Part 2 - AToL Decapoda

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SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOGY 

FIGURE 9.—Macrobrachium lar from the Philippines: a, anterior carapace and appendages, lateral aspect, of male 

from Varadero Mountain, Mindoro, with carapace length of 38.2 mm; b, right 3rd pereopod, dactyl, and propodus, 

of male from Nonucan River, Mindanao, with carapace length of 41.0 mm; c, same, dactyl, denuded. 

14.8] 15 females [6.1-10.1], 9 ovig [6.1-10.1].—Marikina 

River at Wawa, Luzon; [14°44', 121°1 l'E]; 1 Jan 1908; 9 males 

[6.4-14.8] 8 females [6.1-8.0].—Antipolo, Luzon; [14°35X 

121°10 / E];26 Jan 1908:1 male [16.3]. 

RANGE.—Known only from the general vicinity of Manila, 

Luzon, Philippines. 

REMARKS.—The single male from Antipolo agrees with 

Cowles' description of M. lanceifrons var. montalbanense but 

it was collected only a few miles from the Marikina River at 

Wawa, where typical specimens of M. lanceifrons occurred, 

and we can therefore see little reason for regarding that variety 

as a subspecies, particularly as Cowles (1914:379) noted that 

both forms had similar distinctive color patterns. 

•26. Macrobrachium lar (Fabricius, 1798) 

FIGURE 9 

Palaemon Lar Weber, 1795:94 [nomen nudum]. 

IPalaemon longimanus Weber, 1795:94 [nomen nudum]. 

Palaemon Lar Fabricius, 1798:402 [type locality: "in India Dom. Daldorff' (? 

= Tranquebar)]. 

IPalaemon longimanus Fabricius, 1798:402 [type locality: "in India oriental! 

Dom. Daldorff" (? = Tranquebar)]. 

Palaemon ornatus Olivier, 1811:660 [type locality: East Indies]. 

Pal[aemon] tridens White, 1847:78 [type locality: Mauritius ?]. 

Plalaemon] vagus Heller. 1862b:417, pl.2: figs. 42,43 [type locality: Ambon]. 

Palaemon spectabilis Heller, 1862a:527 [type locality: Tahiti]. 

Palaemon ruber Hess, 1865:165, pi. 7: fig. 20 [type locality: Fiji Islands]. 

Palaemon mayottensis Hoffmann, 1874:32, pi. 9: figs. 61, 62 [type locality: He 

de Mayotte. Comoro Islands, and I'tle Nosy Fali, Madagascar]. 

Palaemon reunionnensis Hoffmann. 1874:33, pl.9: figs. 66, 67 [type locality: 

La Reunion]. 

Palaemon madagascariensis Hoffmann, 1874:35, pi. 7: fig. 58 [type locality: 

Nosy Fali. N.W. Madagascar]. 

Leander dionyx Nobili, 1905b:482, pi. 12: fig. 2 [type locality: Bogadjim (= 

Stephansort), Papua New Guinea]. 

Palaemon lar.—Cowles, 1914:380, pi. 2: fig. 7. 

Macrobrachium lar.—Holthuis, 1950a: 176, fig. 37. 

DIAGNOSIS.—Rostrum falling slightly short of level of distal 

end of antennal scale, rostral formula: 2 + 5-7/2-4, posteriormost 

tooth of dorsal series more remote than others; 

branchiostegal suture not extending posteriorly beyond hepatic 

spine; telson with posterior apex not overreaching posterolateral 

spines; antennal scale with lateral margin convex; 1st 

pereopod with chela about '/2 as long as carpus; 2nd pereopods 

usually unequal in length, similar in form, palm subcylindrical, 

fingers bearing scattered setae not concealing surface, dentate 

on opposable margins, fingers usually gaping (in full-grown 

males), fingers from 3 A to quite as long as palm, palm not 

clothed in dense pubescence anywhere, chela more than 3'/2 

times as long as carpus, palm slightly longer than to twice as 

long as carpus, carpus shorter than merus, with shallow 

longitudinal groove; 3rd pereopod overreaching antennal scale 

by less than length of dactyl, propodus bearing numerous 

appressed spines; maximum postorbital carapace length more 

than 55 mm. 

