Periclimenes rathbunae Schmitt, 1924

Fransen, Charles H. J. M., 2023, The marine palaemonid shrimps (Crustacea, Deapoda, Caridea) of the Dutch Caribbean, Zootaxa 5387 (1), pp. 1-127 : 99-100

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5387.1.1

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10698895

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Periclimenes rathbunae Schmitt, 1924
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Periclimenes rathbunae Schmitt, 1924 View in CoL

( Fig. 66 View FIGURE 66 , video 14)

Periclimenes rathbunae Schmitt, 1924 a: 70 View in CoL ( Curaçao); Schmitt 1936: 370 ( Bonaire); Holthuis, 1951b: 58 ( Curaçao, Bonaire); Criales 1980 ( Curaçao); Brinkmann & Fransen 2016: 438, 446 ( Bonaire, Curaçao); Hoeksema & Fransen 2017: 607 ( Curaçao); Poupin 2018: 110 ( Sint Maarten).

Material examined. Curaçao: RMNH. CRUS.D.58250: 2 specimens; stn CAR.14, Vaersenbaai, 12°09.678′N 68°00.23′′W, 11.iv.2014, depth unknown, scuba diving, on sea anemone, collected by C. Rauch. OUMNH: several specimens, stn C2, Curaçao, Kokomo Beach, 26.ii.2015, depth unknown, on Stichodactyla helianthus (Ellis, 1768) , collected by Peter Wirtz. Stn CF09A, Hilton reef, 9.vi.2017, depth 2 m, scuba diving, on S. helianthus, C.H.J.M. Fransen (video 14), not collected. Stn CF10B, St. Michielsbaai, 10.vi.2017, depth 5 m, scuba diving, on S. helianthus, C.H.J.M. Fransen (video 14), not collected. RMNH. CRUS.D.58251: 1 ovigerous female, pocl. 2.8 mm; stn CF14A- 1, Playa Kalki, 14.vi.2017, depth 5 m, on S. helianthus , collected by C.H.J.M. Fransen. RMNH. CRUS.D.58252: 1 juvenile, pocl. 1.8 mm; stn CF14A-3, Playa Kalki, 14.vi.2017, depth 20 m, scuba diving, on M. meandrites , collected by C.H.J.M. Fransen (video 14). RMNH. CRUS.D.58253: 1 non ovigerous female, pocl. 3.9 mm; stn CF16B-2, Blue Bay, 16.vi.2017, depth 3 m, scuba diving, on Condylactis gigantea (Weinland, 1860) , collected by C.H.J.M. Fransen (video 14). OUMNH. ZC. 2019-06-24: 1 female, pocl. 3.0 mm; Vaersenbaai (= Kokomo Beach), 12°9′37.8″N 69°0′20.52″W, depth 39 m, 26.ii.2015, from S. helianthus , leg. P. Wirtz & K. Wittman (fcn. 31). Bonaire: RMNH. CRUS.D.58254: 1 specimen; stn BON.12, Kai (Lac), 12°06.255′N 068°13.347′W, 27.x.2019, depth 0.5 m, snorkeling, on S. helianthus , collected by C.H.J.M. Fransen (video 14). Stn BON.14, Bari, 12°10.036′N 068°17.219′W, 28.x.2019, depth 12 m, scuba diving, on Dendrogyra cylindrus (Ehrenberg, 1834) , C.H.J.M. Fransen (photo), not collected. Stn BON.21, Something Special (Pali Grande), 12°09.696′N 068°17.016′W, 31.x.2019, depth 8 m, scuba diving, C. gigantea, C.H.J.M. Fransen (video 14), not collected. RMNH. CRUS.D.58255: 1 specimen; stn BON.22, Kai (Lac), 12°06.183′N 068°13.333′W, 31.x.2019, depth 1 m, snorkeling, on S. helianthus , collected by W. de Gier. RMNH. CRUS.D.58256: 1 specimen; stn BON.27, Red Slave, 12°01.592′N 068°15.063′W, 3.xi.2019, depth 1 m, scuba diving, collected by M.A. Faasse. Stn BON.29, Front Porch, 12°09,904′N 068°17,194′W, 04.xi.2019, depth 10 m, scuba diving, on D. cylindrus, C.H.J.M. Fransen (video 14), not collected. Stn BON.33, Invisibles, 12°04,646′N 068°16,800′W, xi.2019, depth 5 m, scuba diving, on D. cylindrus, C.H.J.M. Fransen (video 14), not collected.

Ecology. Known to live in association with sea anemones: Actinoporus elegans Duchassaing, 1850 , Bartholomea annulata (Lesueur, 1817) , B. granulifer (Lesueur, 1817) , C. gigantea , Homostichanthus duerdeni Carlgren, 1900 , L. neglecta , L. lucida ; with S. helianthus as preferred host ( Silbiger & Childress 2008; De Grave & Anker 2017; Brooker et al. 2019). Occasionally found in association with the stony corals D. cylindrus (cf. Brinkmann & Fransen 2016) and Mussa angulosa (Pallas, 1766) ( García-Hernández & Schizas 2021) , the corallimorpharian Ricordea florida Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 ( Ritson-Williams & Paul 2007), on the gorgonian E. tourneforti Milne- Edwards & Haime, 1857 ( Criales 1980) and on the sea slug Elysia crispata Mörch, 1863 ( Hoeksema & Fransen 2017). Herein for the first time recorded from the stony coral M. meandrites .

Distribution. Widely distributed in shallow waters of the tropical western Atlantic; usually in depth between 0 and 5 m, rarer in depths to 20 m ( De Grave & Anker 2017).

RMNH

National Museum of Natural History, Naturalis

ZC

Zoological Collection, University of Vienna

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Palaemonidae

Genus

Periclimenes

Loc

Periclimenes rathbunae Schmitt, 1924

Fransen, Charles H. J. M. 2023
2023
Loc

Periclimenes rathbunae

Poupin, J. 2018: 110
Hoeksema, B. W. & Fransen, C. H. J. M. 2017: 607
Brinkmann B. W. & Fransen, C. H. J. M. 2016: 438
Holthuis, L. B. 1951: 58
Schmitt, W. L. 1936: 370
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