Periclimenes vaubani Bruce, 1990

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 : 722-723

Periclimenes vaubani Bruce, 1990

Periclimenes vaubani Bruce 1990a, p 174 , Figures 16–19 , 38a–d; Bruce 1991a, p 315; Bruce 2005, p 4, Figure 1 ; Li 2000, p 245, Figure 325.

Material examined

New Caledonia: (1) NORFOLK 1, Norfolk Ridge , Introuvable Bank , stn DW1697, 24 ° 399S, 168 ° 389E, 569–616 m, 24 June 2001, 1 „, 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 15929); (ii) Norfolk Ridge, Antigonia Bank, stn CP 2122, 23 ° 229S, 168 ° 009W, 560–577 m, 1 November 2003, 1♀ (MNHN-Na 15940) .

Distribution

Type locality: New Caledonia. Previously recorded from Norfolk Ridge by Bruce (2005) from West Norfolk Ridge in the Tasman Sea .

Periclimenes venustus Bruce, 1990

Periclimenes venustus Bruce 1990c, p 230 –240, Figures 1–6 , 7a , 8a ; Chace and Bruce 1993, p 124; Li 2000, p 246, Figure 327; Davie 2002, p 333.

Material examined

New Caledonia: PLOUVEAL, stn DW1222, Loyalty Islands, Uvea Lagoon , 20 ° 289S, 166 ° 309E, 15 m, 12 September 1992, 1♀ (MNHN-Na 14871) .

Remarks

Not previously reported from New Caledonia. The single specimen has both second pereiopods but lacks a rostrum, with an epigastric spine on the carapace.

Distribution

Type locality: Coral Bay , Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia . Also known from Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia (Western Australia) , and New Caledonia.

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 7. Mesopontonia brevicarpus, new species. (a, d–g) Holotype ovigerous female; (b) paratype male; (c) juvenile (MNHN-Na 14824). (a) Carapace and anterior appendages; (b, c) carapace; (d) antennule; (e) first pereiopod; (f) same, chela; (g) same, apexes of fingers.

Figure 8. Mesopontonia brevicarpus, new species, holotype ovigerous female (MNHN-Na 14824). (a) Major second pereiopod; (b) same, chela; (c) same, fingers; (d) minor second pereiopod; (e) same, chela; (f) third pereiopod; (g) same, propod and dactyl; (h) same, distal propod and dactyl.

Figure 16. Periclimenes crosnieri, new species, holotype female (MNHN-Na 14943), body, lateral view.

Figure 17. Periclimenes crosnieri, new species. (a, c–k) Holotype female; (b) paratype female (MNHN-Na 14943). (a) Anterior carapace; (b) carapace; (c) right eye, lateral view; (d) telson; (e) right antennule; (f) same, peduncle, medial view; (g) right antenna; (h) mandible; (i) maxilla; (j) second maxilliped; (k) third maxilliped.

Figure 18. Periclimenes crosnieri, new species. (a–f, i) Holotype female; (g, h) paratype female (MNHN-Na 14943). (a) First pereiopod; (b) same, chela; (c) major second pereiopod; (d) same, fingers; (e) minor second pereiopod; (f) third pereiopod; (g) same, propod and dactyl; (h) same, distal propod and dactyl; (i) uropod.

Figure 19. Periclimenes forgesi, new species, holotype ovigerous female (MNHN-Na 14928). (a) Carapace and anterior appendages; (b) anterior carapace; (c) eye; (d) antennule; (e) antenna; (f) mandible; (g) maxillula, upper lacinia and palp; (h, i) same, lower lacinia; (j) maxilla; (k) first maxilliped; (l) second maxilliped.