MATERIAL.—PHILIPPINES. Sablan, Benguet, Luzon; 

[16°30', 120°40'E]; 14 Mar 1908: 2 males [35.7, 37.7].—Small 

creek at Varadero Bay, Mindoro; [13°3O'N, 120°59'E]; 27 Oct 

1909; dynamite: 2 males [15.1, 16.8] 1 female [16.3].— 

"Varadero Mountain," [probably] Mindoro; 23 Jul 1908: 11 

males [16.2-38.2] 2 females [24.3-27.7].—Calawagan River 

3 miles from mouth, Mindoro; [B^TSf, 120°28'E]; 11 Dec 

1908 (1500); 16' seine: 1 male [24.2].—Mananga River, Cebu; 

[10°14'N, 123°50'E]; 25 Aug 1909:2 pairs of 2nd pereopods.— 

Nonucan River, Iligan Bay, Mindanao; 8°13'N, 124°12'E; 6 

Aug 1909 (0800); dynamite: 1 male [41.0].—Small stream at 

Mati, PujadaBay, Mindana; [6°57'N, 126°13'E]; 15 May 1908: 

8 males [9.2-26.3] 7 females (20.2-20.9). 

INDONESIA. Stream, Pulau Ambon; [3°4O;S, 128° 10']; 5 

Dec 1909; dynamite: 6 males [13.0-26.0].—Ambon Market; 

[3°43'S, 128°12'E]; 5 Dec 1909; 1 male [24.2] 6 females

NUMBER 543 31 

[19.6-25.5], 3 ovig [19.6-25.5]). 

RANGE.—Widespread throughout the Indo-Pacific region 

from East Africa to the Marquesas Islands, probably not 

indigenous on Hawaii. 

*27. Macrobrachium latidactylus (Thallwitz, 1891) 

FIGURE 10 

Palaemon latidactylus Thallwitz, 1891:97 [type locality: northern Celebes].— 

Cowles, 1914:392, pi. 3: fig. 10. 

Palaemon (Eupalaemon) endehensis De Man, 1892:465, pi. 27: fig. 42 [type 

locality: Flores, Indonesia]. 

Palaemon (Macrobrachium) lampropus De Man, 1892:493, pi. 29: fig. 49 [type 

locality: Celebes and Timor, Indonesia]. 

Macrobrachium latidactylus.—Holthuis, 1950a:239, fig. 50. 

DIAGNOSIS.—Rostrum not reaching level of distal end of 

antennal scale, dorsal margin slightly convex, rostral formula: 

3-5 + 10-11/2-5, interspaces often wider near posterior and 

anterior ends of dorsal series; branchiostegal suture not 

extending posteriorly beyond hepatic spine; telson with 

posterior apex not overreaching posterolateral spines; antennal 

scale with lateral margin straight; 1st pereopod with chela '/2 as 

long as carpus; 2nd pereopods unequal in length and dissimilar 

in form; major 2nd pereopod with palm compressed, fingers 

not densely pubescent, fingers denticulate on opposable 

margins, gaping, 2 /3-173 times as long as palm, latter nowhere 

densely pubescent, chela 1 3 A times as long as carpus, palm 

longer than carpus, carpus l'A times as long as merus, not 

longitudinally grooved; minor 2nd pereopod with fingers l 2 /3 

times as long as palm; 3rd pereopod not overreaching antennal 

scale, propodus not covered with spines or scales; maximum 

carapace length about 25 mm. 

MATERIAL.—PHILIPPINES. River at Tilik, Lubang Island; 

[13°49'N, 120°12'E]; 14 Jul 1908: 1 male [17.1].—Malabon 

Market [probably suburb of Manila, Luzon; 14°39'N, 

[120°57'E]; 8 Aug 1908: 1 male [17.7].—River at Batangas, 

Luzon; [13°45TS[, 121°03'E]; 7 Jun 1909: 2 males [12.0, 12.2] 

5 females [3.8-11.7], 2 ovig [10.0, 11.7].—"Yom River, 

FIGURE 10.—Macrobrachium latidactylus, male from Zamboanga River, 

Mindanao, Philippines, carapace length 20.2 mm: a, anterior carapace and 

appendages, lateral aspect; b, right 3rd pereopod, dactyl, and propodus; c, same, 

dactyl, denuded. 

