Bell, 1855

Carapace about as long as broad, convex; with patches of granules on the gastric, cardiac, and branchial regions, with granulated carinae on median line of the gastric and cardiac region. Front truncate. Pterygostomial region produced, angle-shaped. Antero-lateral margin concave at hepatic region. Postero-lateral margin arched. Posterior margin nearly straight, sparsely granulated marginally. Third maxillipeds granulated on the outer margin of the ischium and the merus; with another longitudinal line of coarse granules along the outer margin of the merus; exopodite with a longitudinal median line. Merus of chelipeds thickly covered with granules on upper outer surface and basal half of the ventral surface. Carpus with granules on upper inner border. Palm finely granulated on its inner border, with 2 rows of granules on the dorsal surface. Finger with fine denticulations on the inner border. Ambulatory legs smooth; dactylus longer than propodus.
First pleopod of the male with a chitinous triangular, hollowed process at end. Abdomen narrowly triangular; second to fifth segments fused. Abdomen of the female rounded and large. Third to sixth segments fused. Telson elongate-rounded. Carapace length of the male 14.2 mm, breadth 14 mm.
Habitat: muddy shore with rocks in low tide zones. (Dai & Yang, 1991)

Type locality: Borneo.
Range: Korea; ? Japan - Yokohama; China - North China (Shen, 1937), Xiamen, Tsimei, and Liuwutien, Fujian Province (Shen, 1940b), Guangdong, Fujian, Shandong Peninsula, Liadong Bay (Dai & Yang, 1991); Borneo (Bell, 1855).

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Crustacea
Order Decapoda
Suborder Pleocyemata
Infraorder Heterotremata
Superfamily Leucosioidea
Family Leucosiidae
Subfamily Philyrinae
Genus Philyra
Species Philyra carinata

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Not included in WoRMS database

Scientific synonyms and common names

Philyra carinata Bell, 1855: 302, pl. 33, fig. 3. -- Targioni Tozzetti, 1877: 199, pl. 12, fig. 4. -- Ihle, 1918: 314(list). -- Balss, 1922b: 129 (name only). -- Sakai, 1937a: 162. -- Shen, 1937b: 168. -- Shen, 1940b: 78. -- Shen & Dai, 1964: 33, fig.. -- Sakai, 1976a: 113. -- Dai & Yang, 1991: 85, fig. 39(1), pl. 9(6).

Yokohama-mamekobushi [Japanese]
mamekobushi, Yokohama- [Japanese]

Balss, H., 1922b. Ostasiatische Decapoden III. Die Dromiaceen, Oxystomen und Parthenopiden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 88A(3): 104-140, figs 1-9. (In German)

Bell, T., 1855. Horae Carcinologicae, or Notices of Crustacea. I. A monograph of Leucosiadae, with observations on the relations, structure, habits and distribution of the family; a revision of the generic characters and descriptions of new genera and species. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, (Zoology), 21(4): 277-314, pls 30-34. (Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, 3: 428-435. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (2) 16: 361-367.)

Dai, A. & S. Yang, 1991. Crabs of the China Seas, i-iv, 1-608, figs 1-295, pls 1-74. China Ocean Press, Beijing and Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg New York Tokyo, English edition. (Translation from Chinese original 1986.)

Ihle, J.E.W., 1918. Die Decapoda Brachyura der Siboga-Expedition. III. Oxystomata: Calappidae, Leucosiidae, Raninidae. Siboga Expeditie Monografie, 39(b2): 159-322, figs 78-148 (71 pls).

Sakai, T., 1937a. Studies on the Crabs of Japan. II. Oxystomata. Science Reports of the Tokyo Bunrika Daigaku, (B) 3 (Suppl. no. 2): 67-192, 45 figs, pls 10-19.

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.

Shen, C.J. & A.Y. Dai, 1964. Illustrations of Animals in China (Crustacea part II), Peking: 1-172, 277 figs.

Shen, C.J., 1937b. On some Account of the Crabs of North China. Bulletin of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology (Zool.), Peiping, 7(5): 167-185.

Shen, C.J., 1940b. On the collection of Crabs of South China. Bulletin of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology (Zool.), Peiping, 10(2): 69-104.

Targioni Tozzetti, A., 1877. Crostacei Brachyuri e Anomuri. In: Zoologia del viaggio intorno al Globo della R. Pirocorvetta Magenta durante gli anni 1865-1868. Pubblicazioni del R. Istituto di Studi superiore pratici e di Perfezionamento in Firenze. Sezione di Scienze fisiche e naturali, 1: i-xxix, 1-257, pls 1-12.

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