Kemponia longirostris ( Borradaile, 1915 )

Bruce, A. J., 2006, Pontoniine shrimps (Decapoda: Palaemonidae) from the island of Socotra, with descriptions of new species of Dactylonia Fransen, 2002 and Periclimenoides Bruce, 1990, Zootaxa 1137, pp. 1-36 : 17

Kemponia longirostris ( Borradaile, 1915)

Palaemonella longirostris Borradaile, 1915: 210 .

Periclimenes (Falciger) affinis Borradaile, 1915: 211 .

Periclimenes (Ancylocaris) proximus Kemp, 1922: 201 –204, figures 51–53. Periclimenes (Harpilius) longirostris — Holthuis, 1958: 3 –6, figure 1. Periclimenes longirostris — Bruce, 1981: 195–196, figures 4, 18a,d. Kemponia longirostris — Bruce, 2004: 17.

Material examined. (1) 3 spms, MAP­137, ST­067, 12°40.429’N 54°11.731’E, Rhyi di Hamri, E of Hawlaf, 7–9 m, 19 March 1999, NHCY. (2) 9 spms (1ɗ, 2 ovig. Ψ), MAP­154, ST­093, 12°40.519’N 54°04.170’E, Hawlaf Bay, E. of Hadibo, N coast, 9–10 m, 21 March 1999, SMF 29215.

Habitat: (2), dead Acropora (Scleractinia) .

Regional records: Zanzibar: Chukwani (Bruce, 1976), Seychelle Islands ( Fransen, 1994). Also known from the Red Sea: Israel ( Holthuis, 1958).

General distribution: Type locality: Naifaro, Fadiffolu Atoll, Maldive Islands. Scattered records throughout the Indo­West Pacific coral reefs, east to the Marshall Islands.

Remarks: (1) mainly juveniles, with many pereiopods detached.