Conchodytes meleagrinae Peters, 1852

Li, Xinzheng, Cleva, Régis & Poupin, Joseph, 2012, Report on some caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) from Mayotte, southwest Indian Ocean, Zootaxa 3162, pp. 1-30 : 8

Conchodytes meleagrinae Peters, 1852

Conchodytes meleagrinae Peters, 1852: 594 . — Poupin, 1998: 13. — De Grave, 1999: 133. — Li, 2000: 25, fig. 26; 2008a: 205; 2008b: 235, fig. 3. — Debelius, 2001: 33, 3 unnumbered photos. — Bruce, 2005: 343, fig. 5; 2006: 3, fig. 1A, B; 2007: 99. — Li and Bruce, 2006: 628 . — Marin and Savinkin, 2007: fig. 84C, D (colour). — Li et al., 2007: 182, fig. 77.

Material examined. 29/01/2009, before KUW fieldwork, in oyster, dive 3 m, North East reef, coll. J.-M. Bouchard, 2 males (LC 4.3 and 6.0 mm), MNHN-Na 16053.

Distribution. Type locality Mozambique. Widespread in Indo-Pacific.

Remarks. The specimens agree well with the previous descriptions and illustrations. The species was not previously recorded with certainty from Mayotte, although it has been recorded from many localities from southeastern Africa.