Baba, 1979 : 311
Goy, 1980 : 770
Saito et al. , 2006 : 224
Burukovsky, 2009 : 498
Goy, 2010 : 227
De Grave & Fransen, 2011 : 252
Stenopodidean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) from New Caledonian waters
Goy, Joseph W.
Zootaxa
2015
4044
3
301
344
8GJWQ
Baba, 1979
Baba
1979
[151,672,1847,1874]
Malacostraca
Spongicolidae
Spongicoloides
Animalia
Decapoda
9
310
Arthropoda
species
novaezelandiae
Spongicoloides novaezelandiae Baba, 1979: 311.— Goy, 1980: 770.—Baba, 1983: 477.— Saito et al., 2006: 224.— Burukovsky, 2009: 498.— Goy, 2010: 227.— DeGrave & Fransen, 2011: 252.
Material examined. New Caledonia. BIOCAL, stn CP61, 24°11’S, 167°32’E, 1070 m, 2.IX.1985, 1 female, (MNHN-Na 11996).—BIOCAL, stn CP60, 24°01’S, 167°08”E, 1480–1530 m, 2.IX.1985, 1 femaleov. (MNHN- Na 11997).—BIOCAL stn DW79, 20°40’S, 166°52’E, 1320–1380 m, 5.IX.1985, 1 male(MNHN-Na 11998).— CALSUB Plongée 0 4, N. Lifou, 20°35’S, 167°12’E, 2380 m, 23.II.1989, in Euplectellasp., 1 female(MNHN-Na 11999).
Measurements(mm). Females, PCL: 7.9, 9.8, 12.3; RCL: 10.5, 13.3, 16.3; TL: 27.4, 34.0, 35.0. Male, PCL 5.9; RCL 8.7; TL: 21.1. Eggs in later stage of development measured 1.65 × 1.75 mm.
Distribution. New Zealand, New Caledonia, Tasmania, Fiji, Indian Ocean, and Madagascar(see Remarks). Coloration. ( Fig. 11) Body and appendages transparent with yellowish tinge from internal organs; tip of rostrum white; eyes white; tail fan whitish. FIGURE 9. Spongicoloides novaezelandiaeBaba, 1979. A, C, female, MNHN Na-11999; B, male, MNHN Na-11998. A, female; B, carapace and abdomen, lateral view; C, propodus and dactylus, third pereiopod. Scale bars = 1.0 mm. Hosts. The female collected during the CALSUB expedition was found in a hexactinellid sponge of the genus Euplectella.This specimen also represents the deepest ( 2380m) record for any stenopodidean shrimp. Five specimens collected off Fiji(see remarks) were also collected inside a species of Euplectella.
Remarks. Baba’s (1979) holotypewas collected at a depth of about 1000 min the Chatham Rise off New Zealand. The four New Caledonian specimens presented here and 13 additional specimens examined from New Zealand(NIWA 40567, 40638), Tasmania (MV J42176), Madagascar(MNHN), Indian Ocean (NTM Cr 008132), and Fiji(MNHN Na-11994, 11995; USNM 256953) demonstrate some of the variation seen in this species. The carapace bears a shallow rostral and hepatic groove, occasionally minute antennal and branchiostegal spines; 3–5 pterygostomian spines ( Figs. 9A–B, 10A–D). Rostrum with 8–14 dorsal, 1–3 ventral spines; scaphocerite with 4– 11 outer margin teeth. Telson with 4–11 spines on median carinae, 6–17 lateral border teeth; 6–12 posterior margin teeth. Third pereiopod ischia bear 1–4 spines; fourth and fifth pereiopods have 10–26 movable propodal spines.