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 Kemponia ensifrons ( Dana, 1852 ) Anchistia ensifrons Dana, 1852: 25 . Periclimenes ensifrons – Nobili 1907: 359 .— Chace & Bruce 1993: 111 . — Poupin 1998: 16 . — Li 2000: 180 . Kemponia ensifrons – Bruce 2004b: 15 . — Li & Bruce 2006: 644 , figs 4, 5. MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Austral Is. Rapa I., Mei Point, BENTHAUS, malacologist fieldwork, stn 30, 27°38.2’S , 144°18.2’W , 16-20 m , dead coral, above barrier, 16- 18.XI.2002 , 2 ♀♀ (1 ovig.) (MNHN-Na 15468). —Teruametitoi Point, BENTHAUS, malacologist fieldwork, stn 33, 27°34.8’S , 144°18.6’W , 30 m , dead coral, 19.XI.2002 , 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 15469). DISTRIBUTION. — Type locality: Balabac Strait , North Borneo. Previously also reported from Egyptian Red Sea , Zanzibar , Comoro Is , Seychelles, Burma, China, Papua New Guinea , New Caledonia , Marshall Is and French Polynesia (Tuamotu Is) ; 0-35 m depth. Not reported previously from Austral Is. REMARKS The present specimens have the carpus of second pereiopod long, about 1.3 times the merus length, subequal or distinctly longer than the palm, unarmed distally; rostral dentition is 1+6-8/2.