Balss, 1934, fig. 2, as Pilodius ), Forest and Guinot (1961, fig. 85, as Pilodius ), Takeda and Miyake (1968b, pl. 1 fig. E, as Pilodius ), Ward (1935, pl. 1 fig. 6, as Chlorodopsis natalensis sp. nov.), and Serène (1984, fig. 175, pl. 37 fig. B). Serène (1971a) transferred this species from the originally referred genus Pilodius to the genus Liocarpilodes Klunzinger, 1913 , and Serène (1984) prepared the key for five known species including this species. The carapace dorsal surface ( Fig. 5D View Fig ) is rather flattened and sparsely hairy, with the four lobed anterolateral margin, and each ambulatory dactylus is biunguiculate, with the supplementary upper horny claw.

Distribution. Widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific; Aldabra and Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, New Caledonia and Moorea in the South Pacific, and Indonesia, Taiwan and the Ryukyu Islands in the West Pacific (cf. Takeda and Nunomura, 1976; Serène, 1984; Hsueh et al., 2009). Takeda and Miyake (1968b) mentioned that this species is common in the coral reefs of the Ryukyu Islands. New to the Ogasawara Islands.