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 Jocaste japonica ( Ortmann, 1890 ) (fig. 12) Coralliocaris superba var. japonica Ortmann, 1890 . Coralliocaris japonica — Borradaile, 1917 : 384 . Jocaste japonica — Patton, 1966 : 279 , fig. 36. — Poupin, 1998 : 14 . — Li, 2000 : 69 , fig. 70. — De Grave, 2000 : 125 . — Bruce, 2006: 15. — Li and Bruce, 2006 : 638 . — Marin and Savinkin, 2007 : fig. 85C (colour). — Li et al. , 2007 : 214 , fig. 99a–d Material examined. St 3, 02/11/2009 , 19h–21h, Trévani fringing reef at night, 12°43'43.19"S , 45°11'43.97"E , coll. KUW fieldwork, snorkelling and scuba diving, 1–8 m , coral grounds at night, 3 ovigerous females (LC 3.0– 3.2 mm , LT about 14 mm ), MNHN-Na 17063; St 14, 09/11/2009 , 10h–12h, La Prudente bank, 12°38'50.68"S , 44°58'41.93"E , coll. KUW fieldwork, scuba diving 15–17 m , sediment suction pump, sandy bottom, coral boulders, 1 ovigerous female (LC 3.4 mm , LT 19.6 mm ), MNHN-Na 17060. Colouration (fig. 12). Body transparent, with minute red markings on carapace, abdomen and appendages, carapace somewhat greenish. Distribution. Type locality Kagoshima, Japan . Also known from Kenya , Zanzibar , Tanzania , Mozambique , Comoro Islands , Madagascar , Seychelles , Mauritius , La Réunion , Maldives , Chagos Islands, Vietnam , South China Sea, Philippines , Indonesia , Papua New Guinea , Australia (Western Australia , Queensland), Mariana Islands , Caroline Islands , New Caledonia , Loyalty Islands, Marshall Islands , Cook Islands , Fiji . FIGURE 12. Jocaste japonica (Ortmann, 1890) . Ovigerous female, LT 3.2 mm, LT 14.0mm, MNHN-Na 17063, dorsal view. Remarks. The specimens agree with previous descriptions and illustrations. This common species in Indo- Pacific was not previously recorded from Mayotte with certainty, although it was recorded from Madagascar and Mozambique . The specimen of MNHN-Na 17063 was collected together with 1 male of Cuapetes tenuipes ( Borradaile, 1898 ) (MNHN-Na 16041) and 1 female of Palaemonella rotumana ( Borradaile, 1898 ) (MNHN-Na 16049) at Station 3.