(Tayabas) Luzon;" 25 Feb 1909: 1 male [ 13.8].—Basud River, 

Luzon; [14°06TM, 123°E]; 15 Jun 1909: 1 male [10.2].—Nato 

River, Lagonoy Gulf, Luzon; [13°36'N, 123°33'E]; tidewater, 

18 Jun 1909 (0630): 24 males [6.5-13.8] 12 females [5.1-8.3], 

2 ovig [8.0, 8.3].—Yawn River. Legaspi, Luzon; [mCN, 

123°45'E]; 7 Jun 1909 (0600): 36 males [4.9-21.5] 21 females 

[8.0-13.8], 14 ovig [8.0-13.4].—"Damaea River," Luzon; 25 

Feb 1909: 2 males [12.2, 15.8].—Naujan River, Mindoro; 

[13°16X 121°19'E]; 5 Jun 1908: 12 males [6.0-15.0] 3 

females [4.6-10.3], 2 ovig [8.6, 10.3].—Pangauaran River, 

Port Caltom, Busuanga Island; [12°llH 120°05'E]; 16 Dec 

1908 (0700); 25' seine: 2 males [11.0, 12.9] 1 ovig female 

[12.0].—Malaga River, Hinunangan Bay, Leyte; [10°24'N, 

125°12'E]; 30 Jul 1909: 10 males [13.0-20.0].—Surigao 

River, Mindanao; [9°48'N, 125°29'E]; 8 May 1908: 8 May 

1908: 1 male [10.3].—Vicars Landing, Lake Lanao, Mindanao; 

[7°47TS[, 124°1 l'E]; 22 May 1908; seine: 4 males [7.2-18.5].— 

Zamboanga River, Mindanao; [6°54'N, 122°04TE]; 9 Oct 1909: 

1 male [20.2]. 

RANGE.—Malaya, Taiwan, Philippines, and Indonesia. 

*28. Macrobrachium latimanus (Von Martens, 1868) 

FIGURE 11 

Palfaemon] latimanus Von Martens, 1868:44 [type locality Loquilocon, 

Samar, Philippines]. 

Palaemon euryrhynchus Ortmann, 1891:738, pi. 47: fig. 12 [type locality: Fiji 

Islands]. 

FIGURE 11.—Macrobrachium latimanus, male collected at altitude of 

1200-1800 meters on Mount Apo, Mindanao, Philippines, by E.A. Meams. 

1904 (USNM 53869). carapace length 32.0 mm: a, anterior carapace and 

appendages, lateral aspect; b, right 3rd pereopod, dactyl, and propodus; c, same, 

dactyl, denuded.

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Palaemon (Macrobrachium) singalangensis Nobili, 1900a:487 [type locality: 

"Aier Mantcior, presso il Monte Singalang," Sumatra]. 

Macrobrachium latimanus.—Holthuis, 1950a:205, fig. 43. 


antennal scale, dorsal margin convex, rostral formula: 1-2 + 

5-10/2-4, dorsal teeth typically more crowded anteriorly; 



spines; antennal scale with lateral margin straight or 

slightly concave; 1st pereopod with chela 2 /3 as long as carpus; 

2nd pereopods subequal in length, similar in form, palm 

compressed, fingers not densely pubescent, fingers dentate on 

opposable margins, not noticeably gaping, '/2 to quite as long 

as palm, latter nowhere densely pubescent, chela about 3 times 

as long as carpus, palm 1-2 times as long as carpus, carpus 

shorter than merus, with faint longitudinal groove; 3rd 

pereopod overreaching antennal scale by less than length of 

dactyl, propodus rather densely spinulose; maximum postorbital 

carapace length more than 30 mm. 

MATERIAL.—PHILIPPINES. Stream at Maagnas, Lagonoy 

Gulf, Luzon; [13°43X 123°4O / E]; 17 Jun 1909: 1 male [15.0] 

1 female [10.0]. 

