Metapontonia fungiacola Bruce, 1967

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 : 655

Metapontonia fungiacola Bruce, 1967

Metapontonia fungiacola Bruce 1967a, p 24 –32, Figures 10–12 ; Li 2000, p 78, Figure 79.

Material examined

New Caledonia: MONTROUZIER, Touho, scuba, sand islet, coll. B. Richer de Forges , 7 September 1993, 1♀ (MNHN-Na 14826) .

Remarks

Not previously reported from New Caledonia and, outside the Indian Ocean, known only from the Ryukyu Islands. The single specimen, which has both second pereiopods, agrees well with previous descriptions. The host was not recorded, but the species is usually associated with fungiid corals.

Distribution

Type locality: Pamanzi Reef , Mayotte, Comoro Islands. Also known from Kenya, Tanzania, Seychelles, La Réunion and Ryukyu Islands .

Figures

Figure 10. Palaemonella komaii, new species, holotype male (MNHN-Na 15482). (a) Mandible; (b) maxillula; (c) maxilla; (d) first maxilliped; (e) second maxilliped; (f) third maxilliped.

Figure 11. Palaemonella komaii, new species. (a–c, g–i) Holotype male (MNHN-Na 15482); (d–f) paratype male (MNHN-Na 15600). (a) First pereipod; (b) same, chela; (c) same, coxa, basis and ishium; (d) second pereiopod, right; (e) same, chela; (f) third pereiopod, left; (g) fifth pereiopod, left; (h) same, distal propodal subsegment and dactyl; (i) uropod.

Figure 12. Palaemonella pusilla Bruce, 1975, male (MNHN-Na 14839). (a) Carapace; (b) rostrum; (c) telson; (d) same, distal; (e) antennule; (f) antenna.