Report on some species of Palaemonidae (Crustacea, Decapoda) from French Polynesia Author Li, Xinzheng Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071 (China) lixzh @ ms. qdio. ac. cn text Zoosystema 2008 30 1 203 252 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5390379 1638-9387 5390379 Kemponia elegans ( Paulson, 1875 ) Anchistia elegans Paulson, 1875: 113 , pl. 17, fig. 1. Periclimenes elegans – Bruce 1983: 884 , 898. — Chace & Bruce 1993: 110 . — Poupin 1998: 16 . — Li 2000: 178 , fig. 225. — De Grave 2000: 135 . Kemponia elegans – Bruce 2004b: 14 . — Li & Bruce 2006: 643 . MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Austral Is. Rapa I., S of Tarakoi islet, BENTHAUS, malacologist fieldwork, stn 5, 27°05.6’S , 144°18.5’W , 8 m , dead coral with algae (stained with some sand and mud), 4.XI.2002 , 4 ♂♂ , 7 ♀♀ (2 ovig.) (MNHN-Na 15632). DISTRIBUTION. — Type locality: Red Sea. Previously also known from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Kenya, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Madagascar , Seychelles , Kuweit , Laccadive Is ( Minikoi ), India, Sri Lanka , Andaman Is , Nicobar Is , Singapore , South China Sea , Ryukyu Is , Japan, Philippines, Indonesia , Papua New Guinea , Timor Sea ( Hibernia reef), Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland), Caroline Is , Solomon Is , New Caledonia , Marshall Is , Fiji Is , French Polynesia ( Society Is , Marquesas Is , Tuamotu Is ) ; 0-53 m depth. Not previously recorded from Austral Is.