WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal 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 [request]
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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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