A revision of the systematic position of Periclimenaeus spinimanus Bruce, 1969 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Pontoniinae) and the designation of Anisomenaeus gen. nov. *
Author
Bruce, A. J.
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Zootaxa
2010
2010-02-26
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Anisomenaeus spinimanus
(
Bruce, 1969
)
comb. nov.
Periclimenaeus spinimanus
Bruce, 1969: 165-167
. —
1978: 123–127
, figs 1–3. —
Li, 2000: 136
, fig. 165.
Type.
holotype
, male,
USNM168529
.
Type
locality.
Ras Afir
,
Somalia
.
Host.
No data.
Bathymetric range.
68–73 m
.
Distribution.
Known from
type
locality only.
Remarks.
The presence of an anterior median dorsal lobe of the first abdominal tergite in
Anisomenaeus
is a feature that is also present in
Periclimenaeus robustus
Borradaile, 1915
, the
type
species of the genus
Periclimenaeus
,
and seven other species of that genus:
P. gorgonidarum
(Balss)
,
P. uropodialis
Barnard
,
P. palauensis
Miyake & Fujino
,
P. ardeae
Bruce
,
P. djiboutensis
Bruce
,
P. lobiferus
Bruce
,
P. orontes
Bruce
; but is lacking in the 43 other Indo-West Pacific species of the genus. It has also not been reported in any other pontoniine genus.
Anisomenaeus
gen. nov.
can be distinguished from other sponge associated pontoniine taxa by the following key. Genera of suspected but unproven association with sponges are given in parentheses.