Harpiliopsis depressa ( Stimpson, 1860 )

Li, Xinzheng, 2008, Report on some species of Palaemonidae (Crustacea, Decapoda) from French Polynesia, Zoosystema 30 (1), pp. 203-252 : 206

Harpiliopsis depressa ( Stimpson, 1860)

Harpilius depressus Stimpson, 1860: 38 . — Kemp 1922: 231, figs 69, 70.

Harpiliopsis depressus – Kropp & Birkeland 1981: 629, tab. 5. — Odinetz 1983: 205.

Harpiliopsis depressa – Bruce 1991a:263. — Chace & Bruce 1993: 82. — Fransen 1994a: 107, figs 59, 61. — Poupin 1998: 14. — Li & Bruce 2006: 636 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Marquesas Is. Puamau Bay, Hiva Oa, 14.II.1996, coll. J. Poupin, 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀ (1 ovig.) (MNHN-Na 13354). — Puamau Bay, Hiva Oa, 14.II.1996, coll. J. Poupin, 2 ♀♀ (1 ovig.) (MNHN-Na 16032). — Fatu Hiva, 16.II.1996, coll. J. Poupin, 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀ (1 ovig.) (MNHN-Na 13353). Tuamotu Is. Mururoa, coll. J. Poupin, 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀ (1 ovig.) (MNHN-Na 13406).

HOST. — Pocillopora sp. (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia , Pocilloporidae ). Previously reported associating with species of Pocillopora Lamarck, 1816 , Seriatopora Lamarck, 1816 , Stylophora Schweigger, 1819 , rarely Acropora Oken, 1815 , and Porites Link, 1807 by Odinetz (1983) and Poupin (1998) from the Marquesas, Tuamotu and Society islands.

DISTRIBUTION. — Type locality: Hawaii. Common and widespread throughout most of the Indo-Pacific region, previously recorded from Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Yemen, Kenya, Zanzibar, Mozambique, Comoro Is, Madagascar, Seychelles, la Réunion, Maldives, Chagos Is , Sri Lanka, Andaman Is , Nicobar Is , Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, South China Sea , Japan, Philippines, Australia (Western Australia, Queensland), Mariana Is , New Caledonia, Loyalty Is , Marshall Is , Ellice Is (Rotuma Island ), Fiji Is , Samoa Is , Kiribati, Line Is ( Palmyra Island ), French Polynesia (Marquesas Is , Society Is , Tuamotu Is ), Hawaii , Johnson Atoll ; also Galapagos Is, Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador; littoral to sublittoral, 0-54 m depth with certainty. Previously reported from Marquesas and Tuamotu Islands by Poupin (1998) .