Conchodytes biunguiculatus ( Paulson, 1875 )

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 : 528-529

Conchodytes biunguiculatus ( Paulson, 1875)

( Fig. 15 )

Pontonia biunguiculata Paulson, 1875: 111 , pl. 15: fig. 1.

Conchodytes biunguiculatus - Kemp, 1922: 279, 280-282, Fig. 102; Holthuis, 1952a: 17, 199-200; Müller, 1993: 13-14; Fransen, 1994: 89, Figs. 3-7 , 12-15 , 23 , 27 , 30 , 35; Li, 2000: 24, Fig. 24 ; 2001: 76; Li & Liu, 2002: 372, Figs. 2 a-f; Bruce, 2003: 212.

Conchodytes kempi Bruce, 1989b: 183 .

Material examined. – 1 male, 2 females, Xincun , Hainan Is., 1-3m, with Pinna sp. , 25 Apr.1955 ; 2 males, 2 ovig females, CN 55 -K332C, Xinying , Hainan Is., intertidal, with Pinna sp. , 23-25 May.1955 . Diagnosis. – First pereiopod with carpus and merus subequal in length. Chela of second pereiopod with one tooth on cutting edge of dactyl and two teeth on fixed finger, teeth blunt and serrated. Dactyl of third pereiopod with strong distal accessory tooth, basal process with small acute tooth. Telson with 2 pairs of dorsal spines and 3 pairs of posterior marginal spines, lateral pair of posterior marginal spines subdorsal and subterminal.

Distribution. – Western Indian Ocean, South China Sea, Philippines, Indonesia, and Japan.

Figures

Fig. 15. Conchodytes biunguiculatus (Paulson, 1875). a, anterior carapace and rostrum, lateral view; b, chela of 2nd pereiopod; c, dactyl of 3rd pereiopod; d, telson.

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

Fig. 4. Leandrites stenopus Holthuis, 1950. a, carapace and rostrum, lateral view; b, eye; c, antennule; d, scaphocerite; e, telson and uropod, dorsal view; f, tip of telson; g, eggs.

Fig. 5. Leandrites stenopus Holthuis, 1950. a, b, carapace and rostrum, lateral view; c-e, mandible, c, d, right, e, left; f, maxillula; g, maxilla; h, 1st maxilliped; i, 2nd maxilliped; j, 3rd maxilliped.

Fig. 12. Palaemon sewelli (Kemp, 1925). a, carapace and rostrum, lateral view; b, left mandible; c, right 2nd pereiopod; d, right 3rd pereiopod.

Fig. 13. Urocaridella antonbruuni (Bruce, 1967). a, carapace and rostrum, lateral view; b, mandible; c, thoracic pleuron 3-8, lateral view, show the pleurobranchiae; d, 3rd maxilliped; e, 1st pereiopod; f, 2nd pereiopod; g, abdomen, lateral view; h, telson and uropod, dorsal view; i, tip of telson, dorsal view.

Fig. 14. Urocaridella urocaridella (Holthuis, 1950). a, carapace and rostrum, lateral view; b, 2nd dorsal tooth of rostrum; c, mandible; d, 1st pereiopod; e, chela and carpus of 2nd pereiopod.

Fig. 23. Paranchistus liui, new species. a, 1st pereiopod; b, same, chela; c, major (left) 2nd pereiopod; d, same, fingers; e, minor (right) 2nd pereiopod; f, 3rd pereiopod; g, 5th pereiopod; h, telson and uropods, dorsal view.

Fig. 27. Periclimenes chacei, new species. a, carapace and anterior appendages, lateral view; b, anterior region and rostrum; c, eye; d, antennule; e, antenna; f, mandible; g, 3rd maxilliped; h, eggs.

Fig. 30. Periclimenes magnificus Bruce, 1979b. Body, lateral view.

Fig. 24. Paranchistus spondylis Suzuki, 1971. a, carapace and rostrum, lateral view; b, 1st pereiopod; c, 2nd pereiopod; d, same, fingers; e, 3rd pereiopod; f, 5th pereiopod; g, telson and uropod, dorsal view.

Fig. 2. Exopalaemon orientis Holthuis, 1950. a, carapace and rostrum, lateral view; b, mandible; c, 1st pereiopod; d, 2nd pereiopod; e, 3rd pereiopod; f, same, dactyl and propodus; g, 5th pereiopod; h, same, dactyl and propodus.