Manipontonia psamathe ( De Man, 1902 )

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 : 651

Manipontonia psamathe ( De Man, 1902)

Urocaris psamathe De Man 1902, p 816 –822, Plate 25, Figure 51.

Periclimenes (Ancylocaris) psamathe: Kemp 1922, p 173 .

Periclimenes (Harpilius) psamathe: Holthuis 1952a, p 61 , Figure 23 .

Periclimenes psamathe: Bruce 1991b, p 238 , Figures 1a , 3a ; Chace and Bruce 1993, p 120; Bruce 1996, p 238; Li 2000, p 229, Figure 304; Davie 2002, p 331; Li et al. 2004, p 545, Figure 31 .

Manipontonia psamathe: Bruce et al. 2005, p 6 , Figures 1–3 .

Material examined

Madagascar: (i) SE coast, Ste Luce, trawl, shelly sand, 50 m, coll. A. Crosnier, October 1958, 1 „, 2 ovig. ♀♀ (MNHN-Na 12904); (ii) Nosy Be, shallow waters, coll. A. Crosnier, 1966, 1 „, 2 ovig. ♀♀, 3 spms (MNHN-Na 15952). New Caledonia: (iii) Iré Bay, scuba, night dive, 10 m, coll. P. Laboute, 7 June 1990, 6 „„, 7♀♀ (6 ovig.) (MNHN-Na 12905). MONTROUZIER, (iv) Touho Channel, 48 m, scuba, coll. B. Richer de Forges, 31 August 1993, 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 14922); (v) same, 35 m, from antipatharians, 31 August 1993, 2 ovig. ♀♀, 1 juvenile (MNHN-Na 14921); (vi) same, 1 ovig. ♀ (MNHN-Na 14923); (vi) same, 35 m, 1 „ (MNHN-Na 15902).

Hosts

(i) Hydroids and sponges; (iv) (v) antipatharians.

Remarks

First recorded from New Caledonia at Nouméa by Bruce (1970a). Previously recorded from Madagascar by Bruce (1977c, 1978a). The association of (i) with sponges is probably accidental.

Distribution

Type locality: Ternate, Indonesia . Also known from Kenya, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Madagascar, Seychelles, Maldives, Chagos Islands , Thailand , Malaya, Singapore, China, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland), Caroline Islands, New Caledonia , and Marshall Islands.

Figures

Figure 1. Palaemonetes atrinubes Bray, 1976, ovigerous female (MNHN-Na 14843). (a) Carapace and anterior appendages; (b) anterior carapace; (c) distal part of proximal peduncular segment; (d) antennal scale; (e) distal telson; (f) mandible; (g) first pereiopod; (h) same, chela; (i) second pereiopod; (j) same, chela; (k) third pereiopod; (l) same, propod and dactyl; (m) same, distal propod and dactyl.

Figure 3. Kemponia agag (Kemp, 1922), male (MNHN-Na 14877). (a) Carapace and anterior appendages; (b) antennal scale; (c) second pereiopod, ischium, merus, and carpus; (d) same, chela; (e) same, fingers; (f) same, article of carpus and chela; (g) proximal fingers; (h) third pereiopod, propod and dactyl; (i) same, distal propod and dactyl.

Figure 23. Periclimenes lanipes Kemp, 1922. a, c, ovigerous female; (b) male (MNHN-Na 14913). (a, b) Carapace; (c) eye.

Figure 31. Periclimenes sp. 1, female (MNHN-Na 14927). (a) Body, lateral view; (b) rostrum; (c) first pereiopod; (d) same, propod and dactyl.