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.