Kemponia nilandensis ( Borradaile, 1915 ) Borradaile, 1915

Bruce, A. J., 2004, A partial revision of the genus Periclimenes Costa, 1884 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae), Zootaxa 582, pp. 1-26 : 18

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.157391
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3499870
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/234E87ED-AD1B-FFA5-F54A-FE81FC87FC4E
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Kemponia nilandensis ( Borradaile, 1915 )
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Kemponia nilandensis ( Borradaile, 1915) comb. nov.

Periclimenes (Falciger) nilandensis Borradaile, 1915: 211 View in CoL ; 1917: 324, 372, pl. 54, fig. 13. Periclimenes (Ancylocaris) nilandensis View in CoL — Kemp, 1922: 172.

Periclimenes (Harpilius) nilandensis View in CoL — Holthuis, 1952: 58 –60, fig. 22.

Periclimenes nilandensis View in CoL — Bruce, 1978a: 222 –227, figs 8–9. — Li, 2000: 214 –215, fig. 278.

Type material. Holotype, ZMC I.9594.4.

Type locality. South Nilandu Atoll, Maldive Islands.

Host. Coelogorgonia palmosa MilneEdwards and Haime [ Telestidae ] (Bruce, 1976h). Generally reported from coral reef margins, but also trawl caught in deeper waters.

Bathymetric range. Reported from 117–133 m in the northern South China Sea ( Bruce, 1979).

Distribution. Also known from Kenya, Zanzibar, Madagascar, Maldive Islands, Indonesia, South China Sea, Northern Territory, Queensland and New Caledonia.

Remarks. One of the three species known to have commensal associations. Numerous specimens from Madagascar were also all found in association with unidentified antipatharian and gorgonian hosts ( Bruce, 1978a)