Palaemonella spinulata Yokoya, 1936

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 : 668

Palaemonella spinulata Yokoya, 1936

Palaemonella spinulata Yokoya 1936, p 135 , Figure 4 ; Li 2000, p 106, Figure 116; Davie 2002, p 317.

Material examined

New Caledonia: (i) MONTROUZIER, Touho, sandy island, scuba, coll. B. Richer de Forges, 7 September 1993, 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 14842). Loyalty Islands: ATELIER LIFOU, Lifou, Santal Bay , (ii) west-southwest of Easo Point , stn 1429, 20 ° 47.59S, 167 ° 07.19E, 8–18 m, coral heads, sedimentary channels, 5 November 2000, 1 ovig. ♀? (MNHN-Na 15510); (iii) in front of Ngoni beach, stn 1459, 20 ° 47.09S, 167 ° 03.09E, 55– 80 m, trawl, 5 and 13 November 2000, 1 „ (MNHN-Na 15506); (iv) north of Cap Aimé Martin (5Acadro), stn 1449, 20 ° 45.89S, 167 ° 01.659E, 17 m, washing, 17 November 2000, 3 „„, 2 ovig. ♀♀ (MNHN-Na 15512); (v) north of Cap Aimé Martin (5Acadro), stn 1449, 20 ° 45.89S, 167 ° 01.659E, 17 m, 17 November 2000, 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 15594); (vi) Chépénéhé Point , stn 1420, 20 ° 47.79S, 167 ° 09.359E, 4–5 m, flatstone with sediment cover, 18–19 November 2000, 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 15507); (vii) between Cap Mande and Cap Lefèvre (5Nem), stn 1452, 20 ° 54.69S, 167 ° 02.19E, 2–25 m, scuba, 20 and 22 November 2000, 3 ovig. ♀♀ (MNHN-Na 15511); (viii) south of Cap Lefèvre (5Nem), stn 1454, 20 ° 56.659S, 167 ° 02.09E, 15–18 m, 23 November 2000, 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 15508); (ix) west-southwest of Easo Point , stn 1429, 20 ° 47.59S, 167 ° 07.19E, 8–18 m, coral heads, sedimentary channels, 24 November 2000, 3 „„, 2♀♀, 1 juvenile (MNHN-Na 15509); (x) near Ngoni , stn 1457, 20 ° 46.89S, 167 ° 02.759E, 5–10 m, 27 November 2000, 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 15505); (xi) Kuendu Bay , 0.5 m, coll. B. Richer de Forges , 5 May 1996, 3 „„, 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 15827) .

Remarks

Not previously recorded from New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands.

Distribution

Type locality: Misaki, Japan. Otherwise known from Kenya, Tanzania, La Réunion, Japan and Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland), New Caledonia, and Loyalty Islands .

Figures

Figure 4. Kemponia ensifrons (Dana, 1852), ovigerous female (MNHN-Na 14891). (a) Carapace and anterior appendages; (b) anterior carapace; (c) antennule; (d) antenna.