Philarius imperialis (Kubo, 1940)

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 : 725

Philarius imperialis (Kubo, 1940)

Harpilius imperialis Kubo 1940a, p 1 , Figures 1–3 .

Philarius imperialis: Holthuis 1952a, p 15 ; Miyake and Fujino 1968, p 420, Figure 6 ; Bruce 1976b, p 482; Fransen 1994, p 132; Bruce and Coombes 1995, p 137; Li 1996, p 230, Figure 9 ; Li 1998, p 224; Li 2000, p 252, Figure 335; De Grave 2000, p 142.

Material examined

New Caledonia: (i) lagoon, Îlot Maitre, scuba, 5 m, with coral, coll. C. Vadon, 13 September 1978, 1 ovig. ♀ (abdomen damaged, tail-fan lost) (MNHN-Na 15848). Loyalty Islands: ATELIER LIFOU, Lifou, Santal Bay, (ii) opposite Ngoni beach, stn 1459, 20 ° 47.09S, 167 ° 03.09E, 55–80 m, trawl, 5 and 13 November 2000, 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 15542); (iii) in the region of Easo Point, stn 1465, 20 ° 47.79S, 167 ° 07.09E, 35–45 m, trawl, 16 November 2000, 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 15543) .

Host

(i) Acropora sp. [ Scleractinia ].

Remarks

Not previously recorded from New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands.

Distribution

Type locality: Nankin-hama , Hahajima , Ogasawa Islands. Also known from Arabia, Israel, Kenya, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Seychelles, La Réunion, Singapore, Vietnam, China, Japan, Papua New Guinea, Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Great Barrier Reef) , Coral Sea, Caroline Islands, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, and Marshall Islands .

Figures

Figure 1. Palaemonetes atrinubes Bray, 1976, ovigerous female (MNHN-Na 14843). (a) Carapace and anterior appendages; (b) anterior carapace; (c) distal part of proximal peduncular segment; (d) antennal scale; (e) distal telson; (f) mandible; (g) first pereiopod; (h) same, chela; (i) second pereiopod; (j) same, chela; (k) third pereiopod; (l) same, propod and dactyl; (m) same, distal propod and dactyl.

Figure 2. Harpiliopsis spinigera (Ortmann, 1880), male (MNHN-Na 15838). (a) Second pereiopod; (b) same, fingers.

Figure 3. Kemponia agag (Kemp, 1922), male (MNHN-Na 14877). (a) Carapace and anterior appendages; (b) antennal scale; (c) second pereiopod, ischium, merus, and carpus; (d) same, chela; (e) same, fingers; (f) same, article of carpus and chela; (g) proximal fingers; (h) third pereiopod, propod and dactyl; (i) same, distal propod and dactyl.

Figure 6. Kemponia cf. suvadivensis (Borradaile, 1915), ovigerous female (MNHN-Na 14926). (a) Carapace; (b) antennal scale; (c) third pereiopod, carpus, propod, and dactyl; (d) same, distal propod and dactyl.

Figure 9. Palaemonella komaii, new species, holotype male (MNHN-Na 15482). (a) Carapace and anterior appendages; (b) anterior carapace; (c) telson; (d) eye, dorsal view; (e) antennule; (f) same, distal shorter free ramus of upper flagellum; (g) antenna.