Further Indo-West Pacific palaemonoid shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonoidea), principally from the New Caledonian region Author Li, Xinzheng Author Bruce, Alexander J. text Journal of Natural History 2006 2006-07-12 40 11 - 12 611 738 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930600763627 journal article 10.1080/00222930600763627 1464-5262 5226967 Pontoniopsis comanthi Borradaile, 1915 Pontoniopsis comanthi Borradaile 1915 , p 213 ; Borradaile 1917 , p 377 , Plate 57, Figure 27 ; Holthuis 1952a , p 153–156, Figures 70, 71; Chace and Bruce 1993 , p 130; Li 2000 , p 276, Figure 369; Davie 2002 , p 337. Material examined Philippines : (i) Maribago , Mactan Island , Cebu Province , 10 ° 179N, 124 ° 009E , 2–3 m , washings from crinoids, coll. P. Bouchet , 9 June 1985 , 2 „„ , 1 ovig. ♀ ? (MNHN-Na 14930); (ii) same, 3–5 m , washings from mixed crinoids, 6 „„ , 5♀♀ (3 ovig.) (MNHN-Na 14931). New Caledonia : (iii) Touho Bank , on crinoid, 1♀ (MNHN-Na 15843); (iv) lagoon, on crinoids, 30 August 1993 , 3 „„ , 1♀ (MNHN-Na 15883) . Hosts (i) (ii) Comanthina schlegeli (P. H. Carpenter, 1881) ; (ii) also Comatella nigra (P. H. Carpenter, 1888) , Comanter multibrachiata (P. H. Carpenter, 1888) Comanthus bennetti (J. Müller, 1841) ; det. A. M. Clark [Crinoides, Echinoderma]. Parasites One specimen from (ii) has a hemiarthrinid parasite, Paraphrixus nigrocinctus (Chopra) [ Bopyridae , Isopoda ]. Remarks Previously recorded from the Philippines , from Moalboal Island ( Bruce 1989a ). The specimens present no special features. Distribution Type locality: Mabuaig Island , Torres Strait. Also known from Israel , Red Sea, Kiribati, Kenya, Zanzibar, Seychelles, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia , Australia ( Western Australia, Queensland ), Coral Sea, Tasman Sea, Marianas Islands , Marshall Islands , and Fiji .