Kemponia grandis ( Stimpson, 1860 ), 2004

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 : 644-645

Kemponia grandis ( Stimpson, 1860)

Anchistia grandis Stimpson 1860, p 39 .

Periclimenes grandis: Borradaile 1898, p 382 ; Chace and Bruce 1993, p 112; Li 2000, p 186, Figure 235; Davie 2002, p 327; Li and Liu 2004, p 93, Figure 4 ; Li 2004a, p 69.

Kemponia grandis: Bruce 2004, p 16 ; Li et al. 2004, p 530.

Material examined Madagascar: (i) Nosy Be, shallow waters, coll. A. Crosnier, 1966, 2 „„, 2 ovig. ♀♀

(MNHN-Na 15956). New Caledonia: (ii) MONTROUZIER, Touho, Grand Récif, Mangalia, intertidal zone, coll. B. Richer de Forges, 15 October 1993, 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN- Na 14893); (iii) Ouano reef flat, low tide, coll. B. Richer de Forges, 26 April 1998, 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 15813). Loyalty Islands: ATELIER LIFOU, Lifou , (iv) Santal Bay : between Huca Hutighé Islet and the shore, stn 1421, 20 ° 52.49S, 167 ° 08.59E, 4 m, coarse sand on flatstone, 26–27 November 2000, 1 „ (MNHN-Na 15471) .

Remarks

Previously reported from Madagascar by Bruce (1978a). Not previously recorded from New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands, although it is one of the commonest and most widely distributed Indo-West Pacific pontoniine species.

Distribution

Type locality: Amami O Shima, Ryukyu Islands . Also known from Egypt, Israel, Djibouti , Aden, Kenya, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Mozambique, Comoro Islands, Madagascar, Seychelles,

Sri Lanka, Burma, Malaya, Singapore, Japan, Indonesia, Australia ( Northern Territory, Queensland), New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, and Fiji.

Figures

Figure 4. Kemponia ensifrons (Dana, 1852), ovigerous female (MNHN-Na 14891). (a) Carapace and anterior appendages; (b) anterior carapace; (c) antennule; (d) antenna.