Kemponia elegans ( Paulson, 1875 )

Li, Xinzheng, 2008, Report on some species of Palaemonidae (Crustacea, Decapoda) from French Polynesia, Zoosystema 30 (1), pp. 203-252 : 214

Kemponia elegans ( Paulson, 1875)

Anchistia elegans Paulson, 1875: 113 , pl. 17, fig. 1.

Periclimenes elegans – Bruce 1983: 884, 898. — Chace & Bruce 1993: 110. — Poupin 1998: 16. — Li 2000: 178, fig. 225. — De Grave 2000: 135.

Kemponia elegans – Bruce 2004b: 14 . — Li & Bruce 2006: 643 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Austral Is. Rapa I., S of Tarakoi islet, BENTHAUS, malacologist fieldwork, stn 5, 27°05.6’S, 144°18.5’W, 8 m, dead coral with algae (stained with some sand and mud), 4.XI.2002, 4 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀ (2 ovig.) (MNHN-Na 15632).

DISTRIBUTION. — Type locality: Red Sea. Previously also known from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Kenya, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Madagascar, Seychelles, Kuweit, Laccadive Is ( Minikoi ), India, Sri Lanka, Andaman Is , Nicobar Is , Singapore, South China Sea , Ryukyu Is , Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor Sea ( Hibernia reef), Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland), Caroline Is , Solomon Is , New Caledonia, Marshall Is , Fiji Is , French Polynesia ( Society Is , Marquesas Is , Tuamotu Is ) ; 0-53 m depth. Not previously recorded from Austral Is.