Kemponia edwardsi ( Paulson, 1875 ) Paulson, 1875

Bruce, A. J., 2004, A partial revision of the genus Periclimenes Costa, 1884 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae), Zootaxa 582, pp. 1-26 : 14

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.157391
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6271035
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/234E87ED-AD07-FFB9-F54A-FCD3FE0AFA4B
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Kemponia edwardsi ( Paulson, 1875 )
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Kemponia edwardsi ( Paulson, 1875) comb. nov.

Anchistia Edwardsi Paulson, 1875: 114 , pl.17 fig. 22b. — Nobili, 1906: 53. Periclimenes (Falciger) edwardsi — Borradaile, 1917: 371.

Periclimenes (Ancylocaris) edwardsi — Kemp, 1922: 172.

Periclimenes (Periclimenes) edwardsi — Holthuis, 1952: 11.

Periclimenes (Harpilius) cf. edwardsi — Ledoyer, 1968: 69 –70, pl. 5 figs 1–9. Periclimenes edwardsi — Li, 2000: 178. — Bruce, 2003: 120, fig. 3Q.

Type material. No longer extant.

Type locality. Red Sea.

Habitat. No data.

Bathymetric range. Shallow water sea grass beds ( Ledoyer, 1968).

Distribution. Red Sea and? Madagascar, Tuléar ( Ledoyer, 1968).

Remarks. This poorly known species is discussed by Bruce (2003, as P. edwardsii ). The material from Tuléar, Madagascar, described and illustrated by Ledoyer (1968) shows a number of differences and may not be conspecific: the second pereiopod carpus exceeds the palm length.