Harpilius consobrinus De Man, 1902

Harpilius lutescens — De Man, 1888: 536, pl. 22a fig. 1.

Harpilius consobrinus De Man, 1902: 836 –840, pl. 26, fig. 54. Borradaile, 1917: 380 –381. Periclimenes consobrinus — Bruce, 1972: 403, 409, 412 (key), fig. 1b. — Holthuis, 1981: 795 – 796, fig. 3 I –l. — Chace and Bruce, 1993: 107. — Li, 2000: 170 –171, fig. 211. — Li and Liu, 2004: 93.

Type material. 6 syntypes (2 ovig.), SMF­8531.

Type locality. Ternate, Moluccan Islands, Indonesia.

Host. Associated with Pocillopora spp., including Pocillopora damicornis (Bruce, 1976a) .

Distribution. Also known from Kenya, Tanganyika, Comoro Islands, Réunion, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Philippines, Western Australia, and Queensland.

Remarks. Originally described as a Harpilius, this species was placed in Periclimenes by Holthuis (1952) as a synonym of P. lutescens . It now reverts to its original name. A colour illustration is provided by Bruce (1975, p.26 fig. 16) and a figure of the ambulatory dactyl by Bruce (1976b: 54, fig. 14F). The identity of the “ Periclimenes consobrinus ” specimens reported from the Red Sea by Balss (1915) is discussed by Bruce (1992a): none are referable to H. consobrinus (De Man) . Other specimens in the older literature may be under the name of Periclimenes lutescens .