Leptocarpus potamiscus ( Kemp, 1917 )

Li, Xinzheng, Bruce, Alexander J. & Manning *, Raymond B., 2004, Some Palaemonid Shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) From Northern South China Sea, With Descripitions Of Two New Species, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (2), pp. 513-553 : 520-521

Leptocarpus potamiscus ( Kemp, 1917)

( Fig. 7 )

Leander potamiscus Kemp, 1917: 225 , Fig. 7 .

Leptocarpus potamiscus - Holthuis, 1950: 97; Liu et al., 1990b: 252- 253, Fig. 42; Nguyen van Xuan, 1992: 23, Fig. 3 .

Material examined. – 1 male, 1 female, CN 54-121 B, Hengshan, Guangdong, coll. J. Y. Liu , 3 Nov.1954 .

Diagnosis. – Rostrum exceeding scaphocerite by more than 0.25 rostral length, armed ventrally with 6-10 teeth; mandible robust, with 3 segmented palp; second pereiopod with fingers obscurely excavate longitudinally, little more than 0.67 as long as palm; fifth pereiopod exceeding scaphocerite by length of dactyl and at least half of propodus.

Distribution. – India, Andaman Islands, China, Java, Malaya, Sumatra, and Thailand; fresh and brackish water.

Remarks. – The present specimens agree well with Kemp’s description and figure. This species was previously recorded in Chinese waters from Haikang and Taishan, Guangdong ( Liu et al., 1990b).

Figures

Fig. 7. Leptocarpus potamiscus (Kemp, 1917). a, carapace and rostrum; b, mandible, lateral view; c, 2nd pereiopod.

Fig. 3. Leander tenuicornis (Say, 1818). a, carapace and rostrum, lateral view, female; b, same, male; c, antennule.