Pseudoclimenes, Bruce, 2008

Bruce, A. J., 2008, Palaemonoid shrimps from the Australian north west shelf, Zootaxa 1815, pp. 1-24 : 16

Pseudoclimenes gen. nov.

Diagnosis. General body form subcylindrical, rostrum well developed, compressed, dorsally and ventrally dentate, lateral carinae not broadly expanded over orbit, carapace smooth, glabrous, without epigastric, supraorbital and hepatic spines, abdomen smooth, glabrous, third tergite not posteriorly produced, antennal spine well developed, postmarginal, inferior orbital angle produced, without ventral flange, antennae normal, ophthalmic somite without median process, eye with globular cornea, epistome unarmed, mandible without palp, incisor process slender, molar process normal, all maxillipeds with well developed exopods, first pereiopod fingers simple, cutting edges entire, carpus not segmented, second pereiopod slender, fingers simple, carpus and merus unarmed, ambulatory dactyls simply biunguiculate, without basal process, propods spinose, telson with two pairs of well developed dorsal spines, three pairs of posterior spines.

Type species Pseudoclimenes holthuisi sp. nov., by present designation and monotypy.

Etymology. From pseudes (Greek) false, and – climenes, part of the pontoniine name Periclimenes first used by Costa 1844. Gender masculine. Named on account of its close resemblance to a Periclimenes .

Systematic position. Generally closely similar morphologically to Periclimenes Costa, 1844 , as recently re-defined ( Bruce, 2007), from which it is readily distinguishable by the absence of a hepatic spine.

Remarks. Both specimens possess only a single second pereiopod. These pereiopods are identical mor- phologically. It is not certain if they represent the minor chela of an unequal or dissimilar pair or if the second pereiopod chelae of Pseudoclimenes are small, similar and subequal.