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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.

Notes

Published as part of Bruce, A. J., 2014, Periclimenaeus species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Pontoniinae) from Hawaii, pp. 461-472 in Zootaxa 3754 (4) on pages 462-463, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3754.4.7, http://zenodo.org/record/224445

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Additional details

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.