Further Indo-West Pacific palaemonoid shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonoidea), principally from the New Caledonian region Author Li, Xinzheng Author Bruce, Alexander J. text Journal of Natural History 2006 2006-07-12 40 11 - 12 611 738 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930600763627 journal article 10.1080/00222930600763627 1464-5262 5226967 Hamodactylus noumeae Bruce, 1970 Hamodactylus noumeae Bruce 1970a , p 539 –541, Figure 2 ; Chace and Bruce 1993 , p 80 ; Li 2000 , p 59 , Figure 62; Davie 2002 , p 312 . Material examined New Caledonia : MONTROUZIER, Koumac Pass , 35 m , gorgonian washings, 28 October 1993 , 2 „„ , 1♀ (with branchial bopyrid) (MNHN-Na 14816) . Remarks The female specimen has five dorsal rostral teeth and both males have four. This species was first described from Nouméa, New Caledonia ( Bruce 1970a ), but there have been no subsequent reports from these islands. Distribution Type locality: Nouméa , New Caledonia . Also known from Zanzibar, Tanzania, Kenya, Seychelles , Japan , and Australia ( Western Australia , Northern Territory , Queensland ) .