Stenopodidean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) from New Caledonian waters Author Goy, Joseph W. text Zootaxa 2015 4044 3 301 344 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4044.3.1 855ebb96-ee77-4a03-a378-70e20df9aeaa 1175-5326 240460 83D58648-447D-442D-B9BD-A36F192E1D3A Spongicola levigatus Hayashi & Ogawa, 1987 ( Figs. 7 , 8 ) Spongicola levigata Hayashi & Ogama, 1987 : 367 .— Saito & Takeda, 2003 : 120 . Spongicola levigatus . — Saito & Komai, 2008 : 87 .— Goy, 2010 : 217 .— De Grave & Fransen, 2011 : 251 . FIGURE 5 . Spongicola goyi Saito & Komai, 2008 . A–K. male MNHN-Na 11986. A, male; B, carapace, dorsal view; C, carapace anterolateral view; D, telson and uropods; E, epistome and labrum; F, right mandible, dorsal view; G, maxillule; H, maxilla; I, first maxilliped; J, second maxilliped; K; third maxillped. Scale bars = 1.0 mm. Material examined . New Caledonia . BIOCAL, stn DW83, 20°35.07’S , 166°53.99’E , 460 m , 6.IX.1985 , 1 male , 2 females (1 ov.) in Pheronema semiglobosum (MNHN-Na 11981).—MUSORSTOM 4, stn CP214, 22°53.80’S , 167°13.90’E , 425–440 m , 28.IX.1985 , 3 males , 11 females (8 ov.) in Pheronema semiglobosum with alpheids (MNHN-NA11987).—MUSORSTOM 4, stn CP213, 22°51.3’S , 167°12’E , 405–430 m , 28.IX.1985 , 4 males , 8 females (5 ov.) in Pheronema semiglobosum ( USNM 256955).—MUSORSTOM 4, stn DW230, 22°52.50’S , 167°11.80’E , 390–420 m , 30.IX.1985 , 1 male , 2 females ov. in Pheronema semiglobosum (MNHN-Na 11985).— MUSORSTOM 4, stn, DW230, 22°52.5’S , 167°11.8’E , 390–420 m , 30.IX.1985 , 3 females (1 ov.) in Pheronema semiglobosum (MNHN-Na 11974).—BIOGEOCAL, stn DW307, 20°35.38’S , 166°55.24’E , 470–480 m , 1 female (MNHN-Na 11961).— Loyalty Islands . MUSORSTOM 6, stn DW391, 20°47.35’S , 167°05.70’E , 390 m , 13.II.1989 , 4 males , 6 females (5 ov.) (MNHN-Na 16311).—MUSORSTOM 6, stn DW406, 20°40.65’S , 167°06.80’E , 373 m , 15.II.1989 , 2 males , 1 female ov. (MNHN-NA 11963).—MUSORSTOM 6, stn DW487, 21°23.30’S , 167°46.40’E , 500 m , 23.II.1989 , 2 females ov. in Pheronema semiglobosum (MNHN-NA 11965). Measurements (mm). Females, PCL: 2.3–6.0; RCL: 3.0–7.3; TL: 8.9–18.8. Males, PCL: 2.5–4.9; RCL: 2.7– 6.0; TL: 9.0–16.3. Eggs are few in number (7–169) early developmental eggs measured on average 0.75 × 0.80 mm ; eggs in late stage of development were 0.81 × 0.95 mm on average. FIGURE 6 . Spongicola goyi Saito & Komai, 2008 . A–D. female, MNHM Na-11986; E–J. male, MNHN Na-11986. A, carapace, dorsal view; B, carapace and abdomen, lateral view; C, carapace, anterolateral view; D, telson and uropods; E, first pereiopod; F. detail of setiferous organ, first pereiopod; G, second pereiopod; H, right third pereiopod; I, fourth pereiopod; J, propodus and dactylus, fourth pereiopod. Scale bars = 1.0 mm. FIGURE 7 . Spongicola levigatus Hayashi & Ogawa, 1987 . A, B, D, female, MNHN Na-11987; C, E, male, MNHN Na-11987. A, female; B, carapace, dorsal view; C, carapace and abdomen, lateral view; D, telson and uropods; E, left third pereiopod. Scale bar = 1.0 mm. Distribution . Japan , Indonesia , Tonga , New Caledonia , Loyalty Islands, Australia , and Wallis and Futuna Islands (see Remarks). Coloration . Unknown. Hosts . Saito & Komai (2008) reported this species in the sponges Hyalonema sp., Semperella sp., Pheronema semiglobosum and Euplectella sp. Remarks . This species was thoroughly described by Saito & Komai (2008) and is not redescribed here. The mouthparts and variation of spination on the carapace are illustrated here ( Figs. 7 A–E, 8F–I). This species was the most numerous encountered during this study and was frequently found associated with the hexactinellid sponge, Pheronema semiglobosum . An additional 10 specimens of this species were examined from the northwest shelf of Australia (NTM Cr 0 0 11112, Cr003652, Cr008128, and Cr008129). De Grave (2004) reported two specimens of Spongicola levigatus from New Caledonia collected with the paratype of the alpheid Batella praecipina and the pontoniid Perclimenes forcipulatus .