Urocaridella pulchella, Yokes & Galil, 2006

Yokes, Baki & Galil, Bella S., 2006, New records of alien decapods (Crustacea) from the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, with a description of a new palaemonid species, Zoosystema 28 (3), pp. 747-755 : 749

Urocaridella pulchella n. sp.

( Figs 2A, B ; 3 )

? Leandrites cyrtorhynchus – Holzberg 1971: 362, figs 1, 2.

? Urocaridella antonbruunii – Fransen 1994: 88, pl. 1B.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Turkey. Güvercin Ada , Kaş, 12 m depth, rocky bottom, night dive, 30.VIII.2003, 1 ♂ holotype cl 5.7 mm ( MNHN) ; 1 juv. paratype cl 4.4 mm ( TAU) .

ETYMOLOGY. — From pulchellus (Latin): very pretty. DISTRIBUTION. — Known only from type locality. This is the first record of this handsome genus from the Mediterranean.

DESCRIPTION

Figures

FIG. 2. — A, B, Urocaridella pulchella n. sp.; A, Güvercin Ada, Kaş, 12 m depth, rocky bottom, night dive, VIII.2003; B, Kaş, 10-15 m depth,rocky bottom,night dive,XI.2003;C, Melicertus hathor (Burkenroad,1959), Tatlisu Limani, 4 m depth, sand, night dive,IX.2002; D, Metapenaeopsis aegyptia Galil, 1990, Fakdere, Kaş, 4 m depth, Posidonia meadow, night dive, IX.2002; E, Carupa tenuipes Dana, 1851, Dalyan, Muğla, 8 m depth,in a cave, night dive, 30.X.1996; F, Charybdis (Charybdis) hellerii (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867), Tekirova, 7 m depth, rocky bottom, night dive, VIII.2001.

FIG. 3. — Urocaridella pulchella n. sp., Güvercin Ada, 1 ♂ holotype cl 5.7 mm: A, carapace, lateral aspect and detail of upper margin, (scale bar of the latter: 1 mm); B, abdomen, lateral aspect; C, first and second pereopods; D, chela of first pereopod. Scale bars: