Kemponia grandis ( Stimpson, 1860 ), 2004

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 : 644-645

Kemponia grandis ( Stimpson, 1860)

Anchistia grandis Stimpson 1860, p 39 .

Periclimenes grandis: Borradaile 1898, p 382 ; Chace and Bruce 1993, p 112; Li 2000, p 186, Figure 235; Davie 2002, p 327; Li and Liu 2004, p 93, Figure 4 ; Li 2004a, p 69.

Kemponia grandis: Bruce 2004, p 16 ; Li et al. 2004, p 530.

Material examined Madagascar: (i) Nosy Be, shallow waters, coll. A. Crosnier, 1966, 2 „„, 2 ovig. ♀♀

(MNHN-Na 15956). New Caledonia: (ii) MONTROUZIER, Touho, Grand Récif, Mangalia, intertidal zone, coll. B. Richer de Forges, 15 October 1993, 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN- Na 14893); (iii) Ouano reef flat, low tide, coll. B. Richer de Forges, 26 April 1998, 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 15813). Loyalty Islands: ATELIER LIFOU, Lifou , (iv) Santal Bay : between Huca Hutighé Islet and the shore, stn 1421, 20 ° 52.49S, 167 ° 08.59E, 4 m, coarse sand on flatstone, 26–27 November 2000, 1 „ (MNHN-Na 15471) .

Remarks

Previously reported from Madagascar by Bruce (1978a). Not previously recorded from New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands, although it is one of the commonest and most widely distributed Indo-West Pacific pontoniine species.

Distribution

Type locality: Amami O Shima, Ryukyu Islands . Also known from Egypt, Israel, Djibouti , Aden, Kenya, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Mozambique, Comoro Islands, Madagascar, Seychelles,

Sri Lanka, Burma, Malaya, Singapore, Japan, Indonesia, Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland), New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, and Fiji.

Figures

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