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 Allopontonia iaini Bruce, 1972 Allopontonia iaini Bruce 1972 , p 7 –11, Figures 1–5 ; Li 2000 , p 1 , Figure 1 ; Davie 2002 , p 304 . Material examined New Caledonia : (i) CORAIL 1, Lansdowne Bank , August 1988 , 1 ovig. ♀ ( MNHN Na- 14798); (ii) MONTROUZIER, Koumac, reef outer slope, 10 October 1993 , 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 14799) . Host (ii) Pseudoboletia indiana (Michelin, 1862) [ Toxopneustidae , Echinoidea ]. Remarks The Lansdowne Bank specimen closely resembles those previously described. It is of normal size and in good condition and lacks only the tip of the rostrum. The rostrum has a dentition of at least eight dorsal and two ventral teeth and is of normal shape. Both second pereiopods are preserved and are markedly unequal, the minor second pereiopod slightly less than half the length of the very robust major pereiopod, which is about 1.75 times the carapace length of 4.75 mm . The Koumac specimen is rather distorted and is noticably smaller, with carapace length of about 2.76 mm . The body appears to have been rather more strongly compressed than usual. One detached second pereiopod is preserved: all pereiopods are missing from the right side of the body. The association with Pseudoboletia represents a new host record. The type material was collected in association with Salmaciella erythracis (H. L. Clark, 1912) . Other specimens have been associated with the genera Salmacis and Asthenosoma . Not previously recorded from New Caledonia . Distribution Type locality: Heron Island . Also reported from Kenya, Zanzibar , Australia ( Queensland ), New Caledonia , and Mexico ( Baja California ) .