PERICLIMENESSPECIES (CRUSTACEA: DECAPODA: PONTONIINAE) FROM FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND BRUCE A.J. Brucc,A.J.20030630:Periclimenesspecies(Crustacea:Decapoda:Pontoniinae)fromFar North Queensland. Memoirs ofthe QueenslandMuseum 49(1): 115-122. Brisbane. ISSN 0079-8835. Recent collections from inshore waters ofCape York have provided specimens of four shrimpspeciesofthegenusPericlimenesCosta, 1844,fromasinglelocality,CapeFlattery. OneisawellknownspeciesthathasbeenrarelyreportedfromAustralia,twoaredescribed as new species and the fourth, damaged, cannot be referred to any described species. Decapoda, Caridea, Pontoniinae, Periclimenes, P. adularans, P. paulsoni, new species, Cape York, Queensland. A.J. Bruce, QueenslandMuseum, PO Box 3300, South Brisbane 4101, Australia (e-mail [email protected]);2July2002. Recent surveys ofinshore waters ofnorthern PericlimenesgrandisBorradaile, 1898:382. Periclimenes (Ancylocaris) grandis Kemp, 1922: 210-214, Queensland for the Introduced Marine Pests BaselineSurveyProjects,bytheMarineBiology Perfiicglsi5m8e-n5e9s,pgir.a7n,dfiisg 1L0i., 2000: 186-187, fig. 235 (f„ull, and Aquaculture Department of James Cook synonymy). wUlnehiaivrcenhresdhiatasyb,oautstturgtagchetesecdtamtrhuiadctehamnulecfsahsusnsctaiileolnftritefhmiicasiabntistoettnootpibeoe,n MCwhaAapTreEfFRpliIalteAt,eLrP.y3,,i1sncnorevaripgwi.nhgas9r,,f7p#mil,eS,AhPu6g3,u639s,mt,2C20a70peO1;cFt1loa9btet,er#ry2S;0h0i13n.7n0e,r than the nearby Great Barrier Reef. Ofthe four species of the pontoniine Periclimenes Costa, DISTRIBUTION.Australia.Queensland:Magnetic 1844, only one can be placed in a described Island (Bruce, 1977); John Brewer Reef(Bruce, taxon, which suggests that more extensive or 1987a); Abbot Point (Hoedt, et al., 2000) more detailed sampling might well produce a NorthernTerritory; Darwin(Bruce, 1987c); East further substantial increase in the caridean Point, Darwin (Bruce, 1988a); Cobourg diversity known from this region. Peninsula (Bruce & Coontbes, 1995); Darwin Twoofthespeciesaredescribedasnewspecies Harbour: Bullocky Point, Cameron Beach, aspnedciametnhi,rdp,rorbeapbrleyseanltseodrbeypreasesnitnsglaefduartmhaegreads CPohianntn,elShIesllalnd,IsNliagnhdt,cliWfefee,dDuRdeleefy (PoBirnutc,eLe&e yet undescribed species. The fourth species Coombes, 1997). Western Australia: Hibernia collected,Periclimenesgrandis, isawell known Reef(Bruce, 1992). andwidelydistributedIndo-WestPacificspecies, General. Type locality: Oshima, Japan. Also butonethathasbeenonly infrequentlyrecorded knownfromEgypt,Israel,Jibuti,Yemen,Kenya, from Australian waters. Zanzibar, Tanganyika, Mozambique, Comoro Inthedescriptions,CLreferstothepostorbital Islands, Madagascar, Seychelle Islands, Sri csapreacpaicmeelnengctah;taQlMogWuetonthuemQbueeresn.slaRnedsMtruiscetuemd VLiaenktan,am,BurCmhian,a,MaJlaapyaan,, SPianpgaupaorNe,ewIndGounienseiaa,, Western Australia, Northern Territory, synonymies only are provided. Full synonymies Queensland, Japan, Caroline Islands, Marshall are to be found in Li (2000). Islands, Fijian Islands, Tuvalu and Tuamotu SYSTEMATICS Islands. Subphylum CRUSTACEA REMARKS. The present specimens (CLs 4.7, OrderDECAPODA Latreille, 1803 4.0mm) present no special features. The rostral FamilyPALAEMONIDAE Rafinesque, 1815 dentitions are:! + 6/4. 