Periclimenes soror Nobili, 1904

Li, Xinzheng, Cleva, Régis & Poupin, Joseph, 2012, Report on some caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) from Mayotte, southwest Indian Ocean, Zootaxa 3162, pp. 1-30 : 22-24

Periclimenes soror Nobili, 1904

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Periclimenes soror Nobili, 1904: 232 . — Li, 2000: 237, fig. 316; 2008a: 242. — De Grave, 2000: 139. — Wicksten and Hernández, 2000: 95. — Debelius, 2001: 186, unnumbered photo. — Wicksten and Hendrickx, 2003: 62. — Bruce, 2005: 358; 2006: 22; 2007: 118. — Li and Bruce, 2006: 721 . — Li et al., 2007: 291, fig. 148. — Poupin and Juncker, 2010: 282, unnumbered photo.

Periclimenes (Cristiger) frater Borradaile, 1915: 210 .

Periclimenes (Cristiger) soror — Borradaile, 1917: 363.

Periclimenes (Periclimenes) soror — Kemp, 1922: 165.

Periclimenes bicolor Edmondson, 1935: 10 , fig. 3.

Material examined. St 3, 02/11/2009, 19h–21h, Trévani fringing reef at night, 12°43'43.19"S, 45°11'43.97"E, coll. KUW fieldwork, snorkelling and scuba diving, 1–8 m, coral grounds at night, associated with a sea star Culcita sp., 1 ovigerous female (LC 2.2 mm), MNHN-Na 17061; St 5, 03/11/2009, 10h–13h, Great north east reef, seagrass bed, 12°41'58.01"S, 45°14'4.31"E, coll. KUW fieldwork, snorkelling and small dredge, 1 m, seagrass beds, small coral blocks, 3 ovigerous females (LC 1.6–2.0 mm), MNHN-Na 16046, 1 ovigerous female (LC 1.5 mm), MNHN- Na 17564.

Colouration (fig. 15). Colouration of the specimens agrees well with Debelius (2001) and Poupin and Juncker (2010), body dark brown, with dense tiny light marks, which is as those on its host, a striking white dorsal longitudinal stripe extending from rostrum to tailfan.

Distribution. Type locality Djibouti. Also known from Red Sea, Kenya, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Madagascar, Comoro Islands, Seychelles, Chagos Islands, Malaysia (Sabah), China ( Hong Kong), Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales), Marianas Islands, Caroline Islands, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, Marshall Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia (Society Islands, Tuamotu Islands), Hawaii, and East Pacific region, Gulf of California, Mexico, Panama, Columbia.

Remarks. The specimens agree well with the previous descriptions and illustrations. The species was not previously recorded from Mayotte with certainty.