The marine palaemonid shrimps (Crustacea, Deapoda, Caridea) of the Dutch Caribbean Author Fransen, Charles H. J. M. text Zootaxa 2023 2023-12-15 5387 1 1 127 https://mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5387.1.1/52482 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5387.1.1 1175-5334 10698994 0AD29F74-D349-4E12-8CA4-310275A847B3 Pseudopontonides principis ( Criales, 1980 ) ( Fig. 71 , video 18) Neopontonides principis Criales, 1980: 75 (Bonaire, Curaçao). Pseudopontonides principis — Heard 1986: 481 (Bonaire, Curaçao); Snijders & Fransen 2010: 7 (Curaçao). Material examined . Curaçao : RMNH.CRUS.D.32017 : ovigerous female holotype pocl. 3.3 mm ; Oostpunt , 3.vii.1977 , depth 18 m , on Stichopathes gracilis , collected by M.M. Criales. RMNH.CRUS.D.32688 : 1 ovigerous female paratype , pocl. 3.0 mm ; 1 male paratype pocl. 1.8 mm ; Oostpunt , 3.vii.1977 , depth 18 m , on S. gracilis , collected by M.M. Criales. RMNH.CRUS.D.51637 : 1 specimen ; stn CUR.04, Piscaderabaai , west side , 12°07′21.4″N 68°58′10.5″W , 11.v.2005 , depth 21.5 m , on S. luetkeni , collected by N. Snijders (fcn. g065) . RMNH.CRUS. D.51636 : 1 specimen ; stn CUR.05, Marie Pampoen /Carpile, 12°5′42.1″N 68°54′43.0″W , 09.v.2005 , depth 24.6 m , on S. luetkeni , collected by N. Snijders (fcn. g055) . RMNH.CRUS.D.51638 : 1 specimen ; Fuikbaai , 12°03′1.6″N 68°50′5.2″W , 19.v.2005 , depth 28.7 m , on Antipathes sp. , collected by N. Snijders (fcn. g074) . RMNH.CRUS. D.58314 : 1 specimen ; stn COA.01, Hilton Reef , 12°07′18.44″N 68°58′10.23″W , 31.x.2013 , depth 31 m , scuba diving, on S. luetkeni Brook, 1889 , collected by B.T. Reijnen (photo COA.01 036–045) . RMNH.CRUS.D.58315 : 2 specimens ; stn COA.03, W Piscadera Baai , 12°07′21.90″N 68°58′13.54″W , 02.xi.2013 , depth 35 m , scuba diving, on S. luetkeni Brook, 1889 , collected by S.E.T. van der Meij (photo COA.03 058–068) . RMNH.CRUS.D.58316 1 specimen ; stn COA.03, W Piscadera Baai , 12°07′21.90″N 68°58′13.54″W , 02.xi.2013 , depth 35 m , scuba diving, on S. luetkeni Brook, 1889 , collected by B.T. Reijnen (photo COA.03 069–080) . RMNH.CRUS.D.58317 : 7 specimens ; stn COA.14, Playa Boka Sami , 12°08′51.40″N 68°59′55.50″W , 05.xi.2013 , depth 37 m , scuba diving, on S. luetkeni Brook, 1889 , collected by S.E.T. van der Meij (photo COA.14 096–103) . RMNH.CRUS.D.58318 : 1 specimen ; stn COA.21, Marie Pampoen , 12°05′26.74″N 68°54′17.84″W , 05.xi.2013 , depth 35 m , scuba diving, on S. luetkeni Brook, 1889 , collected by B.T. Reijnen (photo COA.21 019–032, 039, 040) . RMNH.CRUS.D.58319 : 1 non ovigerous female , pocl. 1.9 mm ; stn CF09A-1, Hilton Reef , 9.vi.2017 , depth 22 m , scuba diving, on S. luetkeni Brook, 1889 , collected by C.H.J.M. Fransen (video 18) . RMNH.CRUS.D.58320 : 1 non ovigerous female , pocl. 2.5 mm ; stn CF12A-1, Marie Pampoen , depth 25 m , scuba diving, on S. luetkeni Brook, 1889 , collected by C.H.J.M. Fransen (video 18) . OUMNH.ZC.2019-06-33 : 9 ovigerous females , pocl. 1.8–. 2.5 mm ; Sun Reef , 12°8′21.12″N 68°59′53.1594″W , depth 7 m , 15.ii.2015 , from A. caribbeana , leg. P. Wirtz & K. Wittmann (fcn. 3) . OUMNH.ZC.2019-06-34 : 4 females , pocl. 1.6–2.8 mm ; Sun Reef , 12°8′21.12″N 68°59′53.1594″W , depth 28 m , 16.ii.2015 , from Stichopathes sp. , leg. P. Wirtz & K. Wittmann (fcn. 6) . OUMNH.ZC.2019-06-35 : 16 specimens including ovigerous females , pocl. 1.1–1.4 mm ; Sun Reef , 12°8′21.12″N 68°59′53.1594″W , depth 12 m , 17.ii.2015 , from Pseudoplexaura sp. , leg. P. Wirtz & K. Wittmann (fcn. 8) . OUMNH.ZC.2019-06-36 : 3 females , pocl. 1.1–2.1 mm ; Snake Bay , about 300 m east of Sun Reef , depth 30 m , 17.ii.2015 , from A. caribbeana , leg. P. Wirtz & K. Wittmann (fcn. 10) . OUMNH.ZC.2019-06-37 : 7 ovigerous females , pocl. 1.2–1.6 m ; Vaersenbaai (= Kokomo Beach ), 12°9′37.8″N 69°0′20.52″W , depth 39 m , 23.ii.2015 , from S. gracilis , leg. P. Wirtz & K. Wittmann (fcn. 25) . Bonaire : RMNH.CRUS.D.57932 : 1 specimen ; stn BON.04, Alice in Wonderland , 12°05.993′N 068°17.118′W , 24.x.2019 , depth 30 m , scuba diving, on S. luetkeni Brook, 1889 , collected by C.H.J.M. Fransen (video 18) . RMNH. CRUS.D.57938 : 1 specimen ; stn BON.19, Hilma Hooker , 12°06.271′N 068°17.291′W , 30.x.2019 , depth 30 m , scuba diving, on S. luetkeni Brook, 1889 , collected by C.H.J.M. Fransen (video 18) . Stn BON.44, Klein Bonaire , South Bay , 12°09.001′N 068°19.234′W , 08.xi.2019 , depth 20 m , scuba diving, on S. luetkeni Brook, 1889 , C.H.J.M. Fransen (video 18), not collected . RMNH.CRUS.D.58321 : 2 specimens ; Bachelor’s Beach ( Fondu Di Kalki ), 12°07.522′N 068°17.233′W , 01.xi.2019 , depth 21–26 m , on brown whip coral, collected by Peter Wirtz (fcn. 1) . RMNH.CRUS.D.58322 : 1 ovigerous female , 1 female , 1 male ; Bachelor′s Beach ( Fondu Di Kalki ), 12°07.522′N 068°17.233′W , 02.xi.2019 , depth 21–27 m , on brown whip coral, collected by Peter Wirtz (fcn. 2) . RMNH.CRUS. D. 58323 : 1 ovigerous female , pocl. 1.9 mm ; 1 female , pocl. 1.5 mm ; 2 males , pocl. 1.4 and 1.5 mm ; Something Special ( Pali Grande ), 12°09.696′N 068°17.016′W , 6.xi.2019 , depth unknown, scuba diving, collected by Peter Wirtz (fcn. 10) (photo). : FIGURE 71 . Pseudopontonides principis ( Criales, 1980 ) . A, adult ovigerous female, stn CAO.03, Curaçao, W Piscadera Baai, 12°07′21.90″N 68°58′13.54″W, 2.xi.2013, depth 35 m, on Stichopathes luetkeni Brook, 1889 ; B, adult ovigerous female, stn CAO.21, Curaçao, Marie Pampoen, 12°05′26.74″N 68°54′17.84″W, 5.xi.2013, depth 35 m, on S. luetkeni ; C, adult specimen, stn CAO.01, Hilton Reef, 12°07′18.44″N 68°58′10.23″W, 31.x.2013, depth 31 m, on S. luetkeni ; D, adult specimen, stn BON.04, Bonaire, Alice in Wonderland, 12°05.993′N 068°17.118′W, 24.x.2019, depth 30 m, on S. luetkeni ; E, juvenile specimen, stn CAO.03, Curaçao, W Piscadera Baai, 12°07′21.90″N 68°58′13.54″W, 2.xi.2013, depth 35 m, on S. luetkeni ; F, juvenile specimen, stn CAO.14, Curaçao, Playa Boka Sami, 12°08′51.40″N 68°59′55.50″W, 5.xi.2013, depth 37 m, on S. luetkeni . (Photographs by C.H.J.M. Fransen.) Ecology . Usually associated with Antipatharia , commonly on Stichopathes gracilis ( Criales 1980 ; Snijders & Fransen 2010 ) and S. luetkeni (cf. Snijders & Fransen 2010 ); Tanacetipathes thamnea (Warner, 1981) , T. tanacetum (Pourtalès, 1880) , and Phanopathes expansa (Opresko & Cairns, 1992) (see Wicksten et al . 2014 ); Cirrhipathes ? secchini Echeverria, 2002 ( Wirtz et al . 2009 ). Also recorded from Virgularia sp. ( Heard , 1986 ). Photographs ( Fig. 71 ) show specimens with different colour patterns on differently coloured hosts. The species is herein recorded for the first time from Antipathes caribbeana Opresko, 1996 , and Pseudoplexaura sp. Distribution . Recorded from scattered locations in the tropical western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico ( Heard 1986 ; Wicksten et al . 2014 ); Puerto Rico ( Heard 1986 ); Bahamas ( Debelius 1999 ); Espírito Santo , Brazil ( Wirtz et al . 2009 ); in depths of 5– 42 m . Previous records from Curaçao by Criales (1980) , Heard (1986) and Snijders & Fransen (2010) and from Bonaire by Heard (1986) and Snijders & Fransen (2010) .