Report on some caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) from Mayotte, southwest Indian Ocean
Author
Li, Xinzheng
Author
Cleva, Régis
Author
Poupin, Joseph
text
Zootaxa
2012
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1
30
journal article
45645
10.5281/zenodo.246311
e7aebedc-630a-4c67-bb35-5e736f465e92
1175-5326
246311
Palaemonella rotumana
(
Borradaile, 1898
)
Periclimenes rotumana
—
Borradaile, 1898
: 383
. —
Li, 2000
: 105
, fig. 115. —
De
Grave, 2000
: 129
, fig. 5. —
Marin
et al.
, 2004
: 203
, fig. 4a–g. — Bruce, 2006: 18; 2007: 107. —
Li and Bruce, 2006
: 666
. —
Li
et al.
, 2007
: 240
, fig. 115. —
Clark
et al.
, 2008
: 96
. —
Hayashi, 2009
: 96
, fig. 4.
Palaemonella vestigialis
Kemp, 1922
: 123
, text-fig. 1–2, pl. 3, figs. 2.
Material examined.
St 3,
02/11/2009
, 19h–21h, Trévani fringing reef at night,
12°43'43.19"S
,
45°11'43.97"E
, coll. KUW fieldwork, snorkelling and scuba diving,
1–8 m
, coral grounds at night,
1 female
(LC
2.3 mm
), MNHN-Na 16049; St 12,
06/11/2009
, 10h–12h30, La Prévoyante reef,
12°41'34.70"S
,
45° 9'59.99"E
, coll. KUW fieldwork, scuba diving
6–11 m
, sediment suction pump,
Acropora
coral grounds, 1 ovigerous female (LC 3.0 mm), MNHN- Na 17567; St 19,
11/11/2009
, 15h–17h, islet Handrema, north,
12°40'21.00"S
,
45° 6'49.92"E
, coll. KUW fieldwork, scuba diving
6–10 m
, sediment suction pump, fringing reef and outer slope, coral grounds,
1 male
(LC
2.8 mm
),
1 female
(LC 3.0 mm), MNHN-Na 16042; St 25,
14/11/09
, 10h–11h30, islet M'tzamboro, southern tip,
12°39'30.18"S
,
45° 1'38.65"E
, coll. KUW fieldwork, scuba diving
15–20 m
, coral slope with boulders, 1 ovigerous female (LC
2.7 mm
), MNHN-Na 17574; St 32,
19/11/2009
, 10h30–12h00, islet M'tzamboro, north-eastern,
12°38'9.54"S
,
45° 2'27.12"E
, coll. KUW fieldwork, scuba diving
6–21 m
,
Acropora
coral boulders,
1 male
(LC
3.2 mm
), MNHN-Na 17555.
Distribution.
Type
locality Rotuma,
Fiji Islands
. Widespread from Indo-Pacific region, even in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Remarks.
The specimens agree well with the previous descriptions and illustrations. The species was not previously recorded from
Mayotte
with certainty, although it ranges widely in the Indo-Pacific region. The specimen of MNHN-Na 17567 was collected together with
1 female
of
Harpilius consobrinus
De
Man
, 1902
(MNHN-Na 17568) and
1 female
of
Periclimenaeus zanzibaricus
Bruce, 1969
(MNHN-Na 17569) at station 12. The specimen of MNHN-Na 16049 was collected together with
1 male
of
Cuapetes tenuipes
(
Borradaile, 1898
)
(MNHN-Na 16041) and 3 ovigerous females of
Jocaste japonica
(
Ortmann, 1890
)
(MNHN-Na 17063) at Station 3. The specimen of MNHN-Na 17555 was collected together with
1 male
of
Harpiliopsis depressa
(
Stimpson, 1860
)
(MNHN- Na 16061) at Station 32.