Periclimenes brevirostris Bruce, 1991

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 : 677

Periclimenes brevirostris Bruce, 1991

Periclimenes brevirostris Bruce 1991a, p 321 –330, Figures 15–20 ; Li 2000, p 163, Figure 200.

Material examined

Solomon Islands: (i) southwest Santa Isabel, stn CP2194, 8 ° 24.89S, 159 ° 26.79E, 440– 521 m, November 2004, 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 15951) . Vanuatu: (ii) MUSORSTOM 8, stn CP1028, 17 ° 54.019S, 168 ° 40.429W, 624–668 m, coll. B. Richer de Forges , 28 September 1994, 1♀ (MNHN-Na 15882) . New Caledonia: (iii) BATHUS 1, stn CP709, 21 ° 41.789S, 166 ° 37.889E, 650–800 m, 19 March 1993, 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 14884) .

Remarks

Previously known only from the type material.

Distribution

Type locality: Île des Pins , New Caledonia , 500 m. Known only from New Caledonia .

Figures

Figure 15. Periclimenes calcaratus Chace and Bruce, 1993, male (MNHN-Na 14886). (a) Anterior carapace; (b) antennule; (c) same, distolateral angle of proximal pedunclar segment; (d) antenna; (e) third pereiopod, distal propod and dactyl; (f) same, distal corpus and unguis; (g) distoventral propodal spine.

Figure 16. Periclimenes crosnieri, new species, holotype female (MNHN-Na 14943), body, lateral view.

Figure 17. Periclimenes crosnieri, new species. (a, c–k) Holotype female; (b) paratype female (MNHN-Na 14943). (a) Anterior carapace; (b) carapace; (c) right eye, lateral view; (d) telson; (e) right antennule; (f) same, peduncle, medial view; (g) right antenna; (h) mandible; (i) maxilla; (j) second maxilliped; (k) third maxilliped.

Figure 18. Periclimenes crosnieri, new species. (a–f, i) Holotype female; (g, h) paratype female (MNHN-Na 14943). (a) First pereiopod; (b) same, chela; (c) major second pereiopod; (d) same, fingers; (e) minor second pereiopod; (f) third pereiopod; (g) same, propod and dactyl; (h) same, distal propod and dactyl; (i) uropod.

Figure 19. Periclimenes forgesi, new species, holotype ovigerous female (MNHN-Na 14928). (a) Carapace and anterior appendages; (b) anterior carapace; (c) eye; (d) antennule; (e) antenna; (f) mandible; (g) maxillula, upper lacinia and palp; (h, i) same, lower lacinia; (j) maxilla; (k) first maxilliped; (l) second maxilliped.

Figure 20. Periclimenes forgesi, new species, holotype ovigerous female (MNHN-Na 14928). (a) Third maxilliped; (b) first pereiopod; (c) same, chela; (d) second pereiopod; (e) same, fingers; (f) third pereiopod; (g, h) same, distal propod and dactyl; (i) uropod.