Jocaste japonica ( Ortmann, 1890 )

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 : 15

Jocaste japonica ( Ortmann, 1890)

Coralliocaris superba var. japonica Ortmann, 1890: 509 . Jocaste japonica — Holthuis, 1952: 193 –195 (partim).

Jocaste japonica — Patton, 1966: 279 –280, Figure 3 B.

Material examined. (1) 1 ovig. Ψ, MAP­158, ST­095, 12°40.156’N 54°02.850’E, Shanitan, E of Hadibo, N coast, 8 m, 22 March 1999, SMF 29200. (2) 1 spm., MAP­159, ST­095, 12°40.156’N 54°02.850’E, Shanitan, E of Hadibo, N coast, 8 m, 22 March 1999, NHCY.

Hosts: Acropora cf. valida (Dana) [ Scleractinia ].

Regional records: Not reported from the Red Sea, but known from Maldive Islands ( Borradaile, 1917).

General distribution: Type locality: Kagoshima, Kyushu, Japan. Reported throughout much of the Indo­West Pacific region, where there are coral reefs, east to New Caledonia and the Fijian Islands.

Remarks: This report constitutes the most north westerly record from the Indian Ocean. Specimens (1) found in association with J. lucina . A common associate of Acropora corals.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Dactylonia carinicula sp. nov .. paratype. (A), mandible. (B), maxillula. (C), maxilla. (D), first maxilliped. (E), second maxillped. (F), third maxilliped.