Randallia laevis (Borradaile 1916)
- Dataset
- Brachyuran crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the remote oceanic Archipelago Trindade and Martin Vaz, South Atlantic Ocean
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Malacostraca
- order
- Decapoda
- family
- Leucosiidae
- genus
- Randallia
- species
- Randallia laevis
description
(Fig. 11 A)
discussion
Remarks. The only known specimen of Randallia laevis (Fig. 11 A), caught during the British Antarctic (“ Terra Nova ”) Expedition, 1910, was found “ Placed in a bottom with Johngarthia lagostoma (as Gecarcinus) from South Trindade Island, and therefore probably taken near the island. Its condition somewhat suggests its having been picked up dead on the shore. ” (Borradaile 1916).
distribution
Distribution. So far only known from Trindade Island. Ecological notes. Unknown.
materials_examined
Trindade specimens. Male holotype, cl 24 mm (not examined). Type in the Natural History Museum, in London (catalog number: 1917.1.29.166). Comparative material examined. Randalia laevis is only known from the holotype.