1 + 5/4. The third Sub-family PONTONIINAE Kingsley, 1878 ambulatory propod is 11 X longer than wide, with a pair ofstrong distoventral and 4 ventral Periclimenes grandis (Stimpson, 1860) spines. The dactyl is 0.28 ofthe propod length, (Fig. 1) about 4 X longer than its basal width, rather AnchistiagrandisStimpson, 1860:39. stouter than as reported by Kemp (1922), who MEMOIRS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM 116 notes 6-6.5 X longer. This free-living micro- predatorisprobably muchcommonerin warmer waters than the relatively sparse Australian recordssuggest. Itissurprisingthatnospecimens werefoundonHeronIsland(Bruce, 1981)during collections from 1975 to 1981. Specimens howeverhave been collected from Heron Island (coll. A.H. Banner, 1968). Otherspecimenshave beenseenfromBundegiReef,ExmouthGulfand North West Cape, Western Australia (coll. N.L. Bruce, 1980). Periclimenes adularans sp. nov. (Fig. 2) MATERIAL.Holotype: 1ovig. 9,#Sh311,CapeFlatQteMry Service Jetty, 27 April 2001, beam trawl, 2m, oJWev2tit6gy.5,52947.ASpPhrair3la7t21y0,p0cC1sa:,pb1eedaF,lmat#ttreSarwhyl,,3S12e7mr,,vCiccaoelpleJ.etQFtlyaM,ttbWeer2ya6mS5e5trr5va;iwcle,1 4X longer than the basal width, and 0.2 of the 15m,27,October2001,QM26556. propod length (Bruce, 1990). oEfTcYapMtOurLe.OGY. Latinadulari,toflatter,afterthelocality pMaEraAtySpUesR:E(MShEN31T7S), (CmLm)2..7,Ho(lSohty3p7e1,),CCLL33..74; mm; lengthofova 0.5. DIAGNOSIS.Smallslendershrimpoftheholthuisi speciesgroup. Rostrumstronglyarched(Fig.2A), SYSTEMATIC POSITION. Closely related to ventrally sinuous, distally concave, reaching to Periclimenes tosaensis Kubo, 1951. Peri- near distal margin of intermediate segment of climenes adularans may be easily distinguished adonrtseanlnluylairnpfeedmuanlcel,e,11wiitnhm1a3lesm(aFlilg.ac2uBt)e,tweietthh afmrboumlPa.totorsyaendsaicstyblyusthaesactcheisssoisryatbosoetnhtoninthPe single small subterminal tooth ventrally. tosaensis, theonlvspeciesoftheholthuisi-group Carapace with epigastric tooth in female, absent in which it is lacking. This dactylus is otherwise in male; inferiororbital angle (Fig. 2C) strongly very similar in these two species, about 7 X produced, acute, with reflected inner flange; longer than the basal width, about 0.28 of the hepaticspineslender,slightlyanteriortothelevel propod length. Compared with the other species of the epigastric tooth in the female; third ofthis group, P. adularans has a smaller more abdominal tergite slightly posteriorly produced, slenderaccessory tooth that is closely adpressed notcarinate; firstandsecondpereiopodsnormal, to the unguis. The dactylus is distinctly longer similar, slightlyunequal,secondpereiopod (Fig. and moreslenderthan intheotherspeciesofthis 2D) chela (female) (Fig. 2E) 0.9 of CL, with group,inwhichtheaccessorytoothisalsostouter fingers subequal to palm length, dactylus and more projecting, about 4 x longer than the unarmed, fixed finger with 2 minute acute teeth basalwidth,and0.2ofthepropod length(Bruce, proximally, carpus 0.6 ofchela length, subequal 1990). to merus: ischium 1.2 x merus length; third ambulatorypereiopod(Fig. 2F)withdactyl (Fig. COLOURATION AND HOST. Not recorded. 