Report on some caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) from Mayotte, southwest Indian Ocean
Author
Li, Xinzheng
Author
Cleva, Régis
Author
Poupin, Joseph
text
Zootaxa
2012
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1
30
journal article
45645
10.5281/zenodo.246311
e7aebedc-630a-4c67-bb35-5e736f465e92
1175-5326
246311
Urocaridella antonbruunii
(
Bruce, 1967
)
(fig. 4)
Periclimenes antonbruunii
Bruce, 1967
: 45
–53, Figs. 19–22.
Leandrites cyrtorhynchus
Fujino and Miyake, 1969
: 143
–149,
Figs. 1–3
.
Urocaridella antonbruunii
—
Chace and Bruce, 1993
: 42
. —
Bruce, 1996
: 203
, figs. 1f, 29a, 31. —
Debelius, 2001
: 173
, unnumbered photo. —
Li
et al.
, 2004
: 525
, fig. 13. —
Li and Bruce, 2006
: 621
.
Material examined.
St 22,
12–13/11/2009
, 0–24h, islet Choizil, west, Malandzamiayajou,
12°40'14.34"S
,
45° 2'42.66"E
, coll. KUW fieldwork, traps at
30–35 m
,
300 m
far from Choizil islet, sand and coral boulders,
1 male
, 1 ovigerous female (LC
5.7 mm
, LT
43 mm
), MNHN-Na 16050.
FIGURE 4.
Urocaridella antonbrunii
(Bruce, 1967)
. Ovigerous female, LC 5.7 mm, LT 43 mm, MNHN-Na 16050. A, dorsal view; B, lateral view.
Colouration
(fig. 4). The colouration of the specimen agrees well with
Debelius (2001)
, body transparent, with red and white markings on body, legs and antennal scales.
Distribution.
Type
locality: Dzaoudzi,
Mayotte
(Pamanzi
Island
),
Comoro Islands
. Also known from
Kenya
,
La Réunion
, South
China
Sea,
Japan
,
Australia
,
New Caledonia
, and Hawaii.
Remarks.
The specimens were found in the bait container of coral boulders. They agree with the previous descriptions and illustrations. This species was previously recorded from
Mayotte
by
Bruce (1967)
.