Paraclimenes franklinae (Bruce, 1990) Li & Bruce, 2006

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 : 668-669

Paraclimenes franklinae (Bruce, 1990) nom. nov.

Periclimenes franklini Bruce 1990b, p 55 , Figures 1–5 ; Bruce 1991a, p 314, Figure 9 ; Li 2000, p 182, Figure 230.

Paraclimenes franklini: Bruce 1994, p 99 , Figure 45; Li 2004b, p 820 , Figures 1 , 2 .

Paraclimenes cf. franklini: Li et al. 2004, p 534 , Figure 20 .

Material examined

Tonga: BORDAU 2, (i) ‘‘seamount’’, N Ha’apai group, stn CP 1575, 19 ° 429S, 174 ° 219W, 232–295 m, 11 June 2000, 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 15516); (ii) same, stn CP 1626, 23 ° 209S, 176 ° 149W, 220–249 m, 19 June 2000, 2 ovig. ♀♀ (MNHN-Na 15517) . Vanuatu: (iii) MUSORSTOM 8, stn CP1135, 15 ° 40.509S, 167 ° 02.439W, 282–375 m, 11 October 1994, 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 15871) .

Remarks

Not previously recorded from Tonga. The spelling of the specific name is now corrected according to the ICZN rules.

Distribution

Type locality: Coral Sea. Also reported from South China Sea, New Caledonia, and Tonga.

Figures

Figure 1. Palaemonetes atrinubes Bray, 1976, ovigerous female (MNHN-Na 14843). (a) Carapace and anterior appendages; (b) anterior carapace; (c) distal part of proximal peduncular segment; (d) antennal scale; (e) distal telson; (f) mandible; (g) first pereiopod; (h) same, chela; (i) second pereiopod; (j) same, chela; (k) third pereiopod; (l) same, propod and dactyl; (m) same, distal propod and dactyl.

Figure 2. Harpiliopsis spinigera (Ortmann, 1880), male (MNHN-Na 15838). (a) Second pereiopod; (b) same, fingers.

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 4. Kemponia ensifrons (Dana, 1852), ovigerous female (MNHN-Na 14891). (a) Carapace and anterior appendages; (b) anterior carapace; (c) antennule; (d) antenna.

Figure 5. Kemponia ensifrons (Dana, 1852), ovigerous female (MNHN-Na 14891). (a) Second pereiopod; (b) same, chela and carpus; (c) third pereiopod, propod and dactyl; (d) same, distal propod and dactyl.

Figure 9. Palaemonella komaii, new species, holotype male (MNHN-Na 15482). (a) Carapace and anterior appendages; (b) anterior carapace; (c) telson; (d) eye, dorsal view; (e) antennule; (f) same, distal shorter free ramus of upper flagellum; (g) antenna.

Figure 20. Periclimenes forgesi, new species, holotype ovigerous female (MNHN-Na 14928). (a) Third maxilliped; (b) first pereiopod; (c) same, chela; (d) second pereiopod; (e) same, fingers; (f) third pereiopod; (g, h) same, distal propod and dactyl; (i) uropod.