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.