Paranchistus nobilii Holthuis, 1952

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 : 669

Paranchistus nobilii Holthuis, 1952

Anchistus Miersi Nobili 1906b, p 48 (non Harpilius Miersi De Man 1888 ).

Paranchistus nobilii Holthuis 1952a, p 100 , Figures 41, 42; Bruce 1983b, p 890, Figures 6E , 8I, J ; Li 2000, p 111, Figure 120.

Material examined

New Caledonia: lagoon, Five Mile Chenal , scuba, 15–20 m, coll. C. Vadon, 20 September 1978, 1 „, 2 ovig. ♀? ♀ (MNHN-Na 15886) .

Remarks

Not previously recorded from New Caledonia.

Distribution

Type locality: Persian Gulf. Also known from Indonesia, New Caledonia , and Kiribati Islands ( Gilbert Islands).

Figures

Figure 6. Kemponia cf. suvadivensis (Borradaile, 1915), ovigerous female (MNHN-Na 14926). (a) Carapace; (b) antennal scale; (c) third pereiopod, carpus, propod, and dactyl; (d) same, distal propod and dactyl.

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.