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
Palaemonella pottsi
(
Borradaile, 1915
)
Periclimenes (Falciger) pottsi
Borradaile 1915
, p 212
.
Palaemonella pottsi
:
Kemp 1922
, p 126
–127;
Chace and Bruce 1993
, p 89
;
Li 2000
, p 103
, Figure 113;
Davie 2002
, p 316
;
Li and Liu 2003
, p 159
,
Figure 5a, b
;
Li 2004a
, p 68
.
Material examined
Philippines
:
(i) MUSORSTOM II, shore station, stn 11, opposite
Mactan Marine Station
, scuba,
5–18 m
,
9 December 1980
, 1
„
(MNHN-Na 15954); (ii) Dumaran Channel, NE
Palawan
Islands,
2–3 m
, coll.
P. Bouchet
,
May 1985
, 6
„„
,
8♀♀
(6 ovig.) (MNHN-Na 14834); (iii) same, 1
„
,
5♀♀
(1 ovig.) (MNHN-Na 14838); (iv)
Maribago
, 10
°
179N,
124
°
009E
,
Mactan Island
,
Cebu Prov.
,
3–5 m
, coll.
P. Bouchet
,
9 June 1985
, 2
„„
,
3♀♀
(2 ovig.) (MNHN-Na 14835); (v) same,
2–3 m
, 1
„
(MNHN-Na 14836); (v) same, 1
„
,
2 juveniles
(MNHN-Na 14837)
.
New Caledonia
:
(vi)
Touho Bank
,
28 August 1993
, 1 ovig.
♀
(MNHN-Na 15863); (vii) lagoon,
30 August 1993
, 1
„
,
5♀♀
(2 ovig.) (MNHN-Na 15889).
Loyalty Islands
:
ATELIER LIFOU
, Lifou, Santal Bay (viii) Gaatcha Bay, stn 1436,
20
°
55.59S
,
167
°
04.29E
,
10–20 m
, coral head,
10 November 2000
, 1
„
(MNHN-Na 15596); (ix)
between Cap Mande and Cap Lefèvre
, stn 1452,
20
°
54.69S
,
167
°
02.19E
,
2–25 m
, scuba,
20 and 22 November 2000
, 1 ovig.
♀
(MNHN-Na 15483)
.
Hosts
(i) (ii) (v)
Comanthina schlegeli
(P. H. Carpenter, 1881)
; (iv)
Comatella
? stelligera
(P. H. Carpenter, 1888); (iii) washings from
Comatella nigra
(P. H. Carpenter, 1888)
,
Comanthus bennetti
(J. Müller, 1841)
,
Comaster multibrachiatus
(P. H. Carpenter, 1888)
. Identified by A. M. Clark. (vi) (vii) crinoids.
Figure 12.
Palaemonella pusilla
Bruce, 1975
, male (MNHN-Na 14839). (a) Carapace; (b) rostrum; (c) telson; (d) same, distal; (e) antennule; (f) antenna.
Remarks
Previously reported from Moalboal Island,
Philippines
(
Bruce 1989a
;
Markham 1989
), and from Nouméa,
New Caledonia
(
Bruce 1970c
). Not previously recorded from
Loyalty Islands
. A well-known associate of the crinoid
Comanthina schlegeli
.
Distribution
Type
locality:
Mabuaig
and
Murray Islands
, Torres Strait. Also known from
Zanzibar, Singapore, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia
,
Australia
(
Western Australia
,
Northern Territory
,
Queensland
)
,
New Caledonia
,
Loyalty Islands
, and
Marshall Islands
.