Pontoniine shrimps (Decapoda: Palaemonidae) from the island of Socotra, with descriptions of new species of Dactylonia Fransen, 2002 and Periclimenoides Bruce, 1990
Author
Bruce, A. J.
text
Zootaxa
2006
1137
1
36
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.171992
eedef5c9-0d43-4e03-95d8-ba89388c2dbb
11755326
171992
Jocaste japonica
(
Ortmann, 1890
)
Coralliocaris superba
var.
japonica
Ortmann, 1890
: 509
.
Jocaste japonica
—
Holthuis, 1952
: 193
–195 (partim).
Jocaste japonica
—
Patton, 1966
: 279
–280,
Figure 3
B.
Material examined.
(1) 1 ovig. Ψ, MAP158, ST095,
12°40.156’N
54°02.850’E
, Shanitan, E of Hadibo, N coast,
8 m
,
22 March 1999
,
SMF
29200. (2) 1 spm., MAP159, ST095,
12°40.156’N
54°02.850’E
, Shanitan, E of Hadibo, N coast,
8 m
,
22 March 1999
,
NHCY
.
Hosts
:
Acropora
cf.
valida
(Dana) [
Scleractinia
].
Regional records
: Not reported from the Red Sea, but known from
Maldive Islands
(
Borradaile, 1917
).
General distribution
:
Type
locality: Kagoshima, Kyushu,
Japan
. Reported throughout much of the IndoWest Pacific region, where there are coral reefs, east to
New Caledonia
and the Fijian Islands.
Remarks
: This report constitutes the most north westerly record from the Indian Ocean. Specimens (1) found in association with
J. lucina
.
A common associate of
Acropora
corals.