Further Indo-West Pacific palaemonoid shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonoidea), principally from the New Caledonian region Author Li, Xinzheng Author Bruce, Alexander J. text Journal of Natural History 2006 2006-07-12 40 11 - 12 611 738 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930600763627 journal article 10.1080/00222930600763627 1464-5262 5226967 Palaemonella rotumana ( Borradaile, 1898 ) Periclimenes rotumanus Borradaile 1898 , p 383 . Palaemonella vestigialis Kemp 1922 , p 123 –126, Figures 1 , 2 , Plate 3, Figure 2 . Palaemonella rotumana : Bruce 1970c , p 276 –279, Plate 1e–f; Bruce 1991b , p 229 , Figures 5 , 6a–e ; Chace and Bruce 1993 , p 89 ; Bruce 1996 , p 220 ; Li 2000 , p 105 , Figure 115; Davie 2002 , p 317 ; Li and Liu 2003 , p 160 , Figure 5c–q ; Li et al. 2004, p 534; Marin et al. 2004 , p 203 , Figure 4 . Material examined New Caledonia : (i) Récif Mbere , 22 ° 19.99S , 166 ° 13.29E , outer slope, 10 m , coll. P. Bouchet , 5 May 1993 , 1♀ (MNHN-Na 15804). MONTROUZIER, (ii) Touho , scuba, 10 m , coll. B. Richer de Forges , 8 September 1993 , 1 „ , 2 ovig. ♀♀ (MNHN-Na 14841); (iii) 22 ° 19.359S , 166 ° 25.859E , 20 m , scuba, on sponge?, coll. I. Takeuchi , 10 November 1995 , 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 15910); (iv) 22 ° 56.309S , 167 ° 20.479E , 18 m , scuba, on Halimeda , 29 November 1995 , 1 juvenile (MNHN-Na 15851); (v) Thio reef flat, Saint Gabriel , 0.8 m , coll. B. Richer de Forges , 19 May 1996 , 1♀ (MNHN-Na 15856); (vi) Thio reef flat, low tide, 1 m , coll. B. Richer de Forges , 1 July 1996 , 1 „ (MNHN-Na 15857); (vii) lagoon, Poingam, low tide, coll. B. Richer de Forges , 10 May 1997 , 1 „ , 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN- Na 15807). SURPRISES, North New Caledonia , (viii) stn CP 1376, 18 ° 27.29S , 163 ° 09.29E , 39 m , 9 May 1999 , coll. Richer de Forges , 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 15817); (ix) stn CP 1388, 18 ° 23.89S , 163 ° 06.99E , 40 m , 11 May 1999 , coll. Richer de Forges , 1 „ (MNHN-Na 15818). Loyalty Islands : ATELIER LIFOU , Lifou , Santal Bay , (x) Ngoni Beach stn 1459, 20 ° 47.09S , 167 ° 03.09E , 55–80 m , trawl, 5 and 13 November 2000 , 3 „„ , 3♀♀ (2 ovig.) (MNHN-Na 15488); (xi) same, 5 November 2000 , 1 „ (MNHN-Na 15489); (xii) near Huca Hutighé Islet, stn 1434, 20 ° 52.59S , 167 ° 08.19E , 5–20 m , hard bottom, 6 November 2000 , 2 „„ (MNHN-Na 15494); (xiii) Récif Shelter, stn 1461, 20 ° 54.09S , 167 ° 02.19E , 100–120 m , trawl, 7, 19, and 23 November 2000 , 2 ovig. ♀♀ (MNHN-Na 15491); (xiv) ridge SE of Pointe Aimé Martin (5Acadro), stn 1462, 20 ° 47.19S , 167 ° 02.19E , 70–120 m , trawl, 9 and 21 November 2000 , 1♀ (MNHN-Na 15487); (xv) east of Santal Bay: Mepinyo, stn 1446, 20 ° 50.89S , 167 ° 09.79E , 36–40 m , bottom of slope, 16 November 2000 , 1 „ , 1♀ , 3 juveniles (MNHN-Na 15498); (xvi) north of Cap Aimé Martin (5 Acadro ), stn 1449, 20 ° 45.89S , 167 ° 01.659E , 17 m , brushing, 17 November 2000 , 2♀♀ (1 ovig.) (MNHN-Na 15502); (xvii) west of Easo Point , stn 1451, 20 ° 47.39S , 167 ° 06.89E , 10–21 m , coral heads, 19 November 2000 , 2 „„ (MNHN-Na 15495); (xviii) east of Easo Point , stn 1418, 20 ° 46.99S , 167 ° 07.99E , 1–5 m , sand and sea grasses around yacht wharf, 21 November 2000 , 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 15500); (xix) between Cap Mande and Cap Lefèvre , stn 1452, 20 ° 54.69S , 167 ° 02.19E , 2–25 m , scuba, 22 November 2000 , 1 „ (MNHN-Na 15501); (xx) south of Cap Lefèvre (5Nem), stn 1454, 20 ° 56.659S , 167 ° 02.09E , 15–18 m , dark drop-off, 23 November 2000 , 1 „ (MNHN-Na 15496); (xxi) west to southwest Easo Point , stn 1429, 20 ° 47.59S , 167 ° 07.19E , 8–18 m , coral heads, sedimentary channels, 24 November 2000 , 2 ovig. ♀♀ (MNHN-Na 15592); (xxii) between Cap Wekutr and Cap Wajez , stn 1455, 20 ° 56.89S , 167 ° 02.79E , slope, 15–20 m , 25 November 2000 , 2 ovig. ♀♀ (MNHN-Na 15492); (xxiii) between Cap Wekutr and Cap Wajez , stn 1410, 20 ° 56.79S , 167 ° 03.19E , 2–4 m , reef edge, 25 November 2000 , 1 „ (MNHN-Na 15497); (xxiv) NE of Bay , near Cila, stn 1456, 20 ° 49.39S , 167 ° 10.49E , slope, 25–30 m , 26 November 2000 , 6 „„ , 1♀ (MNHN-Na 15490); (xxv) between Huca Hutighé Islet and shore, stn 1421, 20 ° 52.49S , 167 ° 08.59E , 4 m , coarse sand on flatstone, 26–27 November 2000 , 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 15499); (xxvi) near Ngoni, stn 1457, 20 ° 46.89S , 167 ° 02.759E , 5–10 m , dark overhang and boulder, 27 November 2000 , 1 „ , 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 15493). Chateaubriand Bay , (xxvii) Wé Beach , stn 1474, 20 ° 54.89S , 167 ° 16.19E , 0–3 m , fine sand and Porites heads, 11 November 2000 , 3 ovig. ♀♀ (MNHN-Na 15503) . Remarks Mandible of male with small two-segmented palp. Specimens with most of second to fifth pereiopods missing. Previously reported from New Caledonia , from Nouméa ( Bruce 1970c , 1991b ). Not previously recorded from Loyalty Islands . Distribution Type locality: Rotuma Island , Fiji . Widely distributed from the northern Red Sea to Mozambique , including Australia ( Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland ) and east to Fiji and Hawaii , north to Japan , south to New Caledonia , also found in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea .