Clytomanningus coutierei (Nobili, 1904)

Grave, Sammy De & Anker, Arthur, 2013, New records of processid shrimps from the Indo-West and East Pacific (Crustacea: Decapoda), Zootaxa 3640 (2), pp. 224-241 : 227

Clytomanningus coutierei (Nobili, 1904)

Processa coutierei Nobili, 1904: 234 .—Nouvel, 1945: 395, figs. 1–8.—Hayashi, 1975: 95, figs. 17–18. Clytomanningus coutierei . —Chace, 1997: 34 (key).

Material examined. Papua New Guinea: 1 ov. female (pocl 3.0), OUMNH.ZC.2011-02-0026, New Ireland, Nusalik, seagrass bed, leg. M. Dowell, 28.08.2004. Republic of Palau: 1 ov. female (pocl 2.2), 2 females (pocl 1.5, 1,7), OUMNH.ZC.2012-01-076, Palau, outside of Malakal Harbour, 7.27065 134.46523, 55 m, light trap, leg. S. De Grave & C. Burras, 31.05.2002 [st 288].

Colour pattern. Not recorded.

Remarks. All specimens agree with the re-description of the type material in Nouvel (1945) and the description of Kenyan material in Hayashi (1975).

Ecology. Both Ledoyer (1984) and Unsworth et al. (2007, 2010) record C. coutierei from shallow water seagrass beds, 8 m and less than 2 m, respectively. Unsworth et al. (2010) showed that the species has a particularly pronounced diurnal change in abundance, which is likely to account for the paucity of records. Interestingly, the specimens from Palau were collected at 55 m depth, the deepest the species has been recorded so far.

Distribution. This species was considered to be very rare by Hayashi (1975), as at that time it was only known from Djibouti and Kenya. Since then, it has been recorded from New Caledonia (Ledoyer 1984), Oahu, Hawaii (Titgen 1987), Sulawesi, Indonesia (Unsworth et al. 2007, 2010), and is herein recorded from Papua New Guinea and Palau.