9. THE CLASS CRUSTACEA
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4. Pinnotheres pholadis de Haan, 1835. (Figs. 222 and 223)
(Order Decapod&; suborder Reptantia; section Brachyura; superfamily
This species, originally described by de Haan (1836), has been
reported but not redescribed since then by Tesch (1918)) Balss (1922))
Brachyrhyncha; family Pinnotheridae)
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FIQS. 222 and 223. Pinnotheres pholudia. (222) Adult female, dorsal view; (223) adult
male, dorsal view. (Redrawn after Sakai, 1965.)
Yokoya (1928,1933) and Sakai (1934,1936,1939, 1963) from a number
of marine pelecypods including Chlarnys nipponensis, Mytilus edulis,
Crassostrea gigas, Meretrix lusoria, Tapes japonica and Mactra sulcataria.
According to Sakai (1966)) who redescribed both the male and female
of P . pholudis, P . cardii, described by him (Sakai, 1934)) is a synonym.
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4. Pinnotheres pholadis de Haan, 1835. (Figs. 222 and 223)
(Order Decapod&; suborder Reptantia; section Brachyura; superfamily
This species, originally described by de Haan (1836), has been
reported but not redescribed since then by Tesch (1918)) Balss (1922))
Brachyrhyncha; family Pinnotheridae)
i'
FIQS. 222 and 223. Pinnotheres pholudia. (222) Adult female, dorsal view; (223) adult
male, dorsal view. (Redrawn after Sakai, 1965.)
Yokoya (1928,1933) and Sakai (1934,1936,1939, 1963) from a number
of marine pelecypods including Chlarnys nipponensis, Mytilus edulis,
Crassostrea gigas, Meretrix lusoria, Tapes japonica and Mactra sulcataria.
According to Sakai (1966)) who redescribed both the male and female
of P . pholudis, P . cardii, described by him (Sakai, 1934)) is a synonym.