Kemponia ensifrons ( Dana, 1852 )

Li, Xinzheng, 2008, Report on some species of Palaemonidae (Crustacea, Decapoda) from French Polynesia, Zoosystema 30 (1), pp. 203-252 : 215

Kemponia ensifrons ( Dana, 1852)

Anchistia ensifrons Dana, 1852: 25 .

Periclimenes ensifrons – Nobili 1907: 359.— Chace & Bruce 1993: 111. — Poupin 1998: 16. — Li 2000: 180.

Kemponia ensifrons – Bruce 2004b: 15 . — Li & Bruce 2006: 644 , figs 4, 5.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Austral Is. Rapa I., Mei Point, BENTHAUS, malacologist fieldwork, stn 30, 27°38.2’S, 144°18.2’W, 16-20 m, dead coral, above barrier, 16- 18.XI.2002, 2 ♀♀ (1 ovig.) (MNHN-Na 15468). —Teruametitoi Point, BENTHAUS, malacologist fieldwork, stn 33, 27°34.8’S, 144°18.6’W, 30 m, dead coral, 19.XI.2002, 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 15469).

DISTRIBUTION. — Type locality: Balabac Strait , North Borneo. Previously also reported from Egyptian Red Sea , Zanzibar, Comoro Is, Seychelles, Burma, China, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Marshall Is and French Polynesia (Tuamotu Is) ; 0-35 m depth. Not reported previously from Austral Is.

REMARKS

The present specimens have the carpus of second pereiopod long, about 1.3 times the merus length, subequal or distinctly longer than the palm, unarmed distally; rostral dentition is 1+6-8/2.