The marine palaemonid shrimps (Crustacea, Deapoda, Caridea) of the Dutch Caribbean Author Fransen, Charles H. J. M. text Zootaxa 2023 2023-12-15 5387 1 1 127 https://mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5387.1.1/52482 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5387.1.1 1175-5334 10698994 0AD29F74-D349-4E12-8CA4-310275A847B3 Brachycarpus biunguiculatus ( Lucas, 1846 ) ( Fig. 4 , video 2) Macrobrachium savignyi — Rathbun 1920: 8 ( Bonaire ); Schmitt 1924 a: ( Curaçao ). Brachycarpus biunguiculatus — Schmitt 1935: 157 ( Curaçao ); Holthuis 1952: 6 ( Curaçao ); Chace 1972: 18 ( Saba Bank); Faasse 2016: 52 ( Sint Eustatius ); Poupin 2018: 105 ( Sint Maarten ). Material examined . Curaçao : RMNH . CRUS .D.23630: 1 ovigerous female, pocl. 8.1 mm ; Piscaderabaai , SE part of bay, 18.xii.1963 , collected by P. Wagenaar Hummelinck. RMNH . CRUS .D.28301: 3 males , pocl.7.0, 8.9, 9.0 mm; 1 ovigerous female, pocl. 7.8 mm ; 1 non-ovigerous female, pocl. 7.6 mm ; near Enoch , Piscaderabaai , 02.ii.1949 , sublittoral, Rhizophora mud, collected by P. Wagenaar Hummelinck. RMNH . CRUS .D.28302: 1 male , pocl. 4.3 mm ; 2 non-ovigerous females, pocl. 4.1, 4.6 mm ; Entrance of Piscaderabaai , 12.xi.1956 , depth 0–1 m , collected by L.B. Holthuis (fcn. 1002) . RMNH . CRUS .D.28303: 1 male , pocl. 7.8 mm ; Piscaderabaai , i.1957 , depth 0.5 m , in empty Pinna shell, collected by L.B. Holthuis (fcn. 1002) . ZMA . CRUS .D.103522: 1 male , pocl. 3.1 mm ; St. Michielsbaai , 10.xi.1975 , ca. 4 m depth , from Meandrina meandrites (Linnaeus, 1758) , collected by J.H. Stock. RMNH . CRUS .D.58069: 1 specimen ; stn COA .14, Playa Boka Sami , 12°08′51.40″N 68°59′55.50″W , 05.xi.2013 , depth 5 m , scuba diving, under stone, collected by B . T . Reijnen. RMNH . CRUS .D.58070: 1 specimen ; stn COA .14, Playa Boka Sami , 12°08′51.40″N 68°59′55.50″W , 05.xi.2013 , depth 25 m , scuba diving, in Niphates digitalis (Lamarck, 1814) , collected by C.H.J.M. Fransen. RMNH . CRUS .D.58071: 1 specimen ; stn CAR .23, Boka pos spano, 12°16.700′N 69°08.591′W , 14.iv.2014 , depth 12 m , scuba diving, in Aplysina cauliformis (Carter, 1882) , collected by C. Rauch. Bonaire : RMNH . CRUS .D.2331: 1 ovigerous female, pocl. 9.8 mm ; locality unknown, 10.vii.1905 – vi.1920 , collected by Prof. Boeke. RMNH . CRUS .D.57879: 1 specimen ; stn BON.18, Red Slave , 12°01.605′N , 068°15.079′W , 28.x.2019 , depth 10 m , scuba diving, in Callyspongia (Cladochalina) aculeata (Linnaeus, 1759) , collected by C.H.J.M. Fransen (photograph) . Stn BON.28, Something Special ( Pali Grande ), 12°09.696′N 068°17.016′W , 03.xi.2019 , depth 1–5 m , scuba diving, night dive, between rocks on harbour head, C.H.J.M. Fransen (video 2), not collected . Aruba : RMNH . CRUS .D.4933: 2 males , pocl. 7.2, 9.2 mm ; Aruba , vii.1883 , collected by A.J. van Koolwijk. Ecology . Free-living or associated with sponges and sea anemones among others ( De Grave & Anker 2017 ). Distribution . Pantropical; from intertidal to around 100 m depth ( De Grave & Anker 2017 ). FIGURE 4 . Brachycarpus biunguiculatus ( Lucas, 1846 ) , stn BON.18, Bonaire, Red Slave, 12°01,605′N, 068°15,079′W, 28.x.2019, depth 10 m, from Callyspongia (Cladochalina) aculeata (Linnaeus, 1759) . (Photograph by C.H.J.M. Fransen.) Genus Diapontonia Bruce, 1986