Pontoniopsis comanthi Borradaile, 1915

Li, Xinzheng & Bruce, Alexander J., 2006, Further Indo-West Pacific palaemonoid shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonoidea), principally from the New Caledonian region, Journal of Natural History 40 (11 - 12), pp. 611-738 : 727

Pontoniopsis comanthi Borradaile, 1915

Pontoniopsis comanthi Borradaile 1915, p 213 ; Borradaile 1917, p 377, Plate 57, Figure 27 ;

Holthuis 1952a, p 153–156, Figures 70, 71; Chace and Bruce 1993, p 130; Li 2000,

p 276, Figure 369; Davie 2002, p 337.

Material examined Philippines: (i) Maribago, Mactan Island , Cebu Province, 10 ° 179N, 124 ° 009E, 2–3 m ,

washings from crinoids, coll. P. Bouchet, 9 June 1985, 2 „„, 1 ovig. ♀? (MNHN-Na 14930); (ii) same, 3–5 m, washings from mixed crinoids, 6 „„, 5♀♀ (3 ovig.) (MNHN-Na 14931). New Caledonia: (iii) Touho Bank , on crinoid, 1♀ (MNHN-Na 15843); (iv) lagoon, on crinoids, 30 August 1993, 3 „„, 1♀ (MNHN-Na 15883) .

Hosts

(i) (ii) Comanthina schlegeli (P. H. Carpenter, 1881) ; (ii) also Comatella nigra (P. H. Carpenter, 1888) , Comanter multibrachiata (P. H. Carpenter, 1888) Comanthus bennetti (J. Müller, 1841) ; det. A. M. Clark [Crinoides, Echinoderma].

Parasites

One specimen from (ii) has a hemiarthrinid parasite, Paraphrixus nigrocinctus (Chopra) [ Bopyridae , Isopoda ].

Remarks

Previously recorded from the Philippines, from Moalboal Island ( Bruce 1989a). The specimens present no special features.

Distribution

Type locality: Mabuaig Island , Torres Strait. Also known from Israel , Red Sea, Kiribati, Kenya, Zanzibar, Seychelles, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia (Western Australia, Queensland), Coral Sea, Tasman Sea, Marianas Islands, Marshall Islands , and Fiji.

Figures

Figure 27. Periclimenes paralcocki, new species, holotype ovigerous female (MNHN-Na 14865). (a) Carapace and anterior appendages; (b) anterior carapace; (c) eye, dorsal view; (d) antennular peduncle; (e) antenna; (f) left third pereiopod; (g) same, distal propod and dactyl; (h) telson; (i) same, distal part.