Coralliocaris superba
var. japonica Ortmann, 1890
Coralliocaris japonica
Borradaile, 1917 : 384
Jocaste japonica
Patton, 1966 : 279
Poupin, 1998 : 14
Li, 2000 : 69
De Grave, 2000 : 125
Li and Bruce, 2006 : 638
Li et al. , 2007 : 214
Report on some caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) from Mayotte, southwest Indian Ocean
Li, Xinzheng
Cleva, Régis
Poupin, Joseph
Zootaxa
2012
3162
1
30
Li and Bruce, 2006 : 638
35628b1e-5170-475f-b3b9-f2a6e541ec5c
Ortmann, 1890
Ortmann
1890
[151,569,1378,1404]
Malacostraca
Palaemonidae
Jocaste
Animalia
Decapoda
16
17
Arthropoda
species
japonica
Coralliocaris superba var. japonica Ortmann, 1890. Coralliocaris japonica— Borradaile, 1917: 384. Jocaste japonica— Patton, 1966: 279, fig. 36. — Poupin, 1998: 14. — Li, 2000: 69, fig. 70. — DeGrave, 2000: 125. — Bruce, 2006: 15. — Li and Bruce, 2006: 638. — Marin and Savinkin, 2007: fig. 85C (colour). — Li et al., 2007: 214, fig. 99a–d
Material examined.St 3, 02/11/2009, 19h–21h, Trévani fringing reef at night, 12°43'43.19"S, 45°11'43.97"E, coll. KUW fieldwork, snorkelling and scuba diving, 1–8 m, coral grounds at night, 3 ovigerous females (LC 3.0– 3.2 mm, LT about 14 mm), MNHN-Na 17063; St 14, 09/11/2009, 10h–12h, La Prudente bank, 12°38'50.68"S, 44°58'41.93"E, coll. KUW fieldwork, scuba diving 15–17 m, sediment suction pump, sandy bottom, coral boulders, 1 ovigerous female (LC 3.4 mm, LT 19.6 mm), MNHN-Na 17060. Colouration(fig. 12). Body transparent, with minute red markings on carapace, abdomen and appendages, carapace somewhat greenish.
Distribution. Typelocality Kagoshima, Japan. Also known from Kenya, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Mozambique, Comoro Islands, Madagascar, Seychelles, Mauritius, La Réunion, Maldives, Chagos Islands, Vietnam, South ChinaSea, Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia(Western Australia, Queensland), Mariana Islands, Caroline Islands, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, Marshall Islands, Cook Islands, Fiji.
Remarks.The specimens agree with previous descriptions and illustrations. This common species in Indo- Pacific was not previously recorded from Mayottewith certainty, although it was recorded from Madagascarand Mozambique. The specimen of MNHN-Na 17063 was collected together with 1 maleof Cuapetes tenuipes( Borradaile, 1898)(MNHN-Na 16041) and 1 femaleof Palaemonella rotumana( Borradaile, 1898)(MNHN-Na 16049) at Station 3.