Short Communication: A new distribution record of the mud-spiny lobster, Panulirus polyphagus (Herbst, 1793) (Crustacea, Achelata, Palinuridae) in Mayalibit Bay, West Papua, Indonesia

RUDI A. WAHYUDIN (Doctoral Program in Aquatic Resources Management, Graduate School of IPB. Kampus IPB Dramaga, Bogor 16680, West Java)
YUSLI WARDIATNO (Department of Aquatic Resources Management, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science, Institut Pertanian Bogor. Kampus IPB Dramaga, Bogor 16680, West Java)
MENNOFATRIA BOER (Department of Aquatic Resources Management, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science, Institut Pertanian Bogor. Kampus IPB Dramaga, Bogor 16680, West Java)
ACHMAD FARAJALLAH (Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institut Pertanian Bogor. Kampus IPB Dramaga, Bogor 16680, West Java)
AGUS A. HAKIM (Department of Aquatic Resources Management, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science, Institut Pertanian Bogor. Kampus IPB Dramaga, Bogor 16680, West Java,)

Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity
Vol. 18 No. 2 (2017)

Wahyudin RA, Wardiatno Y, Boer M, Farajallah A, Hakim AA. 2017. Short Communication: A new distribution record of the mud-spiny lobster, Panulirus polyphagus (Herbst, 1793) (Crustacea, Achelata, Palinuridae) in Mayalibit Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 18: 780-783. Panulirus polyphagus (Herbst 1793) (Crustacea, Decapoda, Achelata, Palinuridae) from Waigeo Island is illustrated and described in detail of morphological characters. This species is reported as new distribution record from Mayalibit Bay, Raja Ampat District, Province West Papua, Indonesia. One specimen was collected by local fisherman from muddy substrate waters at a depth of 10-40 m. The collection was made in June 2016. The present study adds more distribution of species in the world and enhances the marine diversity of Indonesian crustacean lists. Some brief biological information on the species is presented.