Kemponia kororensis (Bruce, 1977)

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 : 645-647

Kemponia kororensis (Bruce, 1977)

Periclimenes kororensis Bruce 1977d, p 33 , Figures 1–4 ; Bruce and Svoboda 1984, p 94, Figures 5 , 6 ; Li 2000, p 201, Figure 258.

Kemponia kororensis: Bruce 2004, p 16 .

Material examined

Philippines: MUSORSTOM II, shore station, stn 11, opposite Mactan Marine Station, scuba, 5–18 m, with fungiid coral, 9 December 1980, 1 „ (MNHN-Na 15961).

Remarks The single specimen with rostral formula of 2+5/4, second to fourth dorsal teeth are grouped over orbital region, but not forming a crest as in the type. Both second pereiopods lost. Ambulatory pereiopods with flexor margin of propod unarmed except for the distoventral spine. Previously recorded from Philippines by Bruce and Svoboda (1984) from Cebu.

Distribution

Type locality: Koror, Palau Islands, Caroline Islands . Also known from Malaysia, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia (Queensland) , and Marshall Islands.

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 6. Kemponia cf. suvadivensis (Borradaile, 1915), ovigerous female (MNHN-Na 14926). (a) Carapace; (b) antennal scale; (c) third pereiopod, carpus, propod, and dactyl; (d) same, distal propod and dactyl.