Kemponia americanus ( Kingsley, 1878 )

Bruce, A. J., 2004, A partial revision of the genus Periclimenes Costa, 1884 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae), Zootaxa 582, pp. 1-26 : 11

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Kemponia americanus ( Kingsley, 1878)

Anchistia americana Kingsley, 1878: 65 View in CoL .

Periclimenes americanus View in CoL — Rathbun, 1902: 20 (2); 121. Periclimenes (Harpilius) americanus View in CoL — Holthuis, 1951: 60 –66, pl. 18a–j, pl. 19a–e (full synonymy).

Type material. Whereabouts of the type specimen unknown ( Holthuis, 1951).

Type locality. Key West, Florida, U.S.A.

Habitat. Mainly shallow sandy or rocky bottoms; coral reefs; abundant in sea grass beds ( Bauer, 1985)..

Bathymetric range. Shallow to 44 m; 73 m ( Holthuis, 1951).

Larvae. First and fifth zoeal l stages described by Gurney (1936, 1943).

Distribution. East coast of United States, from North Carolina to Florida; Bermuda; West Indies; Colombia.

Remarks. Reported in association with anemones, Bartholomea annulata and B. granulatum , and crinoids, Nemaster grandis , as well as a range of habitats, in Colombian waters ( Criales, 1984). Frequently captured under freeliving circumstances.