Kemponia seychellensis ( 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 : 648

Kemponia seychellensis ( Borradaile, 1915)

Periclimenes (Falciger) seychellensis Borradaile 1915, p 212 . Periclimenes (Ancylocaris) seychellensis: Kemp 1922, p 176 , Figures 34, 35, Plate 6, Figure 7 . Periclimenes (Harpilius) seychellensis: Holthuis 1952a, p 66 , Figure 25 ; Ledoyer 1984, p 33,

Figure 14 . Periclimenes seychellensis: Bruce 1971a, p 8 ; Bruce 1991b, p 238, Figure 8 ; Li 2000, p 235,

Figure 313. Kemponia seychellensis: Bruce 2004, p 19 .

Material examined

New Caledonia: (i) lagoon, Îlot Maitre, 22 ° 19.709S, 166 ° 23.309E, 10 m, on seagrass, scuba, coll. I. Takeuchi, 6 November 1995, 3 ovig. ♀♀ (MNHN-Na 15904); (ii) Rocher à la Voile, 22 ° 18.239S, 166 ° 26.159E, 0.5 m, scuba, 18 November 1995, 1 „ (MNHN-Na 15906); (iii) lagoon, Ricaudy reef flat, low tide, coll. B. Richer de Forges, 22 June 1997, 19 „? „, 14 ovig. ♀♀ (MNHN-Na 15811); (iv) Ouano reef flat, low tide, coll. B. Richer de Forges , 26 April 1998, 4 ovig. ♀♀ (MNHN-Na 15830) .

Remarks

The tubercle on the dorsal surface of eyestalk makes the identification of the species simple. The species has been previously recorded from New Caledonia by Ledoyer (1984) and Bruce (1991b).

Distribution

Type locality: Praslin , Seychelles . Also reported from Kenya, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar, Seychelles, Pakistan, India, Andaman Islands , Singapore, China, Japan, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Great Barrier Reef), and New Caledonia .

Figures

Figure 7. Mesopontonia brevicarpus, new species. (a, d–g) Holotype ovigerous female; (b) paratype male; (c) juvenile (MNHN-Na 14824). (a) Carapace and anterior appendages; (b, c) carapace; (d) antennule; (e) first pereiopod; (f) same, chela; (g) same, apexes of fingers.

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 14. Periclimenes aleator Bruce, 1991, ovigerous female (MNHN-Na 14946). (a) Carapace and anterior appendages; (b) telson; (c) right (major) second pereiopod; (d) same, fingers; (e) third pereiopod, distal propod and dactyl.

Figure 25. Periclimenes macrophthalmus Fujino and Miyake, 1970, ovigerous female (MNHN-Na 14620). (a) Carapace and anterior appendages; (b) right second pereiopod; (c) fingers of left pereiopod pereiopod. Scale bars: 1.41 mm (a); 2.24 mm (b); 0.5 mm (c).