2G)slender, 7.7 X longerthanbasal width, 0.28 Trawlcatchesdidnotindicateanypotentialhosts. ofpropod length, with small slender accessory tooth at 0.8 oflength, closely adpressed, unguis HABITAT. Silty mud substrate. not clearly demarcated: propod about 19 X longer than width, uniform. Compared with the REMARKS. The holotype female has a single other species ofthis group, P adularans has a second pereiopod. The male lacks its right eye, smaller more slender accessory tooth that is one first pereiopod, both second pereiopods and closely adpressed to the unguis. The dactylus is fourth and fifth pereiopods. The epigastric tooth distinctly longer and more slender than in the also may have been lost artificially. The otherspeciesofthisgroup,inwhichtheaccessory ovigerousfemaleparatypelacksthedistalhalfof tooth is also stouter and more projecting, about therostrum,andpereiopods3-5ontherightside. PONTONIINE SHRIMPS FROM CAPEYORK 117 FIseGco2.ndPepreireciloipmoedn;esE,adsualmaer,acnhselsap;.Fn,otvh.irAd,pecraeriaoppaocde,apnrdoproodstarnudm,dac9t;ylB;,Gs,asmaem,e,6d;isCt,alipnfreorpioordoarnbitalacanygl.e(, ,D, & & E,holotype; B,C,F G,paratype). Akeytothethen6speciesofthePericlimenes Carapacewith0-1postorbitalteeth 3 kdhSoeoilsbntcachryeuiaibssethidhi:eginrOPo.kutuptwneownouai&fsruorpsNttrorhomievsurirdBaserp,duec2bce0yi,0e2sB.1r9uAh9can1ev,ue(pa1dn9bad9et0ee)Pn.d 3. CCwaairrtpphuuossutooffepssieegccaoosntnrddipcpeetrroeeoitioho;Ppp.ooRddlss5o-nsd6ghi/ois0rtc-tia2nercrpttulhsyalBnorcnuhgceeelra&thS.a•vn.oc.•bh.eo•lda•a4; key follows: 4. Fingers ofsecond pereiopod chela with series (5-7) of small acute recurved teeth; propods of ambulatory 1. Ambulatorydactylssimple;R1+7-10/P2.tosaensisKubo pereiopodswithshortdistoventralspinPe.sv;eRnus1t4u-s5-B7r/u0c-e2 Ambulatorydactylsbiunguiculate 2 Fingers of second pereiopod chelae without series of 2. Carapacewith2-3postorbitalteeth;R2P-.3a+e6s-o7p/i2u-s3.(Ba.te.) spmearleliopaocdustewitrhecluornvgeddistteoevtehn;traplrosppiondess of ambulator5y , 118 MEMOIRS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM 5. Soefcpoanldmpleernegitoh;poRds1+wi7t-h8/ch1-e2lae.b.ow.ePd.,mcaagrnpiufsicaubsoBurtu0c.e6 dspiisnteosv;entterlaslonspainndesu,ro4posdmsalnloerrmalso.litary ventral Second pereiopods with chelae not bowed, carpus subequaltopalmlengthorlonger 6 MEASUREMENTS (mm). Holotype, CL 1.35, 6. Thirdabdominaltergitewithoutposteriormediancarina. 7 carapace and rostrum 3.2; second pereiopod Thirdabdominaltergitewithposteriormediancarina . 8 chela 1.9; thirdpereiopod propod 1.6. 