Harpilius bayeri (Holthuis, 1981) comb. nov.

Periclimenes (Harpilius) bayeri Holthuis, 1953: 56 (nomen nudum).

Periclimenes bayeri — Bruce, 1972: 403 (nomen nudum).

Periclimenes bayeri Holthuis, 1981: 792 –796, fig. 3a–h. — Li, 2000: 160, fig. 197.

Type material. Holotype, USNM 95539; 3 paratypes USNM 95536–95538. 14 paratypes, RMNH D.16856.

Type locality. Ine Village, Arno Atoll, Marshall Islands. RMNH paratypes from Kapingamaringa Atoll.

Host. Pocillopora sp. (Holthuis, 1981).

Distribution. Known also from Kapingamaringa and Rongerik Atolls (Holthuis, 1981); Eniwetak Atoll, Marshall Islands, (Devaney & Bruce, 1987), and Cartier Reef, Western Australia (Bruce, 1992b).