Decapod crustaceans from hydrothermal vents and cold seeps: a review through 2005 Author Martin, Joel W. Author Haney, Todd A. text Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 2005 2005-12-31 145 4 445 522 https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-lookup/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00178.x journal article 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00178.x 0024-4082 5434828 GENUS PERICLIMENES COSTA, 1844 Remarks : Periclimenes is a speciose genus; Okuno & Mitsuhashi (2003) considered the genus to include 174 valid nominal species, most of which are commensal with scleractinian corals or their associated invertebrates, and a few of which are now known from deep (more than 100 m ) waters ( Hayashi & Ohtomi, 2001 ). The genus is largely circumtropical, and, although most records are for specimens collected in relatively shallow waters, the genus has been found as deep as 1285 m (see Chace & Bruce, 1993 ; Poore, 2004: 95 ). Bergquist et al. (2003) listed, in an appendix, several decapod taxa from the Bush Hill and GC234 sites (cold seeps) in the northern Gulf of Mexico, and included ‘ Periclimenes sp. ’ among the taxa observed. No specimens were collected. To date, only one nominal species of this genus is known from hydrothermal vents off Japan (see below).