Exoclimenella cf. denticulata (Nobili, 1906)

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 : 633

Exoclimenella cf. denticulata (Nobili, 1906)

Material examined

Loyalty Islands: ATELIER LIFOU, Lifou, Santal Bay: in front of Peng , stn 1464, 20 ° 54.59S, 167 ° 05.99E, 30–50 m, dredges, blocks of calcareous algae, 14 November 2000, 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 15447) .

Remarks

Carpus of second pereiopods is distinctly longer than that of the original description.

Exoclimenella maldivensis Duris and Bruce, 1995 Exoclimenella maldivensis Duris and Bruce 1995, p 622 , Figures 1–5 ; De Grave 2000, p 123.

Material examined

Loyalty Islands: ATELIER LIFOU, Lifou, Santal Bay, (i) west or southwest of Easo Point , stn 1429, 20 ° 47.59S, 167 ° 07.19E, 8–18 m, sedimentary channels, 3/5/ 23–24 November 2000, 1 „, 1♀, 1 juvenile (MNHN-Na 15449); (ii) east of bay, in front of Huca Hutighe´, stn 1460, 20 ° 52.49S, 167 ° 08.09E, 40–60 m, dredge, 6 November 2000, 1 „ (MNHN-Na 15454); (iii) Gaatcha Bay, stn 1463, 20 ° 55.059S, 167 ° 03.359E, 20–30 m, dredge, sand and coral debris, 10 November 2000, 1 „ (MNHN-Na 15455); (iv) east of Santal Bay: Mepinyo, stn 1446, 20 ° 50.89S, 167 ° 09.79E, 36–40 m, bottom of slope, 16 November 2000, 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 15452); (v) north of Cap Aimé Martin (5Acadro), stn 1450, 20 ° 45.89S, 167 ° 01.659E, 27–31 m, washings, 21 November 2000, 4 „? „, 4♀♀ (2 ovig.) (MNHN-Na 15457); (vi) between Cap Mande and Cap Lefèvre (5Nem), stn 1452, 20 ° 54.69S, 167 ° 02.19E, 2–25 m, scuba, 22 November 2000, 1 juvenile (MNHN-Na 15456); (vii) between Cap Wekutr and Cap Wajez, stn 1455, 20 ° 56.89S, 167 ° 02.79E, slope, 15–20 m, 25 November 2000, 1 „, 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 15450); (viii) northeast Santal Bay, in region of Cila , stn 1456, 20 ° 49.39S, 167 ° 10.49E, slope, 25–30 m, 26 November 2000, 2 „„, 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 15451); (ix) in front of Ngoni, stn 1457, 20 ° 46.89S, 167 ° 02.759E, 5–10 m, dark overhang and boulders, 27 November 2000, 1 „, 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 15453) .

Remarks Not previously recorded from Loyalty Islands. The specimen (i) with 2+7/5 rostral dentition, the subapical dorsal tooth tiny; the female and juvenile of (vii), male of (iii) lack both second pereiopods, the male also lacks the carapace and the appendages anterior to the second pereiopods, but both the pereiopods are present; specimens of (iii) and (vi) lack both second pereiopods and (vii) the rostrum is broken.

Distribution

Type locality: Maldives, Timor Sea. Also known from Thailand, Japan, and Loyalty Islands .

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 2. Harpiliopsis spinigera (Ortmann, 1880), male (MNHN-Na 15838). (a) Second pereiopod; (b) same, fingers.

Figure 3. Kemponia agag (Kemp, 1922), male (MNHN-Na 14877). (a) Carapace and anterior appendages; (b) antennal scale; (c) second pereiopod, ischium, merus, and carpus; (d) same, chela; (e) same, fingers; (f) same, article of carpus and chela; (g) proximal fingers; (h) third pereiopod, propod and dactyl; (i) same, distal propod and dactyl.

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

Figure 5. Kemponia ensifrons (Dana, 1852), ovigerous female (MNHN-Na 14891). (a) Second pereiopod; (b) same, chela and carpus; (c) third pereiopod, propod and dactyl; (d) same, distal propod and dactyl.