Rapipontonia galene ( Holthuis, 1952 )

Li, Xinzheng, Cleva, Régis & Poupin, Joseph, 2012, Report on some caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) from Mayotte, southwest Indian Ocean, Zootaxa 3162, pp. 1-30 : 24-25

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scientific name	Rapipontonia galene ( Holthuis, 1952 )
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Rapipontonia galene ( Holthuis, 1952) View in CoL

Periclimenes (Harpilius) galene Holthuis, 1952: 62 View in CoL –64, fig. 24. Periclimenes galene View in CoL — Bruce, 1976a: 12, figs. 3, 4. — Li, 2000: 183. Rapipontonia galene View in CoL — Marin, 2007: 777.

Material examined. St 20b, 12/11/2009, 9h–12h, islet M'tzamboro, 12°39'30.18"S, 45° 0'42.76"E, coll. KUW fieldwork, scuba diving 10–15 m, collapsed edge reef, sandy slope pronounced, 2 males (LC of one, 2.4 mm), 1 female (female lost its both second pereiopods, males lost right or left second pereiopods (major?), one of male and female rostrum reaching end of antennular peduncle, another male (lost right second pereiopod) only reaching end of first segment of antennular peduncle; dactyli of ambulatory pereiopods with 3–4 long propodal spine along distal third of ventral margin), MNHN-Na 17578.

Distribution. Type locality Ambon, Menado, Indonesia. Also known from Kenya.

Remarks. The specimens agree well with the original descriptions and illustrations of Holthuis (1952). The species was not previously recorded from Mayotte with certainty. The female specimen of MNHN-Na 17578 was collected together with those Cuapetes nilandensis of MNHN-Na 17577.

References

Bruce, A. J. (1976 a) A Report on a small Collection of Shrimps from the Kenya National Marine Parks at Malindi, with notes on selected Species. Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden, 145, 1 - 72, figs. 1 - 23, tabs. 1 - 5.

Holthuis, L. B. (1952) The Decapoda of the Siboga Expedition, Part XI: The Palaemonidae collected by the Siboga and Snellius Expeditions, with remarks on other species, part II: Subfamily Pontoniinae. Siboga-Expeditie, 39 a (10), 254 pp., 110 figs.

Li, X. (2000) Catalog of the genera and species of Pontoniinae, Kingsley, 1878 (Decapoda, Palaemonidae). Xueyuan Press, Beijing. 319 pp.