Periclimenella spinifera ( De Man, 1902 )

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 : 670-671

Periclimenella spinifera ( De Man, 1902)

Periclimenes Petithouarsi var. spinifera De Man 1902, p 824 –826.

Periclimenes (Ancylocaris) spiniferus: Kemp 1922, p 195 –196.

Periclimenes (Harpilius) spiniferus: Holthuis 1952a, p 76 –78, Figure 30 .

Periclimenes spiniferus: Chace and Bruce 1993, p 122 .

Periclimenella spinifera: Duris and Bruce 1995, p 656 –661, Figures 19 , 20 ; Bruce 1996, p 227; Li 2000, p 144, Figure 178; Davie 2002, p 321; Li and Liu 2003, p 163, Figure 8 ; Li et al. 2004, p 541.

Material examined

New Caledonia: (i) MONTROUZIER, Toumo Bay, coll. B. Richer de Forges, September 1993, 2 „„ (MNHN-Na 14847); (ii) lagoon, Ricaudy Reef, low tide, 0.5 m, coll. B. Richer de Forges , 30 June 1996, 1♀ (MNHN-Na 15852); (iii) lagoon, Ricaudy reef flat, low tide, coll. B. Richer de Forges , 22 June 1997, 1♀ (with hemiarthrinid bopyrid), 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 15822). Loyalty Islands: ATELIER LIFOU, Lifou , Santal Bay , (iv) near Huca Hutighé Islet , stn 1434, 20 ° 52.59S, 167 ° 08.19E, 5–20 m, hard bottom, 6 November 2000, 4♀♀ (3 ovig.) (MNHN-Na 15518); (v) Easo, near wharf, stn 1406, 20 ° 46.859S, 167 ° 07.759E, intertidal, hard bottom, 10, 13, 14, 16, and 18 November 2000, 2 „„, 3 ovig. ♀♀ (MNHN-Na 15519); (vi) Gaatcha Bay , stn 1436, 20 ° 55.59S, 167 ° 04.29E, 10–20 m, coral head on slope, 10 November 2000, 1 „, 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 15520); (vii) 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♀ (MNHN-Na 15521) .

Remarks

Previously reported from New Caledonia, from Senez Reef ( Bruce 1996). Not previously recorded from Loyalty Islands.

Distribution

Type locality: Ternate, Ambon, Indonesia. Also known from Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar, Seychelles, La Réunion, Maldives, Chagos Islands , Gulf of Mannar , Andaman Islands , Nicobar Islands, Burma, Malaya, Singapore, Vietnam, South China Sea, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland), Mariannas Islands , New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands , Marshall Islands, Fiji, Samoan Islands , and French Polynesia (Society Islands) .

Figures

Figure 8. Mesopontonia brevicarpus, new species, holotype ovigerous female (MNHN-Na 14824). (a) Major second pereiopod; (b) same, chela; (c) same, fingers; (d) minor second pereiopod; (e) same, chela; (f) third pereiopod; (g) same, propod and dactyl; (h) same, distal propod and dactyl.

Figure 19. Periclimenes forgesi, new species, holotype ovigerous female (MNHN-Na 14928). (a) Carapace and anterior appendages; (b) anterior carapace; (c) eye; (d) antennule; (e) antenna; (f) mandible; (g) maxillula, upper lacinia and palp; (h, i) same, lower lacinia; (j) maxilla; (k) first maxilliped; (l) second maxilliped.

Figure 20. Periclimenes forgesi, new species, holotype ovigerous female (MNHN-Na 14928). (a) Third maxilliped; (b) first pereiopod; (c) same, chela; (d) second pereiopod; (e) same, fingers; (f) third pereiopod; (g, h) same, distal propod and dactyl; (i) uropod.

Figure 30. Periclimenes pseudalcocki, new species, holotype female (MNHN-Na 14855). (a) Carapace and anterior appendages; (b) telson; (c) same, distal part; (d) eye, dorsal view; (e) antennular peduncle; (f) antenna; (g) third pereiopod; (h) same, distal propod and dactyl, lateral view; (i) same, medial view.