Periclimenes magnificus Bruce, 1979b

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 : 545

Periclimenes magnificus Bruce, 1979b

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Periclimenes magnificus Bruce, 1979b: 195 , Figs. 1-5 , pl. 1: figs. A-C; 2003: 238; Fransen, 1989: 143, Figs. 4b, c , 5 e-g, 6i-m, 7ip; Müller, 1993: 97; Debelius, 1999: 180, photos; Li, 2000: 212, Fig. 274.

Material examined. – 2 ovig females, CN R183 B-44, [20 N, 107 30’E], 33.5 m, sand, AT, coll. Sun, 13 Apr.1960 .

Diagnosis. – Rostrum not exceeding scaphocerite, with 1 + 7-8 dorsal teeth, posteriormost tooth isolated from rest and slightly posterior to level of hepatic spine, ventral margin with 1-3 small subapical teeth. Carapace without supraorbital spine, hepatic spine distinctly larger than antennal spine, orbital angle produced anteriorly in acute subovate lobe. Fourth thoracic sternite without median process. Abdomen with low, compressed median prominence on 3rd somite. Scaphocerite with lateral margin convex, distolateral tooth not exceeding distal margin of lamella. Second pereiopods robust; without distoventral tooth on merus; carpus stout, about 0.75 as long as palm, unarmed distally; fingers with strongly hooked tips. Ambulatory pereiopods with dactyl biunguiculate; propodus with few spinules in apical 0.25 to 0.33 of flexor margin.

Distribution. – Previously reported from Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Northern Territory, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Papua New Guinea, and New Caledonia. Associated with scleractinian corals and sea anemones.

Figures

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

Fig. 1. Coutierella tonkinensis Sollaud, 1914. a, carapace and rostrum, lateral view; b, mandible; c, 1st maxilliped; d, telson; e, tip of telson.

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.

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.