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SHORT DESCRIPTION Carapace transversely subovate, globose, regions well demarcated, surface granulate, bearing tufts of setae. Front deflexed, bilobate. Anterolateral margin lamellate, cut into two subequal rounded lobes. Chelipeds massive, bearing conical granules. Ambulatory legs slender, dorsal and ventral margins with long plumose and serrate setae. G1 slender, sinuous, distally bent. color : unknown. common size : males CL 1.4 cm (max). DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS Anterolateral margins of carapace lamellate. BIOLOGY / ECOLOGY Unknown. habitat : unknown.

1st MEDITERRANEAN RECORD Italy, 2006 [1978]. DISTRIBUTION Worldwide : Red Sea and the east African coast as far south as Mozambique. Mediterranean : a single specimen was collected off Punta Ala, central Tyrrhenian coast, Italy in 1978 (Galil et al., 2006). ESTABLISHMENT SUCCESS Known from a single record. speculated reasons for success : - MODE OF INTRODUCTION By shipping. IMPORTANCE TO HUMANS None.

KEY REFERENCES Galil B.S., P.F. Clark, P.K.L. Ng and L. Falciai, 2006. Actumnus globulus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Pilumnidae) – another Erythrean pilumnid in the Mediterranean Sea. JMBA2 (e-journal). FEEDBACK / COMMENTS TO AUTHORS

Last update of the species sheet: August 2006 ©ciesm 2002