Leander tenuicornis ( Say, 1818 )

Fransen, Charles H. J. M., 2023, The marine palaemonid shrimps (Crustacea, Deapoda, Caridea) of the Dutch Caribbean, Zootaxa 5387 (1), pp. 1-127 : 24

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

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10699028

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scientific name

Leander tenuicornis ( Say, 1818 )
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Leander tenuicornis ( Say, 1818) View in CoL

Palaemon tenuicornis View in CoL — Rathbun 1920: 7 ( Curaçao); Schmitt 1924: 72 ( Curaçao).

Leander tenuicornis View in CoL — Holthuis 1952: 155 ( Curaçao); Poupin 2018: 107 ( Sint Maarten).

Material examined. Curacao: RMNH. CRUS.D.2270: 1 non-ovigerous female pocl. 3.4 mm; 28.ix.1905, collected by J. Boeke. RMNH. CRUS.D.12929: 1 male pocl. 2.4 mm; Santa Cruzbaai, 13.xii.1956, collected by L.B. Holthuis (fcn. 1021). RMNH. CRUS.D.2262: 1 ovugerous female, pocl. 6.0 mm; 26.v.1905, collected by Prof. Boeke. RMNH. CRUS.D.28532: 2 males, pocl. 4.3 mm; 1 non-ovigerous female, pocl. 5.6 mm; Piscaderabaai, 14.ii.1957, 0–1 m, seagrass, Rhizophora sp. , at night collected by L.B. Holthuis (fcn. 1104). RMNH. CRUS.D.28533: 1 non-ovigerous female, pocl. 2.2 mm; Piscaderabaai, 14.xii.1963, sand, Rhizophora sp. , garbage and Halimeda sp. collected by P. Wagenaar Hummelinck (fcn. 1460A). RMNH. CRUS.D.28534: 2 non-ovigerous females, pocl. 4.5, 5.0 mm; 4 males, pocl. 3.7, 3.8, 4.0, 4.3 mm; Piscaderabaai, 12.xi.1956, depth 0–1 m, collected by L.B. Holthuis (fcn. 1002). ZMA. CRUS.D.240305: 1 male, pocl. 5.0 mm; Spaansche water, 25.v.1930, collected by Holthuis. Sint Maarten: RMNH. CRUS.D.37605: 1 non-ovigerous female, pocl. 3.1 mm; Oysterpond, 13/ 27.xii.1987, depth 1 m, collection P.A. v.d. Heuvel.

Ecology. Associated with algae and sea grass beds ( De Grave & Anker 2017). Also associated with pelagic Sargassum sp. ( Bennice & Brooks 2016).

Distribution. Pantropical in tropical and subtropical shallow water habitats. Recorded in depths between 1 and 71 m ( Poupin 2018). Previous records from Curacao by Rathbun (1920 as Palaemon tenuicornis ), Schmitt (1924, as Palaemon tenuicornis ), and Holthuis (1952).

RMNH

National Museum of Natural History, Naturalis

ZMA

Universiteit van Amsterdam, Zoologisch Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Palaemonidae

Genus

Leander

Loc

Leander tenuicornis ( Say, 1818 )

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

Leander tenuicornis

Poupin, J. 2018: 107
Holthuis, L. B. 1952: 155
1952
Loc

Palaemon tenuicornis

Schmitt, W. L. 1924: 72
Rathbun, M. J. 1920: 7
1920
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