A partial revision of the genus Periclimenes Costa, 1884 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae)
Author
Bruce, A. J.
text
Zootaxa
2004
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.157391
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Kemponia tenuipes
(
Borradaile, 1898
)
comb. nov.
Periclimenes tenuipes
Borradaile, 1898
: 384
.
Periclimenes (Ancylocaris) tenuipes
—
Kemp, 1922
: 220
–224, pl. 8, fig. 11.
Periclimenes (Harpilius) tenuipes
—
Holthuis, 1952
: 84
–85.
Periclimenes tenuipes
—
Bruce, 1978b
: 261
–264, figs 6A, 7. —
Li, 2000
: 240
–241, fig. 319.
Type
material
.
Holotype
ɗ,
ZMC
I.9594.7.
Type
locality.
Ralun, New
Britain
,
Papua New Guinea
.
Habitat.
Coral reefs. Also common in intertidal pools (
Bruce and Coombes, 1997
).
Bathymetric range.
Intertidal to
105–160 m
(
Bruce, 1996
). The record from
100 m
in
De
Grave (2000)
is erroneus (?
10 m
,
De
Grave, pers. com.,
16204
).
Distribution
. Also known from
Jordan
,
Kenya
,
Zanzibar
,
Madagascar
,
La Réunion
,
Seychelle
Islands,
Maldive Islands
,
Sri Lanka
, Andaman Islands,
Indonesia
,
China
,
Taiwan
,
Japan
,
Philippines
,
Papua New Guinea
,
Hibernia
Reef, Timor Sea, Northern Territory, Queensland,
New Caledonia
,
Caroline Islands
, and
Marshall Islands
.
Remarks
.
Kemp (1922)
included
Periclimenes (Falciger) kolumadulensis
Borradaile, 1915
, in the synonymy of
Periclimenes (Ancylocaris) tenuipes
.
This was followed by
Holthuis (1952)
and Bruce (1978c: 264–264, fig.6AB) and other authors. Photographs in recent publications have shown that a morphologically similar species with a completely different colour pattern occurs in the central Pacific region, which suggests that the synonymization may have been premature.
Periclimenes kolumadulensis
(
holotype
, ZMC I.9594.3) has been reported only from the
type
locality, Kolumadulu Atoll,
Maldive Islands
(
Debelius, 2001: 188,
Periclimenes
cf.
tenuipes
, Sulawesi,
Indonesia
) and its life colouration is unknown. In addition to the colouration, the morphology of the second pereiopods may distinguish the species. The fingers of the second pereiopod chelae of
P. kolumadulensis
(
Bruce, 1978b, fig. 6BC
) are markedly different from most specimens of
P. tenuipes
and have been previously attributed to normal growth variation but this may not be correct. Further fresh specimens with colour photos are necessary to clarify the situation. Most specimens of
K. tenuipes
appear to be collected under circumstances that suggest a freeliving lifestyle. However,
Read (1974)
reported associations with anemones in
Palau
.