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 Kemponia elegans ( Paulson, 1875 ) Anchistia elegans Paulson 1875 , p 113 , Plate 17, Figure 1 . Periclimenes (Falciger) elegans : Borradaile 1917 , p 371 . Periclimenes (Ancylocaris) elegans : Kemp 1922 , p 215 , Figures 60–62. Periclimenes (Harpilius) elegans : Holthuis 1952a , p 81 , Figure 31 . Periclimenes elegans : Bruce 1971a , p 7 ; Bruce 1983b , p 884 ; Fransen 1994 , p 122 ; Bruce and Coombes 1995 , p 129 ; Li 1997 , p 238 ; Li 1998 , p 222 , Figures 14–17 ; Li 2000 , p 178 , Figure 225; De Grave 2000 , p 135 . Kemponia elegans : Bruce 2004 , p 14 . Material examined New Caledonia : (i) Kuendu Bay, 0.5 m , coll. B. Richer de Forges, 5 May 1996 , 1 „ , 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 15826); (ii) lagoon, Poingam, low tide, coll. B. Richer de Forges, 10 May 1997 , 1 „ (MNHN-Na 15829). Fiji : (iii) MUSORSTOM 10, south of Vitu Levu, flat reef, low tide, 3 August 1998 , 1 „ (MNHN-Na 15467). Remarks Not previously recorded from Fiji and New Caledonia . Distribution Type locality: Red Sea. Also known from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Kenya, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Madagascar , Seychelles , Kuweit , Laccadive Islands ( Minikoi ), India, Sri Lanka , Andaman Islands , Nicobar Islands , Singapore , South China Sea , Ryukyu Islands , Japan, Philippines, Indonesia , Papua New Guinea , Timor Sea ( Hibernia Reef ), Australia ( Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland ), Caroline Islands, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Marshall Islands, Fiji , French Polynesia ( Society Islands ) .