Exoclimenella denticulata (Nobili, 1906)

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 : 632

Exoclimenella denticulata (Nobili, 1906)

Periclimenes Petitthouarsi var. denticulata Nobili 1906a, p 257 ; Nobili 1907, p 358 –359.

Periclimenes (Falciger) denticulatus: Borradaile 1917, p 368 , 372.

Periclimenes denticulatus: Bruce 1992, p 59 , Figures 12–14 .

Exoclimenella denticulata: Duris and Bruce 1995, p 637 , Figures 9–11 ; Li 2000, p 49, Figure 52.

Material examined

Loyalty Islands: ATELIER LIFOU, Lifou, Xepenehe Point , in coral mats, scuba, 12– 13 m, 11 November 2000, 1 „ (MNHN-Na 15446) .

Remarks

The specimen has the dorsal surface of fixed finger of major second pereiopod with a very deep longitudinal groove. Not previously recorded from Loyalty Islands.

Distribution

Type locality: Gatavake , Mangareva Atoll , Gambier Islands . Also known from South China Sea , Australia ( Great Barrier Reef), Marshall Islands, and French Polynesia ( Tuamotu Islands) .

Figures

Figure 9. Palaemonella komaii, new species, holotype male (MNHN-Na 15482). (a) Carapace and anterior appendages; (b) anterior carapace; (c) telson; (d) eye, dorsal view; (e) antennule; (f) same, distal shorter free ramus of upper flagellum; (g) antenna.

Figure 10. Palaemonella komaii, new species, holotype male (MNHN-Na 15482). (a) Mandible; (b) maxillula; (c) maxilla; (d) first maxilliped; (e) second maxilliped; (f) third maxilliped.

Figure 11. Palaemonella komaii, new species. (a–c, g–i) Holotype male (MNHN-Na 15482); (d–f) paratype male (MNHN-Na 15600). (a) First pereipod; (b) same, chela; (c) same, coxa, basis and ishium; (d) second pereiopod, right; (e) same, chela; (f) third pereiopod, left; (g) fifth pereiopod, left; (h) same, distal propodal subsegment and dactyl; (i) uropod.

Figure 12. Palaemonella pusilla Bruce, 1975, male (MNHN-Na 14839). (a) Carapace; (b) rostrum; (c) telson; (d) same, distal; (e) antennule; (f) antenna.

Figure 13. Palaemonella pusilla Bruce, 1975, male (MNHN-Na 14839). (a) Mandible; (b) same, incisor process; (c) first pereiopod; (d) second pereiopod; (e) same, fingers; (f) same, carpus; (g) endopod of second pleopod.

Figure 14. Periclimenes aleator Bruce, 1991, ovigerous female (MNHN-Na 14946). (a) Carapace and anterior appendages; (b) telson; (c) right (major) second pereiopod; (d) same, fingers; (e) third pereiopod, distal propod and dactyl.