Periclimenes vaubani Bruce, 1990

Bruce, A. J., 2005, Pontoniine shrimps from the 2003 NORFANZ Expedition, 10 May – 16 June (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae), Zootaxa 981, pp. 1-20 : 4

Periclimenes vaubani Bruce, 1990

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Periclimenes vaubani Bruce, 1990 ,: 174­181, figs. 16­19, 38 a­d, 39g.; 1991, 315. — Li, 2000,: 245, fig. 325.

Material examined. 1 ♂, #3249. NORFANZ stn. 154/056, West Norfolk Ridge, 34°37.20’S 158°57.03’E, 3 June 2003, 521­ 539 m, beam trawl, NMNZ CR. 9995

Remarks. The single male specimen has a CL of 2.6 mms and agrees well with the original description. The rostrum ( Fig. 1 ) has a dentition of 1+7/2, slender and acute, reaching to just beyond the distal margin of the proximal segment of the antennular peduncle, first tooth on carapace smaller than more distal teeth. The major second pereiopod is missing. The third pereiopod propod has a pair of distoventral spines and two distal ventral spines all largely obscured by transverse rows of long setae. The posterodorsal margin of the third abdominal segment is non­denticulate.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Periclimenes vaubani Bruce, 1990, Male, carapace and rostrum. Scale bar 1.0 mm.