Cheramus sp.

Ngoc-Ho, Nguyen, 2005, Thalassinidea (Crustacea, Decapoda) from French Polynesia, Zoosystema 27 (1), pp. 47-83 : 77

Cheramus sp.

( Fig. 16 )

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Tahiti, Society, French Polynesia, stn 15, 17°31’30”S, 149°32’12”W, 6 m, fine sand, 12.IV.1994, P. Frouin coll., 1, cl. 3.5 mm, tl. 11 mm ( Fig. 16 A-G, I-K), 2 juvs, cl. 2.3- 2.5 mm, tl. 9-9.5 mm ( Fig. 16H ) ( MNHN Th 1435).

REMARKS

With a digitiform Mxp3 dactylus ( Fig. 16G ), the carapace with dorsal oval and rostral spine ( Fig. 16A ), finger-like appendix internae on the Plp3-5 ( Fig. 16L ), this material keys, according to Manning & Felder (1991), to the monotypic

Figures

FIG. 16. — Cheramus sp., Tahiti; A-G, I-K,, tl. 11 mm (MNHN Th 1435); H, juvenile, tl. 9.5 mm (MNHN Th 1435); A, anterior part of carapace; B-E, pereopod 1-4; F, ischium and merus of maxilliped 3 in mesial view; G, H, maxilliped 3; I, telson and uropods; J, K, pleopod 1 and 2; L, pleopod 3. Scale bars: 1 mm.