Laomenes holthuisi Marin & Okuno, 2010

Marin, Ivan, Chan, Tin-Yam & Okuno, Junji, 2012, Crinoid-associated pontoniine shrimps of the genus Laomenes Clark, 1919 (Decapoda, Caridea, Palaemonidae) from PANGLAO 2004 and KUMEJIMA 2009 Expeditions, with description of two new species, Zootaxa 3367 (1), pp. 103-114 : 114

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3367.1.10
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5253846
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D90D87B2-7310-2C0D-FF6E-91B5FEDEFD22
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Laomenes holthuisi Marin & Okuno, 2010
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Laomenes holthuisi Marin & Okuno, 2010 View in CoL

( Figs. 7 View FIGURE 7 , 8c View FIGURE 8 )

Laomenes holthuisi Marin & Okuno, 2010: 462 View in CoL , figs. 1–6 [type locality: Izu Islands , southern Japan].

Material examined. 1 ovigerous female (pcl 2.7 mm), 1 male (pcl 2.2 mm) ( NTOU M00998 View Materials ), Pacific Ocean , Japan, Ryukyu Islands , Kume Island , KUMEJIMA 2009 Expedition , stn. Dive 12, Torishima Islet, 26°19.683ʹN, 126°44.625ʹE, scuba diving, <20 m, 12 November 2009 GoogleMaps .

Colouration. Body blackish and distributed with large irregular yellowish white patches ( Fig. 8c View FIGURE 8 ).

Host. The present specimens were collected from an unidentified comatulid feather star. Laomenes holthuisi is known as a symbiont of yellow-black-green comasterid feather stars of the genus Comanthina A.H. Clark, 1909 (Echinodermata, Crinoidea, Comasteridae ) such as C. nobilis (Carpenter, 1884) and C. schlegelii (Carpenter, 1881) (see Marin & Okuno 2010).

Distribution. This species is known only from Japan in the Izu Islands (type locality; Marin & Okuno 2010) and the Ryukyu Islands, Japan (present study).

Remarks. The present specimens agree well with the original description of the species provided by Marin & Okuno (2010).