Jocaste lucina ( Nobili, 1901 )

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 : 16

Jocaste lucina ( Nobili, 1901)

Coralliocaris lucina Nobili, 1901: 5 .

Jocaste lucina — Holthuis, 1952: 193 –195, Figure 94 (partim). Jocaste lucina — Patton, 1966: 278 –279, Figure 3 A.

Material examined. (1) 2 spms, MAP­064, ST­016, 12°40.264’N 53°27.204’E, SW of Qualansiyah, NW­coast, 5–7 m, 3 March 1999, NHCY. (2) 7 spms (4 ovig.Ψ), MAP­158, ST­095, 12°40.156’N 54°02.850’E, Shanitan, E of Hadibo, N coast, 8 m, 22 March 1999, SMF 29201.

Hosts: (2), Acropora cf. valida (Dana) [ Scleractinia ].

Regional records: Numerous records from the Red Sea and also reported from Aden ( Bruce, 1969) and the Maldive Islands ( Bruce, 1969).

General distribution: Type locality: Eritrea. Common throughout much of the Indo­ West Pacific, where there are coral reefs, east to the Fijian Islands and Johnson Atoll.

Remarks: Specimens (1) in poor condition. Specimens (2) found in association with Jocaste japonica . 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.