7. Twhiidrtdh,amabbuoluatto0r.y28daocftyplro7poordmloerngethx, wliotnhgevrertyhasnlbeansdaelr SYSTEMATIC POSITION. Periclimenes adpressedaccessorytooth:R0-1+11-13/1 paulsoniiscloselyrelatedtoP.anacanthusBruce, * . . . . P.adularanssp.nov. 1988b and P. nilandensis Borradaile, 1915. It Third ambulatory- dactyl about 4 x longer than basal may also be closely related to P edwardsii wpirdojtehc,tainbgouatcc0e.s2soolryptroooptho;dRle1ng(-t2h),+wi8t-Phl.lhw/oe2ll-tl4hudiesvieBlroupceed (wPaasulisnointi,al1l8y75id)ewntiitfhiewdh.iPcehrsipcelciimeesntehseesdpweacridmseini 8. Rostrum feebly arched, almost straight, directed and P nilandensis were not included in the upwards,exceedingantennularpeduncle;firstpereiopod grandis species group by Kemp (1922) as they tweintuhirdoascttryilsusBrluocngeerthanpalm,;R1+6-7Z2-3 . ... P. plearcekieodpoddiss.toBvernutcreal(1m9e8r7aal)srpeivniessedotnhethsepescieecsonodf Rostrum distinctly arched not exceeding antennular this group and included all species with a p+e6d-u8n/c1l-e3;firstpereiopodPdakcotbyalyuasshshioirOtekrutnhoan&pNalomm;uRra1 conspicuous finger-like median process on the fourth thoracic stemite, a feature present in P. Periclime(nFeisg.pa3uAl-sPo)ni sp. nov. pnaoutlksnonoiw,nP.ifaintaiscapnretsheunstainndPP.ednwialradnsdienis,ibsu.tItthiiss seemslikelyfromthecloseresemblancesbetween MATERIAL. 16 holotype, Sh 383, Cape Flattery, inner the three species. wharfpile,scrapings,7m, August2001,coll.#FAK,QM Periclimenes paulsoni may be distinguished W26557. from P. anacanthus by the shorter more slender tEPhaTeuYPRsMeodOn,LSe(Oa1G8(3Y178.-7856N)).a,maeutdhoirnohfoSntouudrieosfoOntttoheMCirkuhsatialcoevaicohf +mroas5lt/er3,uomfa,sPaobaponpuatocsae1n.dt2htouofs,C1lL+e,ss6ea-rs9r/oo2ps-tp3r;oasltedhdeenttooibtsi1oo.ln6e,tien1 inferiororbital angle,well developed, acute inP. DIAGNOSIS. Small sized slendershrimp ofthe anacanthus; shorter stouter, 5 segmented fused grandisspeciesgroup.Rostrum(Fig.3B)slender, ramusofupperantennularflagellum,asopposed about 0.8 of CL, well exceeding antennular to long slender II segmented ramus; comeal peduncle, horizontal, slightly up-curved, with 5 diameterabout0.3 ofCL,asopposedto0.6; First small acute teeth dorsally, 3 ventral teeth, tip pereiopod carpus subequal to chela; second acute,simple.Carapace(Fig. 3A)withepigastric pereiopod with carpusslightly longerthanpalm, tooth, robust marginal antennal spine, inferior subequal to meral length, comparatively short orbital angle (Fig. 3C) obsolete; hepatic spine andstout,asopposedto longerandmoreslender stoloetnhd;ers,csalpihgohctelryiatnete(rFiiogr.i3nEl)evsellentdoetrh,eweiptihgadsitsrtiacl iXnP.loanngaecratnhtahnusba;stahlirwdipdetrhe,iaospoodppdoacsteydltaobo6u.5t5x.7 tooth far exceeding lamella; cornea hemi- propod about 10.5 x longer than width, as spherical (Fig. 3F), diameter about 0.33 ofCL; opposed to 14.5 x in P. anacanthus. fourth thoracic stemite with slender median The pleopods (Fig. 3M,0) ofP. paulsoni are process; third abdominal tergite not posteriorly unusualanddiffermarkedlyfromP. anacanthus. produced; First pereiopods (Fig. 3G,H) normal, They are similaron leftand right sides. The First exceedingscaphoceritebylengthofchela,carpus pleopod endopod (Fig. 3N) is simple, tapering subequal to chela; second pereiopod (Fig. 31) distally, about 4 x longer than the basal width, chela 1.2ofCL,withfingers(Fig.3J)about0.4of with3 feeblesetaemedially.InPanacanthusitis palm