Mursia spiridonovi, new name for Mursia minuta Spiridonov Apel, 2007 preoccupied by Mursia minuta Karasawa, 1993 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Calappidae).

The name Mursia minuta Spiridonov Apel, 2007, was given to a living species from the Indian Ocean (Spiridonov Apel 2007: 2870, figs. 2G, H, 4E, F, 8C, 10A-D, 11A, B, 12A, B). This name is preoccupied by the senior primary homonym Mursia minuta Karasawa, 1993, for a Pliocene fossil species from Japan (Karasawa 1993: 45, pl. 8, figs. 8, 10, 13, 14). In accordance with Article 60 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999: 62, 63) a new replacement name, Mursia spiridonovi is here proposed for Mursia minuta Spiridonov Apel, 2007. It is named for V. A. Spiridonov (Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow), in honor of his pioneering work on the extant decapods.