Zenopontonia noverca ( Kemp, 1922 )

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 : 728

Zenopontonia noverca ( Kemp, 1922)

Periclimenes (Periclimenes) noverca Kemp 1922, p 162 –165, Figures 28–30 .

Zenopontonia noverca: Bruce 1975a, p 277 –280, Figure 1 ; Li 2000, p 307, Figure 408; Davie 2002, p 341.

Material examined

Madagascar: (i) Nosy Be’ Tany Kely, 25 m, photo, CD 25, coll. P. Laboute, 21 September 1994, 1 „, 4 ovig. ♀♀ (MNHN-Na 14937); (ii) same, photo, CD 26, 2 ovig. ♀♀ (MNHN-Na 14938). New Caledonia: (iii) lagoon, entre of Seiche croissant Reef and Îlot Maitre, scuba, 12 m, with coral, coll. C. Vadon, 10 October 1978, 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 15890); (iv) Nouméa (Anse Vata), 2 m, coll. Berthault, 1 May 2000, 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 15892).

Hosts

(i) (ii) Pentaceraster sp. [Asteroides, Echinoderma]; (iii) Pocillopora sp. [ Scleractinia ].

Remarks

Previously reported from Madagascar, from Nosy Be, by Bruce (1975a, 1978a). (i) (ii) Five females have a rostral dentition of 8/0, one has 10/0, and the single male has 9/0; (iii) rostral formula 7/1. This species is usually associated with asteroids, so the association with Pocillopora is probably accidental.

Distribution

Type locality: New Caledonia . Also known from Zanzibar, Madagascar, Australia (Queensland), and New Caledonia .

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 28. Periclimenes paraleator, new species, holotype ovigerous female (MNHN-Na 14945). (a) Carapace and anterior appendages; (b) eye, dorsal view; (c) same, lateral view; (d) antennular peduncle; (e) antenna; (f) third pereiopod, propod and dactyl; (g) same, distal propod and dactyl.

Figure 29. Periclimenes pilipes Bruce and Zmarzley, 1983 (MNHN-Na 14920). (a) Third pereiopod, distal propod and dactyl; (b) same, distal corpus and unguis.

Figure 30. Periclimenes pseudalcocki, new species, holotype female (MNHN-Na 14855). (a) Carapace and anterior appendages; (b) telson; (c) same, distal part; (d) eye, dorsal view; (e) antennular peduncle; (f) antenna; (g) third pereiopod; (h) same, distal propod and dactyl, lateral view; (i) same, medial view.