Periclimenes brevicarpalis ( Schenkel, 1902 )

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 : 676-677

Periclimenes brevicarpalis ( Schenkel, 1902)

Ancylocaris brevicarpalis Schenkel 1902, p 563 , Plate 13, Figure 21 .

Periclimenes (Ancylocaris) brevicarpalis: Kemp 1922, p 185 –191, Figures 40–42, Plate 67.

Periclimenes (Harpilius) brevicarpalis: Holthuis 1952a, p 69 –73, Figure 27 .

Periclimenes brevicarpalis: Bruce 1991b, p 236 ; Chace and Bruce 1993, p 104; Li 2000, p 161, Figure 199; Davie 2002, p 324; Li and Liu 2004, p 92, Figure 3 .

Material examined

Madagascar: (i) northwest coast, Ambalatoaka, Nosy Be, coll. A. Crosnier, December 1958, 1 „, 1♀ (MNHN-Na 14883); (ii) Nosy Be, intertidal, coll. A. Crosnier, September 1959, 1 „, 1♀ (MNHN-Na 14882); (iii) same, 2 „„?, 3♀♀ (2 ovig.) (MNHN-Na 14881); (iv) Tuléar, Grand Récif, with anemone Stoichactis sp. , coll. R. Hipeau-Jacquotte, 1964, 2 „„, 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 15921); (v) Tuléar, Grand Récif, with anemone Stoichactis sp. , coll. R. Hipeau-Jacquotte, 1968, 8 „„, 1♀ (MNHN-Na 15831); (vi) same, 7 „„, 6 ovig. ♀♀ (MNHN-Na 15916); (vii) same, 1 „, 4 ovig. ♀♀ (MNHN-Na 15917); (viii) same, 4 „„, 5 ovig. ♀♀ (MNHN-Na 15919); (ix) Tuléar, Grand Récif, with anemone, coll. R. Hipeau- Jacquotte, no date record, 1♀ (MNHN-Na 15924). New Caledonia: MONTROUZIER, (x) Ouanap, Koumac, 1 m, on ‘‘choux-fleur (cabbage)’’ anemone, coll. S. Gofas, 19 October 1993, 1♀ (MNHN-Na 14879); (xi) Ouanap Bay, Koumac, intertidal, 22 October 1993, 1 „, 1♀ (MNHN-Na 114880). Loyalty Islands: ATELIER LIFOU, Lifou, (xii) Santal Bay: Gaatcha Bay , stn 1463, 20 ° 55.059S, 167 ° 03.359E, 20–30 m, dredge, sand and corals, 10 November 2000, 1♀ (MNHN-Na 15534) .

Host

(iv)–(viii) Stoichactis sp. (anemone) [Actinaria, Coelenterata].

Remarks

The specimens have a rostral dentition of either 5/1 or 6/1. The species has been previously recorded from Madagascar, from Toliara (Tuléar), by Hipeau-Jacquotte (1973) and Bruce (1978a), and from the Northwest Lagoon, New Caledonia, by Bruce (1991b).

Distribution

Type locality: ‘‘ Makassar’ ’ Indonesia . Also known from Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, Djibouti, Kenya, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar, Seychelles, Mauritius , Persian Gulf , Maldives , south India, Andaman Islands , Malaya, Singapore, Vietnam , South China Sea , Ryukyu Islands, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia

(Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland), Caroline Islands, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, and Marshall Islands.

Figures

Figure 3. Kemponia agag (Kemp, 1922), male (MNHN-Na 14877). (a) Carapace and anterior appendages; (b) antennal scale; (c) second pereiopod, ischium, merus, and carpus; (d) same, chela; (e) same, fingers; (f) same, article of carpus and chela; (g) proximal fingers; (h) third pereiopod, propod and dactyl; (i) same, distal propod and dactyl.

Figure 21. Periclimenes hertwigi Balss, 1913. (a, h) Ovigerous female (MNHN-Na 14899); (b, e, g, i) male (MNHN-Na 14899); (c, d, f) ovigerous female (MNHN-Na 14896); j, k, male (MNHN-Na 14901). (a) Anterior carapace; (b) rostrum; (c) distal antennal scale; (d–f) first pereiopod, chela, lateral view; (g, h) second pereiopod, chela; (i) same, fingers; (j) third pereiopod, distal propod and dactyl; (k) same, distoventral angle of corpus.

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.