Kemponia nilandensis ( Borradaile, 1915 )

Li, Xinzheng & Bruce, Alexander J., 2006, Further Indo-West Pacific palaemonoid shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonoidea), principally from the New Caledonian region, Journal of Natural History 40 (11 - 12), pp. 611-738 : 647-648

Kemponia nilandensis ( Borradaile, 1915)

Periclimenes (Falciger) nilandensis Borradaile 1915, p 211 ; Borradaile 1917, p 324, 372, Plate 54, Figure 13 .

Periclimenes nilandensis: Bruce 1978a, p 222 , Figures 8 , 9 ; Chace and Bruce 1993, p 118; Bruce 1996, p 237; Li 2000, p 214, Figure 278; Davie 2002, p 330.

Kemponia nilandensis: Bruce 2004, p 18 ; Li et al. 2004, p 531.

Material examined

Madagascar: (i) Nosy Be, shallow waters, coll. A. Crosnier, 1966, 2 „„, 3 ovig. ♀♀ (MNHN-Na 15955) . La Réunion: (ii) MD32 , stn CP43, 21 ° 20.79S, 55 ° 26.99E, 73–77 m, shelly basaltic sand, 27 August 1982, 3 „„, 27 ♀♀ (22 ovig.) (MNHN-Na 14918) . New Caledonia: (iii) MONTROUZIER, Touho Channel , 35 m, from antipatharians, coll. B. Richer de Forges, 31 August 1993, 4 „„, 10♀♀ (9 ovig.) (MNHN-Na 14917) .

Remarks

Previously recorded from Madagascar (Nosy Be´) by Bruce (1978a). Not previously recorded from La Réunion. Reported from Anaa Reef, New Caledonia by Bruce (1996).

Distribution

Type locality: South Nilandu Atoll, Maldives. Also known from Kenya, Zanzibar, Madagascar, Maldives, South China Sea , Indonesia, Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland), and New Caledonia; to depths of 133 m.

Figures

Figure 8. Mesopontonia brevicarpus, new species, holotype ovigerous female (MNHN-Na 14824). (a) Major second pereiopod; (b) same, chela; (c) same, fingers; (d) minor second pereiopod; (e) same, chela; (f) third pereiopod; (g) same, propod and dactyl; (h) same, distal propod and dactyl.

Figure 9. Palaemonella komaii, new species, holotype male (MNHN-Na 15482). (a) Carapace and anterior appendages; (b) anterior carapace; (c) telson; (d) eye, dorsal view; (e) antennule; (f) same, distal shorter free ramus of upper flagellum; (g) antenna.

Figure 13. Palaemonella pusilla Bruce, 1975, male (MNHN-Na 14839). (a) Mandible; (b) same, incisor process; (c) first pereiopod; (d) second pereiopod; (e) same, fingers; (f) same, carpus; (g) endopod of second pleopod.