Periclimenaeus devaneyi Bruce 2010
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Description
Periclimenaeus devaneyi Bruce, 2010.
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Periclimenaeus devaneyi Bruce, 2010: 380 –386, figs 1–5.
Material examined. 1 ovig. ♀, CL 1.5, Maalaea Bay, Maui Island, Hawaii, Halimeda kanaloana bed, algal wash, 9–10 m, coll. C. Pittman, S- 13-02, 7 April, 2013, QM-W29200.
Colouration (Fig. 1). Body and appendages uniformly covered with dense pattern of small white chromatophores, including antennal flagella; cornea pinkish.
Host. Uncertain, obtained from algal washings from Halimeda bed where sponges and ascidians were abundant.
Distribution. Previously known only from the type material from Kahe Point, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands.
Remarks. The rostrum has a dentition of 4/0, with slender acute teeth. The ophthalmic somite has a small median black pigmentation spot. The carpal spine on the third pereiopod, a unique feature, is readily distinguished. The specimen carries about 15 advanced ova, length 0.6 mm.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Bruce
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Palaemonidae
- Genus
- Periclimenaeus
- Species
- devaneyi
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Periclimenaeus devaneyi Bruce, 2010 sec. Bruce, 2014
References
- Bruce, A. J. (2010) Periclimenaeus devaneyi sp. nov., from Oahu, Hawai'i (Crustacea: Decapoda: Pontoniinae), Zootaxa, 2372, 339 - 388, figs 1 - 5.