RANGE.—India, Sri Lanka, Ryukyu Islands, Philippines, and 

Indonesia, eastward to the Marquesas Islands. 

•29. Macrobrachium lepidactyloides (De Man, 1892) 

FIGURE 12 

Palaemon (Macrobrachium) lepidactyloides De Man, 1892:497, pi. 29: fig. 51 

[type locality: "Raka-mbaha, W. Flores" (Holthuis. 195Oa:251)]. 

Palaemon lepidactylus.—Cow\es, 1914:389, pi. 3: fig. 9. [Not P. lepidactylus 

Hilgendorf, 1879.] 

Macrobrachium hirtimanus.—Holthuis, 1950a:245 [part], fig. 51a. 

Macrobrachium lepidactyloides.—Holthuis, 1952a:210, pi. 15: fig. 2. 

DIAGNOSIS.—Rostrum not nearly reaching level of distal end 

of antennal scale, dorsal margin somewhat sinuous, rostral 

formula: 5-7 + 4-6/2-4, dorsal teeth unequally spaced; 



spines; antennal scale with lateral margin straight; 1st 

pereopod with chela 2 /3 as long as carpus; 2nd pereopods 

unequal in length and dissimilar in form; major 2nd pereopod 

with palm compressed, fingers not densely pubescent, fingers 

dentate on opposable margins, not markedly gaping, longer 

than palm, latter nowhere densely pubescent, chela more than 

twice as long as carpus, palm about as long as carpus, carpus 

about as long as merus, with shallow longitudinal groove; 

minor 2nd pereopod with fingers about 1 3 A times as long as 

palm; 3rd pereopod overreaching antennal scale by length of 

dactyl and about '/2 of propodus, propodus bearing numerous 

flattened spines or subacute scales; maximum postorbital 

carapace length more than 25 mm. 

MATERIAL.—PHILIPPINES. Zamboanga River, Mindanao: 


FIGURE 12.—Macrobrachium lepidactyloides. male from Zamboanga River, 

Mindanao, Philippines, carapace length 16.3 mm: a. anterior carapace and 

appendages, lateral aspect; b, right 3rd pereopod. dactyl, and propodus; c, same, 

dactyl, denuded. 

[6°54X 122°O4'E]; 9 Oct 1909: 3 males [16.2-19.01 1 ovig 

female [10.6]. 

RANGE.—Philippines, Indonesia, and Fiji Islands. 

REMARKS.—The two males from the Zamboanga River in 

which the major second cheliped is intact have the palm less 

broad than it is in typical specimens of the species, much as in 

M. placidum, suggesting the possibility that M. lepidactyloides 

and P. placidum may eventually prove to be indistinguishable. 

30. Macrobrachium lorentd (J. Roux, 1921) 

Palaemon (Parapalaemon) lorentzi J. Roux, 1921:5%, pi. 16: figs. 1-3 [type 

locality: Sungai Lorentz basin, southwestern New Guinea (Irian Jaya)]. 

Macrobrachium lorentzi.—Holthuis, 195Oa:213, fig. 44. 

DIAGNOSIS.—Rostrum not overreaching antennal scale, 

dorsal margin distinctly sinuous, rostral formula: 3-4 + 

6-10/2-4, dorsal teeth subequal ly spaced; branchiostegal 

suture not extending posteriorly beyond hepatic spine; telson 

with posterior apex not overreaching posterolateral spines; 

antennal scale with lateral margin straight or slightly concave; 

1st pereopod with chela more than '/2 as long as carpus; 2nd 

pereopods unequal in length but similar in form, palm slightly 

compressed, fingers densely pubescent, fingers partially dentate 

on opposable margins, not gaping, 1-1 '/2 times as long as 

palm, latter nowhere densely pubescent, chela 1 '/2-1 3 A times 

as long as carpus, palm 2 /3- 3 A as long as palm, carpus longer 

than merus, with shallow longitudinal groove; 3rd pereopod 

barely overreaching antennal scale, propodus somewhat spi-

NUMBER 543 33 

nose; maximum postorbital carapace length about 25 mm. 

