This crab was trawled on a rocky seabed at 35 m off the coast of Civitavecchia
This kinds of Majidae curb is Dr. Naoya Otsuchi (Ocean & Atomspher Research Institute Tokyo Univ.)'s subject. You can regest accurate identify for him.
I'll cross my fingers to yor study.
Thank you very much for your reply, I think it is very useful for me.
It is Herbstia condyliata (Fabricius, 1787), from the family Epialtidae.
As Dr. Garcia showed the species name, it is surely Herbstia condyliata (Fabricius, 1787) which is not uncommon in the Mediterranean Sea. Fine figures were published by Herst (1790, pl. 18 fig. 99), H. Milne Edwards (1834, pl. 8 fig. 5), Heller (1868, pl. 1 fig. 16), Pesta (1918, fig. 115), Bouvier (1940, fig. 205, pl. 13 fig. 7), Zariquiey Alvares (1946 fig. 172; 1968, fig. 153c, d), and others. M. Takeda (National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo)
Thanks for your precious informations about this species. Roberto Ardovini.
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