Abstract / Introduction / Summary:
Eight species of the porcellanid genus Petrolisthes, viz. P. boscii, P. coccineus, P. hastatus, P. haswelli, P. japonicus, P. pubescens, P. trilobatus and P. virgatus, are reported on the basis of specimens collected from the Satsuma Peninsula, Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan. This study extends the distributional ranges of P. hastatus, P. haswelli and P. trilobatus to the north, south of Kyushu Island.