RANGE.—Known only from Papua New Guinea and western 

New Guinea (Irian Jaya). 

31. Macrobrachium malayanum (J. Roux, 1935) 

Palaemon (Macrobrachium) pilimanus malayanus J. Roux, 935b:32 [type 

locality: "Lasah, Plus Valley, East Perak." Malay Peninsula]. 

Macrobrachium geron Holthuis, 1950a:258, fig. 52 [type locality: Pulau 

Bangka, east of Sumatra, Indonesia]. 

Macrobrachium malayanum.—Chong and Khoo, 1987a:904, figs. 1-3,4a. 

DIAGNOSIS.—Rostrum not or barely overreaching antennal 

scale, dorsal margin straight or convex, rostral formula: 3-4 + 

5-8/3-6, dorsal teeth slightly more widely spaced posteriorly 

than anteriorly; branchiostegal suture not extending posteriorly 

beyond hepatic spine; telson with posterior apex not overreaching 

posterolateral spines; antennal scale with lateral margin 

nearly straight; 1st pereopod with chela more than '/2 as long as 

carpus; 2nd pereopods unequal in length and dissimilar in 

form; major 2nd pereopod with palm compressed, fingers and 

palm covered with dense carpet of short velvety hair, fingers 

dentate on opposable margins, not widely gaping, chela at least 

twice as long as carpus, no longer than merus; minor 2nd 

pereopod with fingers slightly shorter than palm; maximum 

postorbital carapace length about 17 mm. 

RANGE.—Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo; 

slow to rapid flowing streams in or near forested areas. 

32. Macrobrachium mammillodactylus (Thallwitz, 1892) 

FIGURE 13 

Palaemon idae var. mammillodactylus Thallwitz, 1892:15 [type locality: 

Luzon, Philippines, or northern Celebes (ace. to Holthuis, 1950a:150)]. 

Palaemon (Eupalaemon) Wolterstorffi Nobili, 1900b: 1 [type locality: Surabaja, 

eastern Java]. 

Palaemon philippinensis Cowles, 1914:340, pi. 2: fig. 2 [type locality: San Juan 

and Pasig rivers, near Manila, Philippines]. 

7Palaemon talaverae Blanco, 1939a: 168, pi. 2 [type locality: Lake Sampaloc, 

San Pablo, Laguna Province, Luzon, Philippines]. 

Macrobrachium mammillodactylus.—Holthuis, 1950a: 148, fig. 34. 

DIAGNOSIS.—Rostrum variable, not overreaching antennal 

scale, dorsal margin somewhat sinuous, rostral formula: 2-3 + 

9-12/2-5, dorsal teeth more widely spaced posteriorly than 

anteriorly; branchiostegal suture not extending posteriorly 

beyond hepatic spine; telson with posterior apex not overreaching 

posterolateral spines; antennal scale with lateral margin 

straight or concave; 1st pereopod with chela less than '/2 as 

long as carpus; 2nd pereopods subequal in length and similar in 

form, palm subcylindrical, fingers not densely pubescent, 

partially dentate on opposable margins, gaping slightly, not 

widely, '/2 to quite as long as palm, latter nowhere densely 

pubescent, chela 1V4-IV2 times as long as carpus, palm '/2 to 

quite as long as carpus, carpus as long as to twice as long as 

merus, not longitudinally grooved; 3rd pereopod overreaching 

antennal scale by more than length of dactyl, propodus not 

FIGURE 13.—Macrobrachium mammillodactylus from Luzon, Philippines: a, 

anterior carapace and appendages, lateral aspect, of male collected by D.G. Frey 

from Aringay River, La Union, with carapace length of 25.1 mm; b, right 3rd 

pereopod, dactyl, and propodus, of male from San Juan River, near Manila 

(identified by R.P. Cowles as Palaemon philippinensis), with carapace length 

of 28.0 mm (USNM 54619); c, same, dactyl, denuded. 

profusely spinose or scaly but bearing numerous minute spines; 

maximum postorbital carapace length more than 40 mm. 

RANGE.—Philippines and Indonesia. 

