Conchodytes meleagrinae Peters, 1852

Li, Xinzheng, 2008, Report on some species of Palaemonidae (Crustacea, Decapoda) from French Polynesia, Zoosystema 30 (1), pp. 203-252 : 205

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5390379
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5467569
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scientific name	Conchodytes meleagrinae Peters, 1852
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Conchodytes meleagrinae Peters, 1852 View in CoL

Conchodytes meleagrinae Peters, 1852: 594 View in CoL . — Nobili 1907: 359. — Seurat 1934: 60. — Holthuis 1953: 59. — Bruce 1991a: 262, fig. 25a-d. — Chace & Bruce 1993: 74. — Poupin 1998: 13. — Li 2000: 25, fig. 26. — Li & Bruce 2006: 628 View Cited Treatment .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Tuamotu Is. Mururoa, 25.XI.1965, coll. Y. Plessis, no. 651125008, 1 ♂ (MNHN-Na 15438).

HOST. — Pinctata margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pterioida, Pteriidae ). Previously reported associating with this host by Seurat (1934) fromTuamotu Islands.

DISTRIBUTION. — Type locality: Mozambique (Ibo, Cabo Delgado), southeast coast of Africa. Widespread in the Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea eastward to Hawaii and French Polynesia (Gambier, Tuamotu Is); 0-30 m depth with certainty. Previously recorded fromTuamotu Islands by Seurat (1934) and Holthuis (1953).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Malacostraca
Order	Decapoda
Family	Palaemonidae
Genus	Conchodytes