length, unarmed,acutehookedtips,cutting about 7 x longer than the basal width, much edges entire, carpus 1.25 of chela length, expandedcentrally,withnumerousspinesonthe subequal to merus and ischium length; third concaveproximo-medialmargin,withnumerous ambulatorypereiopod(Fig.3K)withdactyl(Fig. Finemarginal setaeoverthe restoftheexpanded 3L) robust, simple, curved, 5.7 x longer than portion.Theendopodofthemalesecondpleopod basal width, 0.3 of propod length, unguis not (Fig. 3P) is much reduced in P paulsoni, about clearlydemarcated; propodabout 10.5 x longer 0.6 ofthe exopod length, with a small appendix than width, subuniform, with 2 slender interna at 0.75 of the length. The appendix . PONTONIINE SHRIMPS FROM CAPE YORK 119 FIG. 3. A-P, Periclimenespaulsoni sp. nov. holotype 6 A, carapace and appendages; B, rostrum; C, interior orbitalangle,dorsalaspect;D,antennule;E,antenna;F,eye,dorsal;G,firstpereiopod;H,same,chela;I,second pereiopod; J, same, chela; K, third pereiopod, propod and dactyl; L, same, distal propod and dactyl; M, first pleopod; N, same, endopod; O, second pleopod; P, same, endopod. Q, Periclimenes edwardsii (Paulson), redrawnfromPaulson(1875). 120 MEMOIRS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM masculina is very well-developed, about 0.6 of major features. The figure shows a rostral the endopod length, farexceeding the endofthe dentitionof1 +6/2andafeeblyproducedinferior endopod,with5 longsimpleterminal spinesand orbital angle. Hismaterialdiffersfrom Paulson’s 1 slightlypreterminal spine. InP anacanthusthe particularly in the second pereiopod where the appendix masculina is much shorter than the slendercarpus, 7 X longerthan thedistal width, endopod, which is well-developed, about 0.6 of issubequal to thepalm length,about4 x longer itslength,andhas6terminalspines,with4spines than wide and 0.6 of the palm length in P along the ventral surface. edwardsiis.str. The key to the species of the expanded Periclimenes paulsoni also resembles P. 1Periclimenes grandis species group’ given in nilandensis Borradaile, 1915. This species has a driinesfatecarhlielodyrobbrybriottaahldeatsnecgralmpeihnnoaoclterftiootouetn,hd,nianotwP.elgplraeudaletsvloyenlioopvteehdre AiBnrcuflcuuerdte(h1eP9r.8pa7aubug)lmsweoannstiaatauingodmnPe.nistedepwdraorinvdisBdireiud,cwebhe(il1co9hw8,8wba)ts.o firstpereiopodcarpusismarkedlylongerthan,the not included in the 1987a key. chela, the second pereiopod carpus is markedly 16. Supraorbitalspinespresent 16a shorterthanthemerusandtherostraldentitionof Supraorbitalspinesabsent 17 1 + 7-8Z3-4, with the first tooth situated on the 16aS6e-c9o/n2-d3pereiopodcarpusmuchlongPe.ratnhaacnapnatlhmu;sBR.ru1c+e carapace. Secondpereiopodcarpusnotlongerthanpalm ... 16b The present specimen of P. paulsoni was 16bInferiororbitalangleobsolete;R.1+5/3 initially thought to be referrable to P. edwardsii P.paulsonisp.nov. (Paulson, 1875), a little known species that has Inferiororbitalangledistinct 16c TrahreelylobsesenofrepalolrtPeaduslisnocne’sitsmoartiegriinaalldheascsrihpatnidoin-. 