Periclimenaeus species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Pontoniinae) from Hawaii
Author
Bruce, A. J.
text
Zootaxa
2014
3754
4
461
472
journal article
46642
10.11646/zootaxa.3754.4.7
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Periclimenaeus devaneyi
Bruce, 2010
.
(
Fig. 1
)
Periclimenaeus devaneyi
Bruce, 2010
: 380
–386, figs 1–5.
FIGURE 1
.
Periclimenaeus devaneyi
Bruce, 2010
, female, Maui, Hawaii, phot. Cory Pittman, QM-W29200.
Material examined
. 1 ovig. ♀, CL 1.5, Maalaea Bay, Maui Island, Hawaii,
Halimeda kanaloana
bed, algal wash,
9–10 m
, coll. C. Pittman, S-
13-02
, 7 April, 2013, QM-W29200.
Colouration
(
Fig. 1
). Body and appendages uniformly covered with dense pattern of small white chromatophores, including antennal flagella; cornea pinkish.
Host
. Uncertain, obtained from algal washings from
Halimeda
bed where sponges and ascidians were abundant.
Distribution
. Previously known only from the
type
material from Kahe Point, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands.
Remarks.
The rostrum has a dentition of 4/0, with slender acute teeth. The ophthalmic somite has a small median black pigmentation spot. The carpal spine on the third pereiopod, a unique feature, is readily distinguished. The specimen carries about 15 advanced ova, length
0.6 mm
.