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Pseudoveleronia laevifrons Holthuis 1951, comb. nov.

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Pseudoveleronia laevifrons (Holthuis, 1951) comb. nov.

(Figs. 10–12)

Veleronia serratifrons Holthuis, 1951: 199, pls. 63, figs. f–m [type locality: Bahia de Gardner, Galapagos]

Material. — Paratypes (3 ovigerous females, 2 male), Gardner Bay, Hood Island, Galapagos Archipelago, 26.i.1933, Allan Hancock Expedition; 2 ovigerous females and 1 male, Punta Vicente Roca, Isabella, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, 2-10 m, on Muricea sp., 8.ii.1975, coll. De Ridder; 4 females and 2 males (RMNH D 36492), Punta Cormoran, Isla Floreana, Galapagos, 21.iii.1976, on Muricea fruticosa, coll. De Ridder; 5 ovigerous female, 5 males (RMNH D36498) - Isla de Rabida, Galapagos, 11.iii.1976, coll. De Ridder.

Remarks. — Orbits of all specimens are completely closed. Lateral margin of orbits feebly projected in small specimens (females and males), whilst significantly projected into a distinct carina, covering eyes at about 1/3 of its diameter in large ovigerous females.

Distribution. — Known from the Galapagos Islands and the Gulf of California; shallow waters, associated with gorgonarians of the genus Muricea (see Holthuis 1951; De Ridder 1980; Wicksten & Hendrickx 1985).

Notes

Published as part of Marin, Ivan, 2008, Taxonomic position of Pontonides sympathes De Ridder & Holthuis and species of the genus Ve l e r o n i a Holthuis (Decapoda, Palaemonidae, Pontoniinae) with the description of a new genus, pp. 1-17 in Zootaxa 1932 on pages 12-16, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.184880

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Holthuis
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Decapoda
Family
Palaemonidae
Genus
Pseudoveleronia
Species
laevifrons
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Pseudoveleronia laevifrons (Holthuis, 1951) sec. Marin, 2008

References

  • Holthuis, L. B. (1951) A general revision of the Palaemonidae of the Americas, I: Subfamilies Euryrhynchinae and Pontoniinae. Allan Hancock Foundation Publications, Occasional Paper, 11, 1 - 332.
  • De Ridder, C. (1980) Etude des populations de deux especes de Veleronia (Decapodes, Pontoniinae) associees aux (Cnidaria, Octocorallia) de l'Archipel des Galapagos. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 21 (2), 181 - 199.
  • Wicksten, M. K. & Hendrickx, M. E. (1985) New records of caridean shrimps in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 98 (3), 571 - 573.