Periclimenes laevimanus sp. nov. from Vietnam, with a review of the Periclimenes granulimanus species group (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae: Pontoniinae) *
Author
Ďuriš, Zdeněk
text
Zootaxa
2010
2010-02-26
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https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2372.1.12
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.2372.1.12
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Periclimenes nomadophila
Berggren, 1994
Periclimenes nomadophila
Berggren, 1994: 783
,
Figs. 1–5
.
Material
.
10 female
paratypes
,
RMNH
D.42893;
10 male
paratypes
,
RMNH
D.42894.
Remarks
. Specimens agree in most aspects with the original descriptions and figures provided by
Berggren (1994)
. In addition, a fine marginal denticulation, not mentioned for that species, was found to be present on the posterior dorsal margin of the third abdominal segment. The third maxilliped possesses a small arthrobranch, not mentioned before. In two ovigerous females checked for these branchiae, both third maxillipeds bear small, but well-developed, 3–4 lamellate arthrobranch; these were reduced to 2–3 lamellae in
two males
specially examined for the arthobranchs’ shape.
Berggren (1994)
regarded this species as belonging to the
Periclimenes obscurus
group and pointed out its close relationship with
P. delagoae
Barnard, 1958
. Both these species are morphologically intermediate between the
P. obscurus
and
P. granulimanus
species groups.
Color.
Whitish opaque with red chromatophores, major chela with white fingers and red palm distally
Berggren (1994)
.
Host
.
Rhopilema nomadica
Galil, Spanier & Ferguson (Scyphozoa)
.
Distribution.
Inhaca Is.,
Moçambique
, approx.
26° S
33° E
(
type
locality).