Report on some caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) from Mayotte, southwest Indian Ocean
Author
Li, Xinzheng
Author
Cleva, Régis
Author
Poupin, Joseph
text
Zootaxa
2012
3162
1
30
journal article
45645
10.5281/zenodo.246311
e7aebedc-630a-4c67-bb35-5e736f465e92
1175-5326
246311
Periclimenes imperator
Bruce, 1967
(fig. 14)
Periclimenes imperator
Bruce, 1967
: 53
, figs. 23–25; 2006: 21; 2007: 123. —
Li, 2000
: 192
, fig. 243. —
De
Grave, 2000
: 136
. —
Debelius, 2001
: 163
, 187, 261, 288, unnumbered photos. —
Li and Bruce, 2006
: 694
. —
Marin and Savinkin, 2007
: fig. 93C, D (colour). —
Li
et al.
, 2007
: 279
, fig. 140. —
Poupin and Juncker, 2010
: 282
, unnumbered photo.
Material examined.
St 12,
06/11/2009
, 19h–22h, La Prévoyante reef,
12°41'34.70"S
,
45° 9'59.99"E
, coll. KUW fieldwork, scuba diving
6–11 m
, coral grounds at night, on sea cucumber, probably
Thelenota anax
,
1 male
(LC
1.5 mm
),
1 female
(LC
2.2 mm
, LT
12.2 mm
), MNHN-Na 17062.
Colouration
(fig. 14). Colouration of the specimen agrees well with
Debelius (2001)
and
Poupin and Juncker (2010)
, with body covered with dense white marks; a big orange stripe extending from posterolateral half of carapace to sixth abdominal pleuron, an arc orange stripe on anterolateral carapace; cornea, basal of pleopods, and merus of second pereiopods orange, distal merus, basal carpus and distal chela of second pereiopods, and distal antennal scales purple to blue, ambulatory pereiopods purple to blue.
Distribution.
Type
locality
Zanzibar
. Also known from
Egypt
,
Israel
,
Jordan
,
Kenya
,
Mozambique
,
Comoro Islands
,
Madagascar
,
Seychelles
,
Japan
,
Indonesia
,
Australia
(Western
Australia
, Queensland),
Caroline Islands
,
New Caledonia
, and Hawaii.
Remarks.
The specimens agree well with the previous descriptions and illustrations. The species was not previously recorded from
Mayotte
with certainty. The female specimen of MNHN-Na 17062 was found associated with a sea cucumber, probably
Thelenota anax
(fig. 14C).