Revision of the Indo-West Pacific crab genus Soliella (Brachyura: Xanthidae: Etisinae): ‘pseudocryptic species’ and basinal speciation

Figures & data

Fig. 1. Maximum likelihood phylogenetic tree of Soliella with bootstrap values from the RAxML analysis followed by bootstrap values from the Neighbour-Joining analysis.

Fig. 2. Geographic distributions of Soliella flava and S. melanospinis. Turquoise dots represent material examined. Pink dots represent additional localities recorded in literature.

Fig. 3. First male gonopods (G1) of Soliella species; A, Soliella flava (Rathbun, 1893), G1, internal detail (scale = 200 μm), external detail (scale = 200 μm), and external full (scale = 1 mm) (UF 12254); B, Soliella melanospinis (Rathbun, 1911), G1, internal detail (scale = 200 μm), external detail (scale = 200 μm), and external full (scale = 1 mm) (ZRC 2013.1647); C, S. flava G1 (a) after Edmondson (1962: 21d) as Chlorodopsis hawaiiensis, (b) after Edmondson (1962: fig. 22b) as Pilodius flavus; D, S. flava G1 after Clark & Galil (1993: fig. 4E-G) as Pilodius flavus.

Fig. 4. Soliella flava (Rathbun, 1893), holotype female, 9 × 6 (USNM 17317), Hawaiian Islands, dorsal view.

Fig. 5. Soliella flava (Rathbun, 1893), male, 10.2 × 6.9 (USNM 1181377), Marshall Islands; A, dorsal view; B, carapace, dorsal view; C, frontal view; D, thoracic sternum; E, minor chela, external view; F, major chela, external view.

Fig. 6. Soliella melanospinis (Rathbun, 1911), holotype male, 17.0 × 11.4 (USNM 41268), Saya del Malha Bank; A, dorsal view; B, carapace, dorsal view; C, frontal view; D, thoracic sternum; E, major chela, external view; F, minor chela, external view.

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