Spongicola levigatus Hayashi & Ogawa, 1987

Goy, Joseph W., 2015, Stenopodidean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) from New Caledonian waters, Zootaxa 4044 (3), pp. 301-344 : 307-310

Spongicola levigatus Hayashi & Ogawa, 1987

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Spongicola levigata Hayashi & Ogama, 1987: 367 .— Saito & Takeda, 2003: 120.

Spongicola levigatus . — Saito & Komai, 2008: 87.— Goy, 2010: 217.— De Grave & Fransen, 2011: 251.

Material examined. New Caledonia. BIOCAL, stn DW83, 20°35.07’S, 166°53.99’E, 460 m, 6.IX.1985, 1 male, 2 females (1 ov.) in Pheronema semiglobosum (MNHN-Na 11981).—MUSORSTOM 4, stn CP214, 22°53.80’S, 167°13.90’E, 425–440 m, 28.IX.1985, 3 males, 11 females (8 ov.) in Pheronema semiglobosum with alpheids (MNHN-NA11987).—MUSORSTOM 4, stn CP213, 22°51.3’S, 167°12’E, 405–430 m, 28.IX.1985, 4 males, 8 females (5 ov.) in Pheronema semiglobosum ( USNM 256955).—MUSORSTOM 4, stn DW230, 22°52.50’S, 167°11.80’E, 390–420 m, 30.IX.1985, 1 male, 2 females ov. in Pheronema semiglobosum (MNHN-Na 11985).— MUSORSTOM 4, stn, DW230, 22°52.5’S, 167°11.8’E, 390–420 m, 30.IX.1985, 3 females (1 ov.) in Pheronema semiglobosum (MNHN-Na 11974).—BIOGEOCAL, stn DW307, 20°35.38’S, 166°55.24’E, 470–480 m, 1 female (MNHN-Na 11961).— Loyalty Islands. MUSORSTOM 6, stn DW391, 20°47.35’S, 167°05.70’E, 390 m, 13.II.1989, 4 males, 6 females (5 ov.) (MNHN-Na 16311).—MUSORSTOM 6, stn DW406, 20°40.65’S, 167°06.80’E, 373 m, 15.II.1989, 2 males, 1 female ov. (MNHN-NA 11963).—MUSORSTOM 6, stn DW487, 21°23.30’S, 167°46.40’E, 500 m, 23.II.1989, 2 females ov. in Pheronema semiglobosum (MNHN-NA 11965).

Measurements (mm). Females, PCL: 2.3–6.0; RCL: 3.0–7.3; TL: 8.9–18.8. Males, PCL: 2.5–4.9; RCL: 2.7– 6.0; TL: 9.0–16.3. Eggs are few in number (7–169) early developmental eggs measured on average 0.75 × 0.80 mm; eggs in late stage of development were 0.81 × 0.95 mm on average.

Distribution. Japan, Indonesia, Tonga, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, Australia, and Wallis and Futuna Islands (see Remarks).

Coloration. Unknown.

Hosts. Saito & Komai (2008) reported this species in the sponges Hyalonema sp., Semperella sp., Pheronema semiglobosum and Euplectella sp.

Remarks. This species was thoroughly described by Saito & Komai (2008) and is not redescribed here. The mouthparts and variation of spination on the carapace are illustrated here ( Figs. 7 A–E, 8F–I). This species was the most numerous encountered during this study and was frequently found associated with the hexactinellid sponge, Pheronema semiglobosum . An additional 10 specimens of this species were examined from the northwest shelf of Australia (NTM Cr 0 0 11112, Cr003652, Cr008128, and Cr008129). De Grave (2004) reported two specimens of Spongicola levigatus from New Caledonia collected with the paratype of the alpheid Batella praecipina and the pontoniid Perclimenes forcipulatus .

Figures

FIGURE 7. Spongicola levigatus Hayashi & Ogawa, 1987. A, B, D, female, MNHN Na- 11987; C, E, male, MNHN Na- 11987. A, female; B, carapace, dorsal view; C, carapace and abdomen, lateral view; D, telson and uropods; E, left third pereiopod. Scale bar = 1.0 mm.

FIGURE 8. Spongicola levigatus Hayashi & Ogawa, 2008. A – E, J, female, MNHN Na- 11987; F, female, MNHN Na- 11981 a; G, female, MNHN Na- 11961; H, female, MNHN Na- 11981 b; I, female, MNHN Na- 11981 c. A, maxillule; B, maxilla; C, first maxilliped; D, second maxilliped; E, third maxilliped; F – I. carapace, anterolateral view; J, left third pereiopod. Scale bars = 1.0 mm.