Palaemonella rotumana ( Borradaile, 1898 )

Li, Xinzheng & Bruce, Alexander J., 2006, Further Indo-West Pacific palaemonoid shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonoidea), principally from the New Caledonian region, Journal of Natural History 40 (11 - 12), pp. 611-738 : 666-667

Palaemonella rotumana ( Borradaile, 1898)

Periclimenes rotumanus Borradaile 1898, p 383 .

Palaemonella vestigialis Kemp 1922, p 123 –126, Figures 1 , 2 , Plate 3, Figure 2 .

Palaemonella rotumana: Bruce 1970c, p 276 –279, Plate 1e–f; Bruce 1991b, p 229, Figures 5 , 6a–e ; Chace and Bruce 1993, p 89; Bruce 1996, p 220; Li 2000, p 105, Figure 115; Davie 2002, p 317; Li and Liu 2003, p 160, Figure 5c–q ; Li et al. 2004, p 534; Marin et al. 2004, p 203, Figure 4 .

Material examined

New Caledonia: (i) Récif Mbere, 22 ° 19.99S, 166 ° 13.29E, outer slope, 10 m, coll. P. Bouchet, 5 May 1993, 1♀ (MNHN-Na 15804). MONTROUZIER, (ii) Touho, scuba, 10 m, coll. B. Richer de Forges, 8 September 1993, 1 „, 2 ovig. ♀♀ (MNHN-Na 14841); (iii) 22 ° 19.359S, 166 ° 25.859E, 20 m, scuba, on sponge?, coll. I. Takeuchi, 10 November 1995, 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 15910); (iv) 22 ° 56.309S, 167 ° 20.479E, 18 m, scuba, on Halimeda , 29 November 1995, 1 juvenile (MNHN-Na 15851); (v) Thio reef flat, Saint Gabriel, 0.8 m, coll. B. Richer de Forges, 19 May 1996, 1♀ (MNHN-Na 15856); (vi) Thio reef flat, low tide, 1 m, coll. B. Richer de Forges , 1 July 1996, 1 „ (MNHN-Na 15857); (vii) lagoon, Poingam, low tide, coll. B. Richer de Forges, 10 May 1997, 1 „, 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN- Na 15807). SURPRISES, North New Caledonia , (viii) stn CP 1376, 18 ° 27.29S, 163 ° 09.29E, 39 m, 9 May 1999, coll. Richer de Forges , 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 15817); (ix) stn CP 1388, 18 ° 23.89S, 163 ° 06.99E, 40 m, 11 May 1999, coll. Richer de Forges , 1 „ (MNHN-Na 15818). Loyalty Islands: ATELIER LIFOU, Lifou , Santal Bay , (x) Ngoni Beach stn 1459, 20 ° 47.09S, 167 ° 03.09E, 55–80 m, trawl, 5 and 13 November 2000, 3 „„, 3♀♀ (2 ovig.) (MNHN-Na 15488); (xi) same, 5 November 2000, 1 „ (MNHN-Na 15489); (xii) near Huca Hutighé Islet, stn 1434, 20 ° 52.59S, 167 ° 08.19E, 5–20 m, hard bottom, 6 November 2000, 2 „„ (MNHN-Na 15494); (xiii) Récif Shelter, stn 1461, 20 ° 54.09S, 167 ° 02.19E, 100–120 m, trawl, 7, 19, and 23 November 2000, 2 ovig. ♀♀ (MNHN-Na 15491); (xiv) ridge SE of Pointe Aimé Martin (5Acadro), stn 1462, 20 ° 47.19S, 167 ° 02.19E, 70–120 m, trawl, 9 and 21 November 2000, 1♀ (MNHN-Na 15487); (xv) east of Santal Bay: Mepinyo, stn 1446, 20 ° 50.89S, 167 ° 09.79E, 36–40 m, bottom of slope, 16 November 2000, 1 „, 1♀, 3 juveniles (MNHN-Na 15498); (xvi) north of Cap Aimé Martin (5 Acadro ), stn 1449, 20 ° 45.89S, 167 ° 01.659E, 17 m, brushing, 17 November 2000, 2♀♀ (1 ovig.) (MNHN-Na 15502); (xvii) west of Easo Point , stn 1451, 20 ° 47.39S, 167 ° 06.89E, 10–21 m, coral heads, 19 November 2000, 2 „„ (MNHN-Na 15495); (xviii) east of Easo Point , stn 1418, 20 ° 46.99S, 167 ° 07.99E, 1–5 m, sand and sea grasses around yacht wharf, 21 November 2000, 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 15500); (xix) between Cap Mande and Cap Lefèvre, stn 1452, 20 ° 54.69S, 167 ° 02.19E, 2–25 m, scuba, 22 November 2000, 1 „ (MNHN-Na 15501); (xx) south of Cap Lefèvre (5Nem), stn 1454, 20 ° 56.659S, 167 ° 02.09E, 15–18 m, dark drop-off, 23 November 2000, 1 „ (MNHN-Na 15496); (xxi) west to southwest Easo Point , stn 1429, 20 ° 47.59S, 167 ° 07.19E, 8–18 m, coral heads, sedimentary channels, 24 November 2000, 2 ovig. ♀♀ (MNHN-Na 15592); (xxii) between Cap Wekutr and Cap Wajez, stn 1455, 20 ° 56.89S, 167 ° 02.79E, slope, 15–20 m, 25 November 2000, 2 ovig. ♀♀ (MNHN-Na 15492); (xxiii) between Cap Wekutr and Cap Wajez, stn 1410, 20 ° 56.79S, 167 ° 03.19E, 2–4 m, reef edge, 25 November 2000, 1 „ (MNHN-Na 15497); (xxiv) NE of Bay, near Cila, stn 1456, 20 ° 49.39S, 167 ° 10.49E, slope, 25–30 m, 26 November 2000, 6 „„, 1♀ (MNHN-Na 15490); (xxv) between Huca Hutighé Islet and shore, stn 1421, 20 ° 52.49S, 167 ° 08.59E, 4 m, coarse sand on flatstone, 26–27 November 2000, 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 15499); (xxvi) near Ngoni, stn 1457, 20 ° 46.89S, 167 ° 02.759E, 5–10 m, dark overhang and boulder, 27 November 2000, 1 „, 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 15493). Chateaubriand Bay , (xxvii) Wé Beach , stn 1474, 20 ° 54.89S, 167 ° 16.19E, 0–3 m, fine sand and Porites heads, 11 November 2000, 3 ovig. ♀♀ (MNHN-Na 15503) .

