Calcinus anani Poupin & McLaughlin, 1998
Illustrations. - • Male holotype shield length 5.9 mm, Tuamotu. • Specimen from Japan (Photograph J. Okuno). Copyright J. Okuno. • Left third pereopod, coloration pattern.
References. - Calcinus anani Poupin & McLaughlin, 1998 (type locality: Tuamotu and Marquesas, French Polynesia). - Kato & Okuno, 2001: 69 (Nazumado, Japan). - Asakura, 2002: 29 (types specimens, plus Shiwo'no-misaki, Japan). - Kawamoto & Okuno, 2003: 74 (Okinawa, Japan). - Poupin & Lemaitre, 2003: 8 (Austral, Marquesas, Tuamotu in French Polynesia; Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia; Japan).
Calcinus pulcher - Miyake, 1982: 114 (40–50 m, Japan). [Not C. pulcher Forest, 1958].
Shield and cephalic appendages. - Ocular scale with a single terminal spine.
Chelipeds (P1). - Upper margin of right chela tuberculated or spinous. Outer face of left palm regularly convex.
Ambulatory legs (P2-P3). - Dactyl of P3 subequal to propodus or slightly shorter (0.8–1.1). Distal pilosity of P3 dense, forming a brush of setae.
Armament of telson. - Left lobe of telson with a single spine. Right lobe with a single spine (sometimes missing).
Coloration. - Shield orange. Ocular peduncle uniformly colored. Detailed coloration of ocular peduncle: white to pale orange. Distal antennular peduncle white to cream (proximal segment orange; basal 0.5 of median segment orange, distal 0.5 white). Distal antennal peduncle yellow-orange (first two proximal segments dark yellow; flagellum orange). Chela uniformly colored, often grading to paler distally (orange turning to white). Ambulatory legs (P2 & P3) with longitudinal bands (bands merging in more intricate network of reticulations on propodi and dactyls).
Habitat. - Deep (18–262 m; common between 100–250 m).
Geographic distribution. - French Polynesia (Tuamotu and Marquesas); southern Japan; New Caledonia. Indo-West Pacific.
