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 Anchistioides willeyi ( Borradaile, 1899 ) Palaemonopsis willeyi Borradaile 1899 , p 410 , Plates 36, 37, Figure 7 . Amphipalaemon willeyi : Borradaile 1917 , p 407 , Plate 59, Figure 13 . Anchistioides willeyi : Gordon 1935 , p 344 , 345, Figures 23a , 24a ; Holthuis 1952a , p 18 , 214–219, Figures 106, 107 ( partim ); Bruce 1990a , p 211 ; Bruce 1991a , p 400 , Figure 70; Bruce 1991b , p 269 , Figures 3g , 29 , 30 ; Bruce 1996 , p 261 . Material examined Comoro Islands : (i) Mayotte , lagoon, dredge, 55 m , coll. A. Crosnier , September 1959 , 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 141804) . Madagascar : (ii) Pracel Bank , west coast, 55 m , sand, trawl, coll. A. Crosnier , June 1959 , 1♀ (MNHN-Na 14805); (iii) Nosy Be , shallow water, coll. A. Crosnier , 1966, 1♀ (MNHN-Na 15965); (iv) 13 ° 40.39S , 47 ° 48.09E , 32 m , sand, trawl, coll. A. Crosnier , 5 December 1972 , 1 juvenile (MNHN-Na 14803) . Philippines : (v) MUSORSTOM 2, stn CP8, 13 ° 559N, 120 ° 209E, 85–90 m , 21 November 1980 , 2♀♀ , 2 juveniles (MNHN-Na 14802) . New Caledonia : (vi) lagoon, Five Miles Channel , scuba, 15–20 m , in sponge, coll. C. Vadon , 20 September 1978 , 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 15849); (vii) BATHUS 1, stn CP680, 20 ° 489S, 165 ° 189E, 86–92 m , 15 March 1993 , 1♀ (MNHN- Na 14801); (viii) Nouville , washings from eunicid tubes, 18–20 m , coll. P. Bouchet , 1 April 1993 , 1 „ (MNHN-Na 15812); (ix) Îlot Maitre, 22 ° 19.359S , 166 ° 25.859E , 20 m , scuba, in sponge, coll. I. Takeuchi , 10 November 1995 , 1 „ (MNHN-Na 15808); (x) Îlot Maitre, stn 82, 22 ° 19.619S , 166 ° 24.079’E , 10 m , coll. I. Takeuchi , 14 November 1995 , 1 „ (MNHN- Na 15844); (xi) Surprise Atoll, North New Caledonia , stn CP 1378, 18 ° 26.39S , 163 ° 08.29E , 39 m , 9 May 1999 , coll. Richer de Forges , 1 „ (MNHN-Na 15814); (xii) Sarcelle Channel, 30–45 m , in boulders, 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 14800) . Fiji : (xiii) MUSORSTOM 10, south of Viti Levu , stn CP 1364, 18 ° 11.99S , 178 ° 34.59E , 80–86 m , 15 August 1998 , 2♀♀ (MNHN-Na 15547); (xiv) SUVA 2, Viti Levu , South Lagoon , stn BS 18, 18 ° 11.49S , 178 ° 28.29E , 83 m , 15 October 1998 , 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 15546); (xv) SUVA 4, Viti Levu , Bequ Lagoon , stn DW 07, 28–32 m , 18 ° 22.19S , 178 ° 02.59E , 24 September 1999 , 1 „ (MNHN-Na 15545) . Remarks Specimens (iv)–(vii) are of the long-fingered second pereiopod type , (ix) with short fingers and in (ii) the fingers are subequal to the palm. The specimens (viii) may have been derived from sand-burrowing sponges rather than the eunicid tubes as this species is normally associated with sponges. Distribution Type locality: Ralun , New Britain. Also known from Kenya, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Madagascar, Seychelles, Maldives , Singapore , South China Sea , Philippines , Indonesia ( Borneo Bank ) , Australia ( Northern Territory, Queensland ), and New Caledonia .