Remarks

Mandible of male with small two-segmented palp. Specimens with most of second to fifth pereiopods missing. Previously reported from New Caledonia, from Nouméa ( Bruce 1970c, 1991b). Not previously recorded from Loyalty Islands.

Distribution

Type locality: Rotuma Island , Fiji. Widely distributed from the northern Red Sea to Mozambique, including Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland) and east to Fiji and Hawaii, north to Japan, south to New Caledonia, also found in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea .

Figures

Figure 1. Palaemonetes atrinubes Bray, 1976, ovigerous female (MNHN-Na 14843). (a) Carapace and anterior appendages; (b) anterior carapace; (c) distal part of proximal peduncular segment; (d) antennal scale; (e) distal telson; (f) mandible; (g) first pereiopod; (h) same, chela; (i) second pereiopod; (j) same, chela; (k) third pereiopod; (l) same, propod and dactyl; (m) same, distal propod and dactyl.

Figure 2. Harpiliopsis spinigera (Ortmann, 1880), male (MNHN-Na 15838). (a) Second pereiopod; (b) same, fingers.

Figure 4. Kemponia ensifrons (Dana, 1852), ovigerous female (MNHN-Na 14891). (a) Carapace and anterior appendages; (b) anterior carapace; (c) antennule; (d) antenna.

Figure 5. Kemponia ensifrons (Dana, 1852), ovigerous female (MNHN-Na 14891). (a) Second pereiopod; (b) same, chela and carpus; (c) third pereiopod, propod and dactyl; (d) same, distal propod and dactyl.

Figure 6. Kemponia cf. suvadivensis (Borradaile, 1915), ovigerous female (MNHN-Na 14926). (a) Carapace; (b) antennal scale; (c) third pereiopod, carpus, propod, and dactyl; (d) same, distal propod and dactyl.