Cuapetes nilandensis ( Borradaile, 1915 )

Li, Xinzheng, Cleva, Régis & Poupin, Joseph, 2012, Report on some caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) from Mayotte, southwest Indian Ocean, Zootaxa 3162, pp. 1-30 : 11-12

Cuapetes nilandensis ( Borradaile, 1915)

Periclimenes (Falciger) nilandensis Borradaile, 1915: 211 .

Periclimenes (Ancylocaris) nilandensis — Kemp, 1922: 172.

Periclimenes (Harpilius) nilandensis — Holthuis, 1952: 58, fig. 22.

Periclimenes nilandensis — Bruce, 1978: 222, figs. 8, 9. — Li, 2000: 214, fig. 278.

Kemponia nilandensis — Bruce, 2004: 18. — Li and Bruce, 2006: 647 . — Li et al., 2007: 225, fig. 105. — Marin and Savinkin, 2007: 181, fig. 85D.

Cuapetes nilandensis — Okuno, 2009: 67.

Material examined. St 20b, 12/11/2009, 9h–12h, islet M'tzamboro, 12°39'30.18"S, 45° 0'42.76"E, coll. KUW fieldwork, scuba diving 10–15 m, collapsed edge reef, sandy slope pronounced, 1 male (LC 2.0 mm), 1 ovigerous female (LC 2.5 mm), MNHN-Na 16055, 2 ovigerous females (LC 2.8 and 3.0 mm), MNHN-Na 16058, 21 specimens (6 ovigerous females), MNHN-Na 17577.

Distribution. Type locality Maldives. Also known from Kenya, Zanzibar, Madagascar, South China Sea, Indonesia, Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland), New Caledonia; intertidal to 133 m depth.

Remarks. The specimens agree with previous descriptions and illustrations. The species was not previously recorded from Mayotte with certainty. The specimen of MNHN-Na 16058 was collected together with 1 ovigerous female of Thalassocaris crinita (Dana, 1852) (MNHN-Na 16057) at Station 20b.