16cRdoissttirnacltlylsahmoirntaertshlaenndmeerr,us;seRc.Po.1nn+dil7a-pn8ed/re3en-is4oispoBdorrcaadrapiulse capped further description of this species. P. Rostral laminadeep, secondpereiopodcarpussubequal edwardsii(Fig. 3Q) has adeeperrostrum thanP. tomerus;R.1+7/3 P.edwardsii(Paulson) pbaifuildsotnipi,,awnitohbasorlosettrealidnefnertiiotrioonrboifta1l+a7n/g3l,ewivtehrya Couplet 13 ofthe original key also contained similar to P. paulsoni and a relatively broad some unfortunate errors and should read: , scaphoceritewiththelamellaexceedingthetipof 13. Epigastric and first three dorsal teeth grouped and tTaahusnelsueediasmssrbtm,eoelrnaMttoeafrbdaysalpgtKeoaecostimchm.paerLn(,es1d9ao2osy2ne)P,.rt(cahf1ne.9d6eb8ida)lwslaruiersstpdrosaroittfeedfdrttoohhnmee Dpoeonnrrllosyapa;rolgRde.tsde;ve1te-ahn6mt-srb7iau/mll3ila-lyta4sorpriaynnupdlraetoevp;eonRdl.sy1w+diPit6s.h/tpr5Pldi-.aib6tskutytoacerlhdoe;vrleeaennmstsrbHiauoslllBatsrthpuouicirnesye 4 PONTONIINE SHRIMPS FROM CAPEYORK 121 Periclimenes sp. aff. anacanthus Bruce, 1988 specimens were collected by Juan Cruz, John (Fig. 4) Ackerman, Phil Osmond and Damian Thomson. This study was facilitated by support from the bMeAaTmERtrIaAwlL,.5m1,9A,ugSuhst30250,01C,aQpeMFlWa2tt6e5ry5,8.Service Jetty, Australian Biological Resources Study. LITERATURE CITED REMARKS. The single specimen, CL 2.4mm, with a well-developed median process on the BORRADAILE, L.A. 1898. A revision of the Pontoniidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural fourth thoracic stemite, unfortunately lacks both s1e.2c5ondxperteheiopCoLd,s.fTahreerxocseterdusm(tFhieg.a4nAt)e,nanbuoluatr 191NH5ai.tsutNororatyle(sH7i)so2t:no3rC7ya6r(-i83d)9e11s5..:A2n05n-a2l1s3.and Magazine of peduncleandhasadentitionof1 + 9/4,thedistal BRUCE, A.J. 1977. Pontoniine shrimps in the ventral tooth being minute. The inferior orbital collectionsoftheAustralianMuseum. Recordsof angle is not acutely produced, almost obsolete. theAustralianMuseum 31(2): 39-81. The firstpereiopod has thecarpus about 1.35 x 1981. Pontoniine shrimps of Heron Island. Atoll the chela length. The propod of the third Research Bulletin245: 1-33. pxerelioonpgoedr(Ftihg.an4Bw)idisea,bowuitt0h.7a8opfaitrheoCfL,sm1a8l.l6 198I7sao.poMdae)taapbhorpvyrxiudspairnatsuittuesneBwrutcoethe(CAruussttraacleiaa:n doinlsyt.oveTnhteradlascptiynles(Faingd. t4wCo)miisnaubtoeuvten0t.r5a7lsopfintehse Nfaourntah.erTnhTeerrBietaogrlye,MuOscceausmioonfalArtPsap&ersScioefnctehse propod length, 8.5 x longer than the proximal 3(1):213. 1987b. Re-descriptions oftwo little-known Indo- depth. West Pacific palaemonid shrimps,Periclimenes Noneoftheotherspeciesofthe‘grandisgroup’ calmani Tattersall and P. delagoae Barnard. that have supraorbital spines have such slender JournalofNatural History21(6): 1415-1432. ambulatory dactyls, except P. anacanthus. This 1987c. Notes on some Indo-Pacific Pontoniinae, species has an acutely produced inferior orbital XLIV. Periclimenesdarwiniensis sp. nov., from angle, the firstpereiopodcarpusabout 1.8 x the the Northern Territory, Australia (Decapoda, chela length, the third pereiopod propod about Caridea).Crustaceana52(1): 29-39. 