Report on some species of Palaemonidae (Crustacea, Decapoda) from French Polynesia
Author
Li, Xinzheng
Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071 (China) lixzh @ ms. qdio. ac. cn
text
Zoosystema
2008
30
1
203
252
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5390379
1638-9387
5390379
Periclimenaeus orbitocarinatus
Fransen, 2006
Periclimenaeus orbitocarinatus
Fransen, 2006: 732-737
, figs 13-15.
MATERIAL
EXAMINED. —
Society Is.
Tahiti, Moorea, barrier reef of Tiahura,
17°9’S
,
149°5’W
, among
Halimeda opuntia
(L.) J.
V
.Lamour. (green alga, Cadiaceae, Chlorophyta), inner side of lagoon, 1978, collected and donated by O. Naim,
1 juvenile
(cl
0.90 mm
) (
RMNH
D 51737
).
DISTRIBUTION. —
Type
locality:
Loyalty Is. Previously
also recorded from
Madagascar
and
Manado
,
Indonesia
;shallow water. Not previously recorded from
French Polynesia
.
REMARKS The specimen fits the original description of
Fransen (2006)
. The juvenile specimen has two dorsal rostral teeth.