Hamodactylus noumeae Bruce, 1970

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 : 634

Hamodactylus noumeae Bruce, 1970

Hamodactylus noumeae Bruce 1970a, p 539 –541, Figure 2 ; Chace and Bruce 1993, p 80; Li 2000, p 59, Figure 62; Davie 2002, p 312.

Material examined

New Caledonia: MONTROUZIER, Koumac Pass , 35 m, gorgonian washings, 28 October 1993, 2 „„, 1♀ (with branchial bopyrid) (MNHN-Na 14816) .

Remarks

The female specimen has five dorsal rostral teeth and both males have four. This species was first described from Nouméa, New Caledonia ( Bruce 1970a), but there have been no subsequent reports from these islands.

Distribution

Type locality: Nouméa , New Caledonia . Also known from Zanzibar, Tanzania, Kenya, Seychelles, Japan, and Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland) .

Figures

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