Ancylomenes sarasvati (Okuno, 2002) Okuno & Bruce, 2010

Okuno, J. & Bruce, A. J., 2010, Designation of Ancylomenes gen. nov., for the ‘ Periclimenes aesopius species group’ (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae), with the description of a new species and a checklist of congeneric species *, Zootaxa 2372 (1), pp. 85-105 : 100

Ancylomenes sarasvati (Okuno, 2002) comb. nov.

Restricted synonymy:

Periclimenes sarasvati Okuno, 2002: 212–220 , figs. 1–4, 6A, B.

Material examined. CMNH-ZC 01776 , 1 male, CL 3.3 mm, Ashikebu , Naze , Amami-ohshima Island, northern Ryukyu Islands, 15 m , SCUBA, in association with Euphyllia divisa , 2 September 2004, leg. H. Kanehara.

Type data. Female holotype, NSMT-Cr 14067; 4 female paratypes, CBM-ZC 6444, and CMNH-ZC 00891-00893 .

Distribution. Type locality: Off Hateno-hama, Kume-jima Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan (26º20.2'N, 126º52.1'E). Confirmed specimens have been collected from the Ryukyu Islands only, but underwater photographs show that the species is widely distributed in tropical regions of the western pacific.

Bathymetric range. Sublittoral zone, to 26 m.

Host. In association with scleractinians, Euphyllia ancora Veron & Pichon, 1980 and E. divisa Veron & Pichon, 1980 .

Remarks. This species was described on the basis of four female specimens, thus the male morphology has not been previously described. The present report represents for the first time that the endopod of male first pleopod possesses a distomesial acute appendix interna similar to those of congeneric species.