Report on some caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) from Mayotte, southwest Indian Ocean
Author
Li, Xinzheng
Author
Cleva, Régis
Author
Poupin, Joseph
text
Zootaxa
2012
3162
1
30
journal article
45645
10.5281/zenodo.246311
e7aebedc-630a-4c67-bb35-5e736f465e92
1175-5326
246311
Macrobrachium australe
(
Guérin-Méneville, 1838
)
Palaemon australis
Guérin-Méneville, 1838
: 37
.
Macrobrachium australe
—
Chace and Bruce, 1993
: 23
, fig. 2. —
Li and Bruce, 2006
: 619
. —
Poupin and Juncker, 2010
: 66
, 2 unnumbered photos.
Material examined.
St 13,
07/11/2009
, 11–14h30, Malamani mangrove,
12°55'22.08"S
,
45° 9'22.08"E
, coll. KUW fieldwork, mangrove investigation, hand and nets, mudflats at low tide,
1 female
(LC 8.0 mm), MNHN-Na 17579.
Distribution.
Type
locality: Tahiti. Also known from
Madagascar
,
Seychelles
through the Indian Ocean to
China
(
Taiwan
),
Philippines
,
Indonesia
, and the Pacific islands as far as the
Marshall Islands
in the North Pacific and the Marquesas Islands in the South Pacific.
Remarks.
The specimen agrees with the description and illustration of
Chace and Bruce (1993)
. It was collected together with 1 ovigerous female of
Palaemon debilis
Dana, 1852
(MNHN-Na 16052) at Station 13. The species was not previously recorded from
Mayotte
.