A partial revision of the genus Periclimenes Costa, 1884 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae)
Author
Bruce, A. J.
text
Zootaxa
2004
582
1
26
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.157391
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Kemponia nilandensis
(
Borradaile, 1915
)
comb. nov.
Periclimenes (Falciger) nilandensis
Borradaile, 1915
: 211
; 1917: 324, 372, pl. 54, fig. 13.
Periclimenes (Ancylocaris) nilandensis
—
Kemp, 1922
: 172
.
Periclimenes (Harpilius) nilandensis
—
Holthuis, 1952
: 58
–60, fig. 22.
Periclimenes nilandensis
—
Bruce, 1978a
: 222
–227, figs 8–9. —
Li, 2000
: 214
–215, fig. 278.
Type
material
.
Holotype
,
ZMC
I.9594.4.
Type
locality
. South Nilandu Atoll,
Maldive Islands
.
Host
.
Coelogorgonia palmosa
MilneEdwards and Haime [
Telestidae
] (Bruce, 1976h). Generally reported from coral reef margins, but also trawl caught in deeper waters.
Bathymetric range.
Reported from
117–133 m
in the northern South
China
Sea (
Bruce, 1979
).
Distribution
. Also known from
Kenya
,
Zanzibar
,
Madagascar
,
Maldive Islands
,
Indonesia
, South
China
Sea, Northern Territory, Queensland and
New Caledonia
.
Remarks
. One of the three species known to have commensal associations. Numerous specimens from
Madagascar
were also all found in association with unidentified antipatharian and gorgonian hosts (
Bruce, 1978a
)