33. Macrobrachium minutum (J. Roux, 1917) 

Palaemon minutus J. Roux, 1917:599, pi. 27: figs. 1-3 [type locality: Sentani 

Lake, northeastern Irian Jaya (West New Guinea)]. 

Macrobrachium minutum.—Holthuis, 1950a: 140, fig. 32. 

DIAGNOSIS.—Rostrum slightly overreaching antennal scale 

or not, dorsal margin faintly sinuous, rostral formula: 3 + 

9-10/4, dorsal teeth subequally spaced; branchiostegal suture 

not extending posteriorly beyond hepatic spine; telson with 


scale with lateral margin slightly concave; 1st pereopod with 

chela '/2 as long as carpus; 2nd pereopods slightly unequal in

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length but nearly similar in form, palm subcylindrical, fingers 

not covered with dense pubescence, partially dentate on 

opposable margins, not gaping, '/2- 2 /3 as long as palm, latter 

without any dense pubescence, chela less than 3 /4 as long as 

carpus, palm about 2 /s as long as carpus, carpus 1 3 A times as 

long as merus, without longitudinal grooves; 3rd pereopod 

overreaching antennal scale by length of dactyls and x li of 

propodus, propodus not profusely spinose or scaly; maximum 

postorbital carapace length less than 15 mm. 

RANGE.—Known only from the type locality in Sentani 

Lake, Irian Jaya. 

34. Macrobrachium mirabile (Kemp, 1917) 

Palaemon mirabilis Kemp, 1917:227, pi. 10 [type locality: Rangoon, Burma (= 

Myanmar)]. 

Macrobrachium mirabile.—Holthuis, 1950a: 174. 


of antennal scale, with rather high dorsal crest, rostral formula: 

4-6 + 9-10/1-2, dorsal teeth subequally spaced; branchiostegal 

suture not extending posteriorly beyond hepatic spine; 

telson with posterior apex not overreaching posterolateral 

spines; antennal scale with lateral margin straight; 1 st pereopod 

with chela more than l /2 as long as carpus; 2nd pereopods 

subequal in length and similar in form, palm subcylindrical, 

fingers not concealed by dense pubescence, not dentate on 

opposable margins, not gaping, fingers l 2 /3 times as long as 

palm, latter without any dense pubescence, chela 1 3 /4 times as 

long as carpus, palm less than 3 /4 as long as carpus, carpus more 

than 3 A as long as merus, not longitudinally grooved; 3rd 

pereopod overreaching antennal scale by length of dactyl, 

propodus not profusely spinose or scaly; maximum carapace 

length less than 15 mm. 

RANGE.—Brackish water in the Gangetic delta, Burma 

(Myanmar), Thailand, and Borneo. 

REMARKS.—Kemp (1917:230, 231) obviously believed this 

species to be more closely related to the species of Leander (= 

Palaemon) than to those of Palaemon (= Macrobrachium), but 

the presence of an hepatic spine led him to assign it to the latter 

genus, in order to avoid tampering with accepted classification. 

Examination of specimens from Thailand in the Smithsonian 

collections indicates to us that the species does not belong in 

the genus Macrobrachium, because of the form of the second 

pereopods, the unusually long and slender fourth and fifth 

pereopods, and the possibility that females may be larger than 

males (as in most palaemonid genera except Macrobrachium.) 

On the other hand, the species does not fit comfortably in 

Palaemon because of the presence of an hepatic spine and 

perhaps other characters. The assignment of the species to a 

distinct, monotypic genus would seem to be the best solution to 

the problem. Only the absence of males in our collections and 

the hope that they may reveal generic characters other than 

those displayed by the females has prevented us from 

proposing such a genus here. 


