Parathelphusa reticulata, author: Collection VLIZ
Birgus latro, author: Collection Georges Declercq
Synalpheus agelas Pequegnat & Heard, 197, author: A. Anker
Crangon septemspinosa - juvenile, author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Jean-Franis St-Pierre

DecaNet (World List of Decapoda)

WoRMS taxon details

Tanaoa retpela Galil & Ng, 2015

Colours in life (5)
Colours in life (5)

1036037  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1036037)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Eucarida (Superorder)
  9. Decapoda (Order)
  10. Pleocyemata (Suborder)
  11. Brachyura (Infraorder)
  12. Eubrachyura (Section)
  13. Heterotremata (Subsection)
  14. Leucosioidea (Superfamily)
  15. Leucosiidae (Family)
  16. Ebaliinae (Subfamily)
  17. Tanaoa (Genus)
  18. Tanaoa retpela (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Galil, B. S.; Ng, P. K. L. (2015). Leucosiid crabs from Papua New Guinea, with descriptions of eight new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4027(4): 451-486., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4027.4.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Note Holotype: male (36.5 mm) (MNHN-IU-2013-7961),...  
From editor or global species database
Type material Holotype: male (36.5 mm) (MNHN-IU-2013-7961), stn CP3984, Bismarck Sea, northwest
Long I., 05°12'S 146°59'E, 500 m, 6.12.2012. Paratypes: 1 male (39.0 mm) (ZRC 2015.272), stn CP3978,
Bismarck Sea, north Bagabag Is., 04°45'S 146°12'E, 456–582m, 5.12.2012. Additional material: BIOPAPUA – 1
female (29.5 mm) (MNHN-IU-2011-3835), stn CP3653, west of New Hanover, 02°13’S 150°23’E, 680–700 m,
28.08.2010; 2 males (38.4 mm, 29.8 mm) (MNHN-IU-2011-914), stn CP3655, west of New Hanover, 02°15’S
150°16’E, 402–440 m, 28.08.2010; 1 male (39.1 mm) (MNHN-IU-2011-2098), stn CP3669, north of Rabaul,
04°08’S 151°56’E, 382–389 m, 24.09.2010; 1 female (28.7 mm) (MNHN-IU-2011-2481), stn CP3681, Vitu I.,
04°38’S 149°27’E, 564–712 m, 27.09.2010; 1 male (28.6 mm) (MNHN-IU-2011-2478), stn CP3682, Vitu I.,
04°38’S 149°28’E, 515–812 m, 27.09.2010; 3 juveniles (11.7–12.5 mm) (MNHN-IU-2011-2563), stn DW3748,
seamounts near Bougainville, 05°37’S 154°01’W, 398–399 m, 12.10.2010; 1 male (21.4 mm) (MNHN-IU-2011-
2710), stn CP3695, Feni Is., 02°10’S 147°15’W, 198 m, 14.10.2010; 3 females (19.5–21.0 mm) (MNHN-IU-2011-
2299), stn CP3760, Is., 03°58’S 153°43’W, 613–660 m, 14.10.2010. [details]
Etymology From retpela for “red” or “orange” in Tok Pisin, the Pidgin language spoken in Papua New Guinea. The name is used...  
Etymology From retpela for “red” or “orange” in Tok Pisin, the Pidgin language spoken in Papua New Guinea. The name is used as a noun in apposition [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Tanaoa retpela Galil & Ng, 2015. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1036037 on 2025-04-04
Date
action
by
2017-09-18 19:27:23Z
created
Ng, Peter
2020-02-17 12:26:38Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy
2022-04-19 08:32:39Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy
2022-09-22 14:10:30Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy

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Nomenclature

original description Galil, B. S.; Ng, P. K. L. (2015). Leucosiid crabs from Papua New Guinea, with descriptions of eight new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4027(4): 451-486., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4027.4.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Etymology From retpela for “red” or “orange” in Tok Pisin, the Pidgin language spoken in Papua New Guinea. The name is used as a noun in apposition [details]

Type material Holotype: male (36.5 mm) (MNHN-IU-2013-7961), stn CP3984, Bismarck Sea, northwest
Long I., 05°12'S 146°59'E, 500 m, 6.12.2012. Paratypes: 1 male (39.0 mm) (ZRC 2015.272), stn CP3978,
Bismarck Sea, north Bagabag Is., 04°45'S 146°12'E, 456–582m, 5.12.2012. Additional material: BIOPAPUA – 1
female (29.5 mm) (MNHN-IU-2011-3835), stn CP3653, west of New Hanover, 02°13’S 150°23’E, 680–700 m,
28.08.2010; 2 males (38.4 mm, 29.8 mm) (MNHN-IU-2011-914), stn CP3655, west of New Hanover, 02°15’S
150°16’E, 402–440 m, 28.08.2010; 1 male (39.1 mm) (MNHN-IU-2011-2098), stn CP3669, north of Rabaul,
04°08’S 151°56’E, 382–389 m, 24.09.2010; 1 female (28.7 mm) (MNHN-IU-2011-2481), stn CP3681, Vitu I.,
04°38’S 149°27’E, 564–712 m, 27.09.2010; 1 male (28.6 mm) (MNHN-IU-2011-2478), stn CP3682, Vitu I.,
04°38’S 149°28’E, 515–812 m, 27.09.2010; 3 juveniles (11.7–12.5 mm) (MNHN-IU-2011-2563), stn DW3748,
seamounts near Bougainville, 05°37’S 154°01’W, 398–399 m, 12.10.2010; 1 male (21.4 mm) (MNHN-IU-2011-
2710), stn CP3695, Feni Is., 02°10’S 147°15’W, 198 m, 14.10.2010; 3 females (19.5–21.0 mm) (MNHN-IU-2011-
2299), stn CP3760, Is., 03°58’S 153°43’W, 613–660 m, 14.10.2010. [details]
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Colours in life (5)
Colours in life (5)
To MNHN Type collection (IU 2013-7961)
To MNHN Type collection (IU 2013-7961)
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