(Ortmann, 1894)

The carapace is furnished with rigid setae implanted only on the granules, the furrows are smooth and naked. 2M is divided longitudinally into 2 parts; its external branch is indicated, on the anterior margin, by an outline of a fissure or is deeply subdivided longitudinally. 2M is entirely divided longitudinally into two parts; the external branch is subdivided longitudinally for all of its anterior half. The carapace is about 1.6 times broader than long or more. The regions have their margins irregularly cut (subdivided); the granules on these margins have, at their base, a horizontal fringe of rigid setae that hide the narrow and irregular furrows. The orbits are closed without leaving an orbital hiatus; the basal antennal segment is excluded from the orbit; 3M is subdivided into 3 parts. The first pleopod of the male is unknown. (Serène, 1984)

Type locality: Ambon, Indonesia.
Range: Japan - Yoron-jima (Sakai, 1976a); Indonesia - Ambon (Ortmann, 1894b, Zehntner, 1894, Odhner, 1925), west Sulawesi (de Man, 1895a, Guinot, 1976), Ternate (de Man, 1902a), east Sulawesi (Odhner, 1925).

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Crustacea
Order Decapoda
Suborder Pleocyemata
Infraorder Heterotremata
Superfamily Xanthoidea
Family Xanthidae
Subfamily Actaeinae
Genus Actaeodes
Species Actaeodes semoni

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Not included in WoRMS database

Scientific synonyms and common names

Cycloblepas semoni Ortmann, 1894b: 53, pl. 3, figs 8, 8a, k. -- de Man, 1895a: 502, fig. 3. -- de Man, 1902a: 617.
Actaea areolata (not Dana, 1852) Zehntner, 1894: 147.
Actaea semoni Odhner, 1925: 67, pl. 4, fig. 11.
Actaeodes semoni Guinot, 1971a: 1072. -- Guinot, 1976: 247, pl. 15, figs 3, 3a. -- Sakai, 1976a: 449, pl. 159, fig. 4. -- Serène, 1984: 133(key), 134(key).

Megane-áwatsubu-gani [Japanese]
awatsubu-gani, Megane- [Japanese]

de Man, J.G., 1895a. Bericht über die von Herrn Schiffscapitän Storm zu Atjeh, an den westlichen Küsten von Malakka, Borneo und Celebes sowie in der Java-See gesammelten Decapoden und Stomatopoden. (In 6 parts). Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere. Vol. 8(Teil 1): 485-609, figs 1-15, pls 12-14. [1895/VII]

de Man, J.G., 1902a. Die von Herrn Professor Kükenthal im indischen Archipel gesammelten Dekapoden und Stomatopoden. In: W. Kükenthal, Ergebnisse einer zoologischen Forschungsreise in den Molukken und Borneo, in Aufträge der Senckenberg. Naturforsch. Gesellschaft ausgeführt von Dr. Willy Kükenthal. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 25(3): 465-929, pls 19-27.

Guinot, D., 1971a. Recherches préliminaires sur les groupements naturels chez les crustacés decapodes brachyoures. VIII. Synthèse et bibliographie. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, 42(5): 1063-1090. (in French)

Guinot, D., 1976. Constitution de quelques groupes naturels chez les Crustacés Décapodes Brachyoures. I. La superfamille des Bellioidea Dana et trois sous-familles de Xanthidae (Polydectinae Dana, Trichiinae de Haan, Actaeinae Alcock). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, séries A, 97: 1-308, figs 1-47, pls 1-19. (in French)

Odhner, T., 1925. Monographierte Gattungen der Krabben-familie Xanthidae. I. Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps- och Vitterhets-Samhälles Handlingar, (4) 29(1): 1-92, figs 1-7, pls 1-5. (in German)

Ortmann, A.E., 1894b. Crustaceen. In: R. Semon (ed.), Zoologische Forschungsreisen in Australien und dem Malayischen Archipel ausgeführt in den Jahren 1891-93. V. Denkschriften der medizinisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft, Jena, 8: 1-80, pls 1-13.

Sakai, T., 1976a. Crabs of Japan and the Adjacent Seas. (In 3 volumes: (1) English text: i-xxix, 1-773, figs 1-379, (2) Plates volume: 1-16, pls 1-251, (3) Japanese text: 1-461, figs 1-2, 3 maps.) Kodansha Ltd, Tokyo.

Serène, R., 1984. Crustacés Décapodes Brachyoures de l'Océan Indien occidental et de la Mer Rouge, Xanthoidea: Xanthidae et Trapeziidae. Avec un addendum par Crosnier (A): Carpiliidae et Menippidae. Faune Tropicale, no. XXIV: 1-349, figs A-C + 1-243, pls 1-48. (In French) (Translated into English by R.W. Ingle).

Zehntner, L., 1894. Crustacés de l'Archipel Malais. Voyage de MM. M. Bedot et Ch. Pictet dans l'Archipel Malais. In: Revue suisse de Zoologie et Annales du Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève, 2: 135-214, pls 7-9.

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