Crosnierita dicata Macpherson 1998

Delta keys for squat lobsters, including Crosnierita dicata are available at http://researchdata.museum.vic.gov.au/squatlobster/delta/deltakey.htm

Type data: holotype, male, MNHN Ga 4241. Type locality: Loyalty Islands, 20°41.65´S, 167°03.70´E, 283 m.

Loyalty Islands, Vanuatu, between 283 and 440 m.

Ground colour of carapace pinkish; numerous yellow and reddish spots on carapace and abdominal segments; two purple spots on posterior part of gastric region; red spots on lateral parts of abdominal segments. Rostrum, supraocular and anterolateral spines pinkish. Chelipeds and walking legs with red and pinkish bands; cheliped palm with distal third red; fingers with proximal two thirds reddish, distal third whitish; distal part of dactylus of walking legs reddish.

Carapace, cardiac region with longitudinal row of spines, metagastric region with spine, posterior border unarmed. Antennal peduncle article 2 broad, article 3 at least two-thirds length of article 2. Pereopods 2-4 dactyli equal to or little more than half length of propodi, with spinules confined to middle of ventral margin.

Crosnierita dicata is a species of squat lobster in the family Munididae. It is found off of the Loyalty Islands and Vanuatu, at depths between about 285 and 440 metres (935 and 1,444 ft).