Palaemonella crosnieri Bruce, 1978

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 : 656

Palaemonella crosnieri Bruce, 1978

Palaemonella crosnieri Bruce 1978a, p 210 , Figures 2–4 ; Li 2000, p 101, Figure 108.

Material examined

Loyalty Islands: ATELIER LIFOU, Lifou, Santal Bay, (i) east of Santal Bay: Mepinyo , stn 1446, 20 ° 50.89S, 167 ° 09.79E, 36–40 m, bottom of slope, 16 November 2000, 1 „ (MNHN-Na 15475); (ii) west of Easo Point, stn 1451, 20 ° 47.39S, 167 ° 06.89E, 10–21 m, coral heads, 19 November 2000, 1 „ (MNHN-Na 15476); (iii) between Cap Mande and Cap Lefèvre (5Nem), stn 1452, 20 ° 54.69S, 167 ° 02.19E, 2–25 m, scuba, 20 and 22 November 2000, 2 „„ (MNHN-Na 15477); (iv) between Cap Wekutr and Cap Wajez, stn 1410, 20 ° 56.79S, 167 ° 03.19E, 2–4 m, reef flat edge, 25 November 2000, 1 „ (MNHN-Na 15474) .

Remarks

The specimen (i) lacks the right pereiopod 1 and 2, with a regenerative left second pereiopod, and the rostrum broken and the part anterior to orbital margin lost. Previously only known from the type locality, Îles Glorieuses, 11 ° 28.19S, 47 ° 21.19E (27 ° 21.19E in the original reference must be a mistake). The present records extend the bathymetric range to 40 m depth.

Distribution

Type locality: Îles Glorieuses (Inchim Ouan, 11 ° 349S, 47 ° 199E), from 20 m. Also known from Kenya, Western Australia, and Loyalty Islands .

Figures

Figure 2. Harpiliopsis spinigera (Ortmann, 1880), male (MNHN-Na 15838). (a) Second pereiopod; (b) same, fingers.

Figure 3. Kemponia agag (Kemp, 1922), male (MNHN-Na 14877). (a) Carapace and anterior appendages; (b) antennal scale; (c) second pereiopod, ischium, merus, and carpus; (d) same, chela; (e) same, fingers; (f) same, article of carpus and chela; (g) proximal fingers; (h) third pereiopod, propod and dactyl; (i) same, distal propod and dactyl.

Figure 4. Kemponia ensifrons (Dana, 1852), ovigerous female (MNHN-Na 14891). (a) Carapace and anterior appendages; (b) anterior carapace; (c) antennule; (d) antenna.