Report on some caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) from Mayotte, southwest Indian Ocean
Author
Li, Xinzheng
Author
Cleva, Régis
Author
Poupin, Joseph
text
Zootaxa
2012
3162
1
30
journal article
45645
10.5281/zenodo.246311
e7aebedc-630a-4c67-bb35-5e736f465e92
1175-5326
246311
Harpilius consobrinus
De
Man
, 1902
Harpilius consobrinus
De
Man
, 1902
: 836
, pl. 26, fig. 54. — Bruce, 2004: 6; 2007: 121. —
Li
et al.
, 2007
: 209
, fig. 96.
Periclimenes consobrinus
—
Bruce, 1972
: 411
, fig. 1B. —
Li, 2000
: 170
, fig. 211.
Material examined.
St 12,
06/11/2009
, 10h–12h30, La Prévoyante reef,
12°41'34.70"S
,
45° 9'59.99"E
, coll. KUW fieldwork, scuba diving
6–11 m
, sediment suction pump,
Acropora
coral grounds,
1 female
(LC 3.0 mm), (both second pereiopods and left first pereiopod lost) MNHN-Na 17568; St 23,
13/11/09
, 11h–13h, Choizil pass "Patate à Teddy",
12°40'56.91"S
,
44°57'51.63"E
, coll. KUW fieldwork, scuba diving
15–30 m
, collapsed edge reef, 1 ovigerous female (LC
2.8 mm
), MNHN-Na 17560.
Distribution.
Type
locality
Ternate
,
Indonesia
. Also known from
Kenya
, Tanganyika,
Comoro Islands
,
La Réunion
,
Thailand
,
Vietnam
,
China
,
Philippines
,
Australia
(Western
Australia
, Queensland).
Remarks.
The specimens agree with previous descriptions and illustrations. The specimen of MNHN-Na 17568 was damaged, its posterior margin of telson with normal lateral pair of spines and five long and robust spines and three long and slender spines which are shorter than the long and robust ones, two right dorsolateral spines are more posterior than the two left dorsolateral spines. The species was not previously recorded from
Mayotte
with certainty. The specimen of MNHN-Na 17560 was collected together with 1 ovigerous female of
Cuapetes ensifrons
(Dana, 1852)
(MNHN-Na 17562),
1 female
of
Harpiliopsis depressa
(
Stimpson, 1860
)
(MNHN-Na 17561) and
1 female
of
Palaemonella spinulata
Yokoya, 1936
(MNHN-Na 17563) at Station 23. The specimen of MNHN-Na 17568 was collected together with 1 ovigerous female of
Palaemonella rotumana
(
Borradaile, 1898
)
(MNHN-Na 17567) and
1 female
of
Periclimenaeus zanzibaricus
Bruce, 1969
(MNHN-Na 17569) at station 12.