35. Macrobrachium natulorum Holthuis, 1984 

Macrobrachium natulorum Holthuis, 1984a:164, figs. 2, 3 [type locality: Jawej 

River nearTigi Lake, Wissel Lakes, Irian Jaya, Indonesia]. 


of antennal scale, dorsal margin slightly sinuous, rostral 

formula: 4-5 + 9-13/2-3, dorsal teeth nearly subequally 

spaced; branchiostegal suture not extending posteriorly beyond 

hepatic spine; telson with posterior apex not overreaching 

posterior spines; antennal scale with lateral margin straight; 1st 

pereopod with chela 2 /3 as long as carpus; 2nd pereopods 

unequal in length and dissimilar in form; major 2nd pereopod 

with palm slightly compressed, fingers concealed by dense 

pubescence, dentate on opposable margins, somewhat gaping, 

slightly longer than palm, palm with distal end clothed in dense 

pubescence-like fingers, chela more than twice as long as 

carpus, palm about as long as carpus, carpus about as long as 

merus, without longitudinal grooves; minor 2nd pereopod with 

fingers twice as long as palm; 3rd pereopod barely, if at all, 

overreaching antennal scale, propodus neither spinose nor 

scaly; maximum postorbital carapace length 25 mm. 

RANGE.—Wissel Lakes region, Irian Jaya (New Guinea), 

Indonesia. 

36. Macrobrachium oenone (De Man, 1902) 

Palaemon (Macrobrachium) oenone De Man, 1902:784, pi. 25: fig. 49 [type 

locality: northern Halmahera). 

Palaemon (Macrobrachium) oenone papuana J. Roux, 1927:324, fig. 2 [type 

locality: Mamberamo River, northern Irian Jaya]. 

Macrobrachium oenone.—Holthuis, 1950a:256. 

DIAGNOSIS.—Rostrum not overreaching antennal scale, 

dorsal margin convex or faintly sinuous, rostral formula: 6-7 + 

6-9/2-3, dorsal teeth subequally spaced; branchiostegal suture 


posterior apex not overreaching posterolateral spines; 1st 

pereopod with chela l /2 as long as carpus; 2nd pereopods 

unequal in length, somewhat dissimilar in form; major 2nd 

pereopod with palm somewhat compressed, fingers not 

concealed by dense pubescence, dentate on opposable margins, 

somewhat gaping, fingers 1—1 3 A times as long as palm, latter 

without any dense pubescence, chela 2 3 /4-3'A as long as 

carpus, palm l'/3-l'/2 times as long as carpus, carpus 9 /io as 

long as merus, without longitudinal grooves; minor 2nd 

pereopod with fingers twice as long as palm; 3rd pereopod 

overreaching antennal scale by length of dactyl and l /2 of 

propodus; propodus not profusely spinose or scaly; maximum 

postorbital carapace length less than 20 mm. 

RANGE.—Halmahera and New Guinea. 

37. Macrobrachium palaemonoides Holthuis, 1950 

Macrobrachium palaemonoides Holthuis, 1950a: 136, fig. 31 [type locality: 

"Lake Tawar, Laulo Lake, northern Simaloer, off Sumatra" at 2°50'N, 

95°50'E]. 

DIAGNOSIS.—Rostrum overreaching antennal scale, dorsal

NUMBER 543 35 

margin sinuous, rostral formula: 1-2 + 6-7/6-9, dorsal teeth 

unequally spaced; branchiostegal suture extending posteroventrally 

beyond hepatic spine; telson with posterior apex not 

overreaching posterolateral spines; antennal scale with lateral 

margin straight or slightly concave; 1st pereopod with chela '/2 

as long as carpus; 2nd pereopods subequal in length, similar in 

form, palm subcylindrical, fingers not clothed in dense 

pubescence, not dentate on opposable margins, not gaping, 1 '/3 

times as long as palm, palm without any dense pubescence, 

chela more than '/2 as long as carpus, palm 'A as long as carpus, 

carpus l'/2 times as long as merus, without longitudinal 

grooves; 3rd pereopod overreaching antennal scale by more 

than length of dactyl, propodus not profusely spinose or scaly; 

maximum postorbital carapace length less than 20 mm. 

