A partial revision of the genus Periclimenes Costa, 1884 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae)
Author
Bruce, A. J.
text
Zootaxa
2004
582
1
26
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.157391
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Kemponia grandis
(
Stimpson, 1860
)
comb. nov.
Anchistia grandis
Stimpson, 1860
: 39
.
Periclimenes grandis
—
Borradaile, 1898
: 382
. —
Bruce, 1976a
: 7
, fig. 2. —
Li, 2000
: 186
–187, fig. 235. —
Jayachandran, 2001
: 297
–300, fig. 83 (description).
Periclimenes (Harpilius) grandis
—
Holthuis, 1952
: 79
–81.
Type
material
.
Syntype
,
BMNH
61.44 (
Evans, 1967: 402
), other
syntypes
not extant.
Type
locality
. Oshima
Island
, Ryukyu Islands,
Japan
.
Habitat
. Mainly found in coral reef habitats.
Bathymetric range.
Shallow water, to
15 m
(
De
Grave, 2000
).
Larvae.
First zoeal stage (
Gurney, 1938
); first to sixth zoeal stages, postlarva (
Pillai, 1950
).
Distribution
. Also known from
Egypt
,
Israel
,
Jibuti
,
Yemen
,
Kenya
,
Zanzibar
, Tanganyika,
Moçambique
,
Comoro Islands
,
Madagascar
,
Seychelle
Islands,
Sri Lanka
,
Burma
,
Malaya
,
Singapore
,
Indonesia
,
Vietnam
,
China
,
Japan
,
Papua New Guinea
, Western
Australia
, Northern Territory, Queensland,
Japan
,
Caroline Islands
,
Marshall Islands
, Fijian Islands,
Tuvalu
and Tuamotu Islands.
Remarks
. A detailed description of this species was provided by
Kemp (1922)
, who did not illustrate the mouthparts.
Holthuis (1952)
noted that the mouthparts are typical for
Periclimenes
. The mouthparts were described in detail and illustrated by
Bruce (1976a)
Further information, including a tabular differentiation from
P. elegans
is provided by
Jayachandran (2001)
.