Davie, P. J. F. and Short, J. W., 1989. Deepwater Brachyura (Crustacea: Decapoda) from southern Queensland, Australia with descriptions of four new species.

Twenty-eight species of deepwater crabs are recorded from mid- and southeastern Queensland including 9 new Australian records and 4 new species.Twenty-eight species of deepwater crabs are recorded from mid-and southeastern Queensland taking the number now known to 33. Nine species have not previously been recorded· from Australia, viz Dicranodromia baffini Alcock and Anderson, Latreillopsis bispinosa Henderson, Paromola japonica Parisi, Paromolopsis boasi Wood-Mason, Notopoides lotus Henderson, Cyrtomaia horrida Rathbun, Pleistacantha oryx Ortmann, Benthochascon hemingi Alcock and Anderson, Intesius pilosus Guinot and Richer de Forges. Four new species are described. Ranilia tenuiocellus sp. nov. resembles R. horikoshi Takeda in having degenerated eyes but differs in the lack of orbital teeth. Ranilia trirufomaculata sp. nov. is described from Western Australia and Queensland. It is distinguished from R. misakiensis Sakai by the three dorsal red spots, the sharp distal spine on the superior border of the palm, the lack of a raised ridge on the wrist, and carapace proportions. A key to lndo-west Pacific Ranilia H. Milne Edwards species is given. Mursia microspina sp. nov. differs from its closest congener M. hawaiiensis Rathbun by having shorter postero-lateral borders, a smaller length to breadth ratio, and by the shape of the tubercles on the lower inferior border of the chela. Rochinia griffini sp. nov. is unique in the disposition and length of the carapace spines. Carcinonectes pacificus Stephenson is synonomised with Benthochascon hemingi Alcock and Anderson.