First record of Puerulus mesodontus Chan, Ma & Chu, 2013 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Achelata, Palinuridae) from south of Java, Indonesia

Yusli Wardiatno; Agus Alim Hakim; Ali Mashar; Nurlisa Alias Butet; Luky Adrianto; Achmad Farajallah

doi:10.3897/BDJ.4.e8069

First record of Puerulus mesodontus Chan, Ma & Chu, 2013 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Achelata, Palinuridae) from south of Java, Indonesia

Biodivers Data J. 2016 Mar 7:(4):e8069. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e8069. eCollection 2016.

Authors

Yusli Wardiatno¹, Agus Alim Hakim¹, Ali Mashar¹, Nurlisa Alias Butet¹, Luky Adrianto², Achmad Farajallah³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Aquatic Resources Management, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science, Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor, Indonesia.
² Center for Coastal and Marine Resources Studies, Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor, Indonesia.
³ Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor, Indonesia.

Abstract

Background: Three specimens of Puerulus mesodontus Chan, Ma & Chu, 2013 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Achelata, Palinuridae) were collected from Palabuhanratu Bay, southern Java, Indonesia. There is no previous record on the presence of the species in Indonesia. This finding represents the first record of this species in Java, Indonesia, and confirms that the species is present in the Indian Ocean. The morphological characters of the species are described.

New information: This paper contains a new distribution record of a lobster species from Indonesian waters.

Keywords: Decapoda; Indian Ocean; Palabuhanratu bay; deep-sea spiny lobster; new finding.