Previously undetected diversity of mesophotic squat-lobsters in the Red Sea, exemplified by a new species of Sadayoshia Baba, 1969 and a new record of Uroptychus deliquus Baba, Corbari & Macpherson, 2024 (Anomura: Galatheoidea and Chirostyloidea)
Two species of squat lobsters from the families Munididae and Chirostylidae were collected by ROV and manned submersible, respectively, at mesophotic depths of the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia. Sadayoshia benzoniae sp. nov. is described based on two specimens found among coral rubble and octocorals collected at depths of 104248.5 m, whereas Uroptychus deliquus Baba, Corbari & Macpherson, 2024 is reported from the Red Sea for the first time, based on a single specimen found in association with a fan coral, Melithaea sp. (Alcyonacea, Melithaeidae), at a depth of 220 m. Both genera are recorded from the Red Sea for the first time.
Authors
- Vincent A. Pieribone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5836-5454)
- Mattie Rodrigue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2307-0274)
- Arthur Anker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5350-4267)
- Paula C. Rodríguez‐Flores (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1555-9598)
- Federica Barreca (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8240-1806)
- Susanne Bähr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6834-4120)
- Carlos Manuel Duarte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1213-1361)
- Mohammed Qurban (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4507-7848)
- Natalie Dunn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2808-2856)
Institutions
- Smithsonian Institution (US)
- National Museum of Natural History (US)
- Ocean Institute (US)
- The Ocean Foundation (US)
- Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation (SA)
- Riyadh Elm University (SA)
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (SA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zootaxa
- Published
- 2025-08-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5686.4.7
- Primary Topic
- Crustacean biology and ecology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00