Pseudoveleronia laevifrons ( Holthuis, 1951 ) Holthuis, 1951

Marin, Ivan, 2008, Taxonomic position of Pontonides sympathes De Ridder & Holthuis and species of the genus Ve l e r o n i a Holthuis (Decapoda, Palaemonidae, Pontoniinae) with the description of a new genus, Zootaxa 1932, pp. 1-17 : 12-16

Pseudoveleronia laevifrons ( Holthuis, 1951) comb. nov.

( Figs. 10–12 )

Veleronia serratifrons Holthuis, 1951: 199 , pls. 63, figs. f–m [type locality: Bahia de Gardner, Galapagos]

Material. — Paratypes (3 ovigerous females, 2 male), Gardner Bay, Hood Island, Galapagos Archipelago, 26.i.1933, Allan Hancock Expedition; 2 ovigerous females and 1 male, Punta Vicente Roca, Isabella, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, 2-10 m, on Muricea sp., 8.ii.1975, coll. De Ridder; 4 females and 2 males ( RMNH D 36492), Punta Cormoran, Isla Floreana, Galapagos, 21.iii.1976, on Muricea fruticosa , coll. De Ridder; 5 ovigerous female, 5 males ( RMNH D36498) - Isla de Rabida, Galapagos, 11.iii.1976, coll. De Ridder.

Remarks. — Orbits of all specimens are completely closed. Lateral margin of orbits feebly projected in small specimens (females and males), whilst significantly projected into a distinct carina, covering eyes at about 1/3 of its diameter in large ovigerous females.

Distribution. — Known from the Galapagos Islands and the Gulf of California; shallow waters, associated with gorgonarians of the genus Muricea (see Holthuis 1951; De Ridder 1980; Wicksten & Hendrickx 1985).

Figures

FIGURE 10. Pseudoveleronia laevifrons (Holthuis, 1951) comb. nov., ovigerous female, general view. Scale 1 mm.

FIGURE 11. Pseudoveleronia laevifrons (Holthuis, 1951) comb. nov., ovigerous female (A – E), ovigerous female (F), juvenile female (G). A – B, F – G, carapace. C, eyes. D, antenulla. E, scaphocerite. Scale 1 mm.

FIGURE 12. Pseudoveleronia laevifrons (Holthuis, 1951) comb. nov., ovigerous female. A, mandible. B, maxillula. C, maxilla. D, maxilliped I. E, maxilliped II. F, maxilliped III. Scale 1 mm ..