Coralliocaris sp.

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 : 629

Coralliocaris sp. Mitsuhashi and Takeda, 2006

Material examined

Loyalty Islands: ATELIER LIFOU, Lifou. Chateaubriand Bay: (i) Gaatcha Bay, stn 1463, 20 ° 55.059S, 167 ° 03.359E, 30 m, dredge, sand and coral debris, 10 November 2000, 1♀ (MNHN-Na 15442); (ii) Wé Beach, stn 1474, 20 ° 54.89S, 167 ° 16.19E, 30 m, fine sand and heads of Porites , 11 November 2000, 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 15439). Santal Bay: (iii) northeast Chateaubriand Bay, Cila , stn 1456, 20 ° 49.39S, 167 ° 10.49E, slope, 25–30 m, 26 November 2000, 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 15444) .

Remarks

Only the ovigerous female of (ii) has the second pereiopods present. Rostrum reaches distal margin of first antennular peduncle segment, armed with two or three dorsal and one ventral tooth, the ventral tooth minute and subapical. Antennal spine on carapace relatively stout and long, reaches almost to the distal margin of basicerite. The depth of 30 m is a particularly deep record for this genus.

Dr. M. Mitsuhashi is reviewing the Coralliocaris nudirostris ( Heller, 1861) and its closely related species. After checking the present specimens, she considers that it should be a species close to C. nudirostris (personal communication).

Distribution

Type locality: Japan (Ryukyu Islands), Papua New Guinea, Loyalty Islands , Australia (Queensland). The other localities outside the type localities should be re-examined (see Remarks) .