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 Periclimenes imperator Bruce, 1967 Periclimenes imperator Bruce 1967a , p 53 –62, Figures 23–25 ; Bruce 1991b , p 237 ; Bruce 1996, p 234; Li 2000 , p 192, Figure 243; Davie 2002 , p 327; Li and Liu 2004 , p 95, Figure 6 . Material examined Madagascar : (i) Pracel Bank, west coast, 55 m , sand, trawl, coll. A. Crosnier, June 1959 , 1 „ (MNHN-Na 14909); (ii) Nosy Be, stn 10, 26 m, coll. P. Laboute, 9 September 1992 , phot. CD03, 1 „ , 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 14939). New Caledonia : (iii) scuba stn 535, coll. J.-L. Menou, no date record, 1 „ , 1♀ (MNHN-Na 14907); (iv) MONTROUZIER, Koumac: Ilot Tangdion, dredge, coll. B. Richer de Forges, 8 October 1993 , 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 14908). Hosts (ii) Melibe sp. ; (iii) Thelonota ananas (Jaeger) [Holothuroidea, Echinoderma].v Remarks First reported from Nouméa ( New Caledonia ) by Bruce (1967b) and subsequently also in New Caledonia from Nouméa, Île Ouen, Baie du Prony, Île des Pins, and Lagoon Nord Ouest by Bruce (1991b) . Previously reported from Madagascar , from Baie d’Ambaro ( Bruce 1977c ) and also from Mitsio Island, by Bruce (1978a) . The specimen from Pracel Bank at the depth of 55 m represents a new bathymetric record for this species, previously known only to 30 m ( Bruce 1991b ). Unfortunately this identification cannot be considered absolutely certain as the specimen lacks a rostrum. Distribution Type locality: Chumbe Island , Zanzibar. Also known from Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Zanzibar, Mozambique, Comoro Islands, Madagascar, Seychelles, Japan, Indonesia, Australia ( Western Australia, Queensland ), Caroline Islands , New Caledonia , and Hawaii .