. The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature. Animals. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 64(3) September 2007 151. ^ . '^ Scale bar = 1 cm Fig. 1. Cancer setosiis Fabricius, 1798-remaining pieces ofsyntype in ZMUC (photograph courtesy of T. Wolff) from the Nicobar Islands and included the records of Rumphius (1705, p. 26, pi. 10, fig. 2) and Latreille (1817, p. 16, pi. 12, fig. 1) of Grapsiis penicilliger Latreille, 1817, clearly treating these names as synonyms. There are no records of specimens of Cancer setosiis from south-eastern India, the Andaman or Nicobar Islands (see Chopra & Das,
. The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature. Animals. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 64(3) September 2007 151. ^ . '^ Scale bar = 1 cm Fig. 1. Cancer setosiis Fabricius, 1798-remaining pieces ofsyntype in ZMUC (photograph courtesy of T. Wolff) from the Nicobar Islands and included the records of Rumphius (1705, p. 26, pi. 10, fig. 2) and Latreille (1817, p. 16, pi. 12, fig. 1) of Grapsiis penicilliger Latreille, 1817, clearly treating these names as synonyms. There are no records of specimens of Cancer setosiis from south-eastern India, the Andaman or Nicobar Islands (see Chopra & Das, 1937; Sethuramalingam & Khan, 1991). Ohvia F. Fernando and Antony F. Fernando, from Annamalai University in southern India commented that they are not aware of the existence of this species from that area (Tranquebar) (pers. comm.), and the University Museum, which houses a collection of old Indian specimens, does not have this taxon. Additionally, Alcock (1900) made no mention of Cancer setosiis, Grapsiis penicilliger or Pseudograpsus barbatus in his synopsis of the Indian fauna. In March 2001, one of the authors (NKN) tried unsuccessfully to collect specimens from Tranquebar and the surrounding areas in Tamil Nadu State. Similarly, interviews with local biologists studying the fauna of the Tranquebar did not suggest the presence of any species of crab which had numerous long, stiff black setae on the chela. 10. Zimsen (1964, p. 650) reported that the only syntype of Cancer setosiis present in the Zoological Museum of the University of Copenhagen (ZMUC) consisted only of a few small dried pieces. A photograph taken in the 1960"s of these remains showed. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. London : International Trust for Zoological No
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