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).
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Identifiers
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.