Procletes levicarina (Bate, 1888)

Li, Xinzheng, 2006, Additional Pandaloid Shrimps From The South China Sea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea), With Description Of One New Species, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 54 (2), pp. 361-372 : 370-371

Procletes levicarina (Bate, 1888)

Dorodotes levicarina Bate, 1888: 680 [type locality: Arafura Sea west of Torres Strait].

Procletes levicarina – Holthuis, 1993: 278, Fig. 277; Li & Komai, 2003: 271; Li, 2004: 823.

Material examined. – 2 males, 2 females (1 ovigerous), CN 54 - K296A, Wushi, Leizhou , Guangdong, coll. Ruiyu Liu & Yongliang Wang, 8 Dec.1954 ; 1 female, CN 54 -K296B, Wushi, Leizhou , Guangdong, coll. Ruiyu Liu & Yongliang Wang, 8 Dec.1954 ; 7 females, CN 54 -K334, Beihai , Guangxi, 18 Dec.1954 ; 20 ex., CN 54 -K353, Weizhou Island , Guangxi, 23 Dec.1954 ; 3 ex., CN 55 - K404, Sanya, Hainan Island , coll. Ruiyu Liu, 1 Dec.1955 ; 50 ex., CN 55 -K438, Yinghai, Hainan Island , coll. Ruiyu Liu, 7 Dec.1955 ; 4 females, CN 55 -K438A, Yinghai , Hainan Island, 14 Dec.1955 ; 1 female, CN 55 -K519, Xincun, Hainan Island , coll. Zhengang Fan, 21 Dec.1955 ; 4 females (2 ovigerous), CN 55 -K534, Xincun, Hainan Island , coll. Zhengang Fan, 24 Dec.1955 ; 20 ex., CN 55 -K173, off Zhelang, Shanwei , Guangdong Province, China, coll. Ruiyu Liu, 27 Feb.1956 ; 1 male, CN 56 -K248, Haimen fishery harbor, Zhejiang, Province , China, coll. Liu, 12 Mar.1956 ; 1 ovigerous female, CN 57 K-281, Yinggehai, Hainan Island , coll. Zhengang Fan & Jieshan Xu, 26 Jun.1957 ; 30 ex., CN 55 -K438, Yinghai, Hainan Island , coll. Liu, 7 Dec.1959 ; 1 male, CN X86 A-1, Beibu Gulf , 18 ° 15'N 108 ° 15'E, 87 m, muddy sand, 0.1 m 2 grab, coll. Zhengang Fan, 13 Feb.1960 ; 1 ovigerous female, CN X90 A-8, Beibu Gulf , 17 ° 30'N 107 ° 00'E, 52 m, muddy sand, 0.1 m 2 grab, coll. Zhengang Fan, 14 Feb.1960 ; 1 male, 4 females (3 ovigerous), CN SSBII3-56 , Nansha Islands , 5º31.14'N 108º49.92'E, 121 m, sandy mud, AT, 28 May.1985 ; 1 male, 1 female, CN SSBII10-84 , Nansha Islands , coral reef, no detailed locality, 53 m, AT, 4 Jun.1985 ; 5 females (2 ovigerous), CN SSBIII9-53 , Nansha Islands , 5º21.74'N 112º04.87'E, 136 m, muddy sand, AT, 30 Apr.1986 ; 2 ovigerous females, CN SSBIV-23B, Nansha Islands , 5º44.85'N 114º36.53'E, 111 m, sandy mud, AT, 9 May.1987 ; 1 male, 3 ovigerous females, CN SSMIV- 27, Nansha Islands , 4º29.30'N 112º14.43'E, 78 m, soft mud, fishing net, 11 May.1987 ; 1 male, 1 ovigerous female, CN SSMIV-28, Nansha Islands , 4º29.30'N 112º14.43'E, 78 m, soft mud, fishing net, 11 May.1987 ; 1 male, CN SSBIV-45, Nansha Islands , 4º55.00'N 111º15.00'E, 110 m, soft mud, AT, 14 May.1987 ; 1 ovigerous female, CN SSIVB45-27 , Nansha Islands , 4º26.00'N 111º00.00'E, 107 m, AT, 15 May.1987 ; 1 ovigerous female, CN SSBV27-84 , Nansha Islands , 3º59.81'N 112º05.16'E, 56 m, muddy sand, 1 Aug.1988 ; 1 ovigerous female, CN 36 , Nansha Islands , 4º53.05'N 113º20.29'E, 102 m, muddy sand with broken shells, 1 Aug.1988 ; 3 females, CN SSBVIII 1-50 , Nansha Islands , 4º43.00'N 109º16.00'E, 110 m, muddy sand, 4 Jun.1990 ; 2 females, CN B92 - B6-3 , Sanya Bay, Hainan Island , 11-30m, sand, 22 Mar.1992 ; 2 males, CN B92 - B11-30 , Sanya Bay, Hainan Island , 11-30m, sand, 23 Mar.1992 ; 1 female, CN B92 - B11-64 , Sanya Bay, Hainan Island , 11-30m, sand, 23 Mar.1992 ; 1 female, CN NS2 B-3, Nansha Islands , 5º00'N 110º00'E, 176 m, coll. Baolin Zhang, 6 Dec.1993 ; 1 ex., CN NS5 B-8C, Nansha Islands , 5º30'N 112º00'E, 146 m, coll. Baolin Zhang, 10 Dec.1993 ; 2 males, 3 ovigerous females, CN SSBS-9c, Nansha Islands , 5º30.42'N 108º29.29'E, 93 m, coll. Zhican Tang & Baolin Zhang, 17 Sep.1994 ; 1 male, CN SSB10-10 c, Nansha Islands , 4º30.63'N 110º30.11'E, 100 m, coll. Zhican Tang & Baolin Zhang, 23 Sep.1994 ; 2 males, 4 females (3 ovigerous), CN SSB12-5 , Nansha Islands , 4º59.54'N 110º00.73'E, 102 m, coll. Zhican Tang & Baolin Zhang, 23 Sep.1994 ; 2 females (1 ovigerous), CN SSB9-8 A, Nansha Islands , no detailed locality, 108 m, 23 Sep.1994 ; 1 male, 2 ovigerous females, CN CJ97 C-050, Sanya fishing harbor, Hainan Island , coll. Xinzheng Li, 27 Feb.1997 ; 1 male, CN CJ97 C-386, Sanya fishing market, Hainan Island , coll. Xinzheng Li, 25 Nov.1997 ; 4 females, CN CJ97 C-397, Sanya fishing harbor, Hainan Island , coll. Xinzheng Li, 27 Nov.1997 ; 1 male, 3 females (2 ovigerous), CN CJ97 C-432, Sanya, Hainan Island , coll. Xinzheng Li, 28 Nov.1997 ; 1 ovigerous female, CN CJ97 C-459, Sanya Bay, Hainan Island , 19 m, coll. Xinzheng Li, 29 Nov.1997 ; 6 females (3 ovigerous), CN 05 H-29, Hongsha, Sanya, Hainan Island , coll. Wei Jiang & Qiang Ma, 4 Sep.2005 .

Distribution. – Red Sea to Indonesia, South China Sea, Philippines, East China Sea and Japan; 14- 393 m.

Remarks. – Not previously reported from the Nansha Islands.