14.5 oftheCL,with longdistoventralspinesand 1988a.Theshrimpfaunaofasmalltropicalreef,the ndaucmteyrloususiswaebloludte0v.e4loofpetdhevpenrtorpaoldspliennegst,h,a6n.d5thxe EHHa.asKrt.b,oPuMorii,cnhtiPeFr,iosMche.eGRdeis&negrHsvaen,olfeDyat,rhJwe.iRn.W.o(erIdkns,s)hLDoaarprswooinnn, longer than its proximal depth. P. anacanthus is Research and Management held in Darwin, 2-3 known from Moreton Bay, Queensland and the September, 1987.A.N.U.NorthAustraliaResearch Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory. Unit, Mangrove Monograph4:226-245. The Cape Flattery specimen also shows some 1988b. A new palaemonid shrimp from the msxiumcillhoanrmgieotryrtethosaPln.etndhdiegeirptraalomixbsiumKlaaeltmodpreyp(t1dha9c2at2ny)dl,s0,w.ha4ib5coouhfthta1hse 199ZMB0oeu.sastgAeelreua,nm-ebowRefdescAcnrooitrfdsdaMs&roiraoSenfctio-etnnhcaeBsesasNoyo5c,:ritaQ1tuh0eee5der-nn1ps1al4Tla.eanredr.miotTnohiredy length of the propod, which also lacks ventral shrimpfromPortEssington,CobourgPeninsula, spinules. Periclimenes digitalis lacks a supra- Australia. Indo-Malayan Zoology 6(1989): orbital spine,havingonlyasmall tubercle in this 229-243. position. Periclimenes digitalis has been 1991. Shallow water Palaemonoid shrimps from reported from the Andaman Islands, Singapore, New- Caledonia (Crustacea: Decapoda). Pp. Hong Kong, Chinaand Indonesia. d2e1s-27f9o.ndIsnRmiecuhbelredseFdoersgelsa,gBo.n,s(edde.)NLoeuBveenltlheos- daenTsdcharipispbseepadresscpitemoceirneespcroaefnsnetonhtteab‘gedrirsaetnifdneicrstretsdapxteoocnia.ensWyigotrfhooutupht’e 199CR2aulsesCedrloulns,iteaB,c.e1Ca..:fe&DtueHdcaesanlpdeeoydT,aheJCs.aeRr.si.(d(eedOas.R)PSTpTh.Oe1M2b:8i-olP1ao3rgii1sc.).aIln second pereiopods it is not suitable for desig- resources and heritagevalues ofthe Cartierand nation asa holotypespecimenandthecollection Hibernia Reef systems, Timor Sea. (Northern offurther complete specimens must be awaited Territory Museum: Darwin). fora full description. BRUCE, A.J. & COOMBES. K.E. 1995. The palaemonoidshrimpfauna(Crustacea:Decapoda: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Caridea) of the Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory. The Beagle, Records ofthe Museums I am most grateful to Dr Kerry Neil for the and Art Galleries ofthe Northern Territory 12: opportunity to report on these shrimps. 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Ringgold et J. herbiersdephanerogamesde laregiondeTulear Rodgers Ducibus, Observavit et descripsit. (Republique Malgache). Annalesde l’Universite ProceedingsoftheAcademyofNatural Sciences deMadagascar6: 65-115. ofPhiladelphia 1860: 22-48. ADDENDUM Sincethe preparation ofthis article a furtherspecies ofthePericlimenesholthuisispecies group hasbeen described fromthe Ryukyu Islands,JapanbyOkuno(2002). This species, Periclimenes sarasvati Okuno, is most closely related to*Periclimenes venustus Bruce (1990) and may be distinguished from that species by the absence ofa beeocellaire the presence of a bilobed distal maxillary endite, the second pereiopods exceeding, the scaphoceriteby theproximal partofthepalm, withthe fingersbearing2-4acuterecurved teethandarostral dentitionof7-9/1-2.