Michelea novaecaledoniae Poore, 1997

Poore And D, Gary C. B., 2015, Micheleidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea): new family, generic and species synonymies, three new Australian species, and new records, Memoirs of Museum Victoria 73, pp. 95-105 : 101

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scientific name	Michelea novaecaledoniae Poore, 1997
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Michelea novaecaledoniae Poore, 1997 View in CoL

Michelea novaecaledoniae Poore, 1997: 388–390 View in CoL , fig. 22.—

Sakai, 2011: 316.

Material examined. Coral Sea, Chesterfield Reef (19°06'S, 158°53'E), 32–60 m, R. Hanley, 27 Jul 1988 ( NTMAG Cr013049, female; NTMAG Cr013052, ovigerous female with 10 embryos, cl 4.3 mm) GoogleMaps .

Distribution. New Caledonia, 22°S, 166°E, and Chesterfield Reef, Coral Sea, 19°S, 158°E, 32– 60 m.

Remarks. The pleopods and tailfan are consistent with the description of the type specimen from New Caledonia. The endopods of pleopods 3 and 4 have three and four lateral lamellae plus one mesially. This is the first record of an ovigerous female of Michelea . It is striking for the paucity of embryos (ten only) and their large oval size, 1.8 x 1.1 mm, 0.4 of the carapace length. This second record extends the species’ distribution.