Lupocyclus tugelae

Barnard, 1950

Carapace broader than long, length about 0.8 times breadth, covered with a fine dense pile through which the main granular patches are visible; distinctly elevated granular patches on frontal, protogastric, mesogastric, metagastric, cardiac, and mesobranchial regions; front protruding with 4 teeth, the medians triangular, the laterals obtuse; antero-lateral teeth with 5 large teeth alternating with 4 smaller ones. Chelipeds moderately elongate, about 2-2.5 times as long as carapace; merus with 5 spines on anterior border, 2 on posterior; carpus with 2 spines; palm with 3 spines. Swimming legs with posterior border of merus armed with one subdistal spine, posterior border of propodus smooth. (Türkay 1995)

Distinct in the genus by having the dorsal surface of the carapace bearing granular clusters. (Davie 1999)

Type locality: off mouth of Tugela River, South Africa, 65 m.
Range: Red Sea; Gulf of Aden; South Africa - off Tugela River (Barnard, 1950); Kenya - off Mombasa (Stephenson, 1972a); Madagascar - banc de Pracel (Crosnier, 1962); Japan - Fukuura (Sakai, 1935), Sagami Bay, Shimoda and Nagasaki (Sakai, 1939), Sagami Bay (Sakai, 1965b), Sagami Bay, Shimoda, Tosa Bay, and Nagasaki (Sakai, 1976a), Shiono-misaki (Takeda, 1979a), Tanabe Bay (Miyake, 1983), Sagami Bay, Shimoda and Mikawa Isshiki (Muraoka, 1998); South China Sea - Nansha Islands (Dai & Xu, 1991); Philippines - north of Lubang Island (Moosa, 1981); Sulu Archipelago - Jolo (Stephenson, 1972a); Indonesia - Ambon (Stephenson, 1972a); Western Australia - Dampier Archipelago and near Onslow (Stephenson, 1961); New Caledonia (Moosa, 1996); 30-320 m.

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