RANGE.—Known only from the type locality, about which 

L.B. Holthuis has contributed the following remarks: "The type 

locality of M. palaemonoides is Lake Tawar (= Lake Laulo = 

Laut Tawar = Bawa Laulo) in N. Simaloer (= Simalur = 

Simeuloee = Simeuloee = Simeulue) at 2°50'N 95°50'E. The 

collector (W.C. van Heurn) wrote in a letter of 16 August 1913 

from Sibigo, N. Simaloer: 'Day before yesterday we started 

early in a canoe with 1 boy and 3 oarsmen. First we crossed the 

Bay (= Sibigo Bay), 1 hour rowing, then we entered the Lauloe 

River, but soon the rain came down in torrents and the river 

started to flood, so that we progressed but extremely slowly, 

fighting barricades of floating bamboo, fallen trees, creepers 

hanging down over the water, etc. After wrestling that way for 

5 hours we reached Laut Tawar (= Tawar Lake). This 

freshwater lake is supposed to be bewitched and by now I 

believe it really is.' And then follows a sorrowful tale of all the 

bad luck they had. Van Heurn was notorious because of his 

pessimistic view of everything, but in the meantime he got 

excellent collections together. Anyhow you can be certain that 

the type locality is Laulo Lake (= Lake Tawar), N. Simeulue. In 

my paper with A.M. Husson (1973) on 'Jonkheer Drs. Willem 

Cornelis von Heurn (1887-1972)' in Zoologische Bijdragen, 

Leiden, no. 16, you will find a sketch map of Simeulue on p. 14 

(fig. 2), and on p. 15 the Dutch lines, cited above in 

translation." 

REMARKS.—This species, like M. mirabile, is retained in the 

genus Macrobrachium with considerable reservation. Except 

for the presence of an hepatic spine and the absence of a 

branchiostegal spine, it would almost certainly be assigned to 

the genus Palaemon, as suggested by the unique posteroventral 

extension of the branchiostegal suture. On the other hand, the 

hepatic spine in M. palaemonoides is situated dorsal to the 

branchiostegal suture, whereas, in Palaemon, the branchiostegal 

spine—which seems to be the ontogenetic homologue of 

the hepatic spine (see Holthuis, 1950a: 130, fig. 29)—is situated 

ventral to the anterior end of the branchiostegal suture. 

38. Macrobrachium pilimanus (De Man, 1879) 

Palaemon pilimanus De Man, 1879:181 [type locality: Muaralabuh, near 

Padang, western Sumatra]. 

Palaemon pilimanus, var. leptodactylus De Man, 1892:476, pi. 28: fig. 44i-l 

[type locality: Bogor, Java]. 

Palaemon (Macrobrachium) pygmaeus J. Roux, 1928b:222, figs. 1-4 [type 

locality: "Kastobo" Lake, Pulau Bawean, Java Sea]. 

Macrobrachium pilimanus.—Holthuis, 1950a:214. 



6-10/1-3, dorsal teeth subequally spaced; branchiostegal 



antennal scale with lateral margin straight; 1st pereopod with 

chela 2 /3 as long as carpus; 2nd pereopods unequal in length but 

rather similar in form; major 2nd pereopod with palm 

compressed, fingers with surfaces more or less concealed by 

long, soft hairs, dentate on opposable margins, not gaping, 3 A 

to quite as long as palm, much of latter covered by long, soft 

hairs, chela more than 5 times as long as carpus, palm 1 'A to 

more than twice as long as carpus, carpus '/2- 2 /3 as long as 

merus, without longitudinal grooves; minor 2nd pereopod with 

fingers 1 x ji times as long as palm; 3rd pereopod overreaching 

antennal scale by about length of dactyl, propodus not 

profusely spinose or scaly; maximum postorbital carapace 

length 28 mm. 

RANGE.—Malaya, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. 

*39. Macrobrachium placidulum (De Man, 1892) 

FIGURE 14 

IPalaemon spinimanus Latreille, 1818:5, pi. 319: fig. 1 [type locality ?]. 

Palaemon (Macrobrachium)placidulus De Man, 1892:489, pi. 28: fig. 48 [type 

localities: Celebes, Pulau Selajar, Flores, and Timor]. 

Macrobrachium placidulum.—Holthuis, 1950a:253, fig. 51c. 



5-7/1-2, dorsal teeth more widely spaced anteriorly than 

posteriorly; branchiostegal suture very short, not extending 

posteriorly beyond hepatic spine; telson with posterior apex not 

overreaching posterolateral spines; antennal scale with lateral 

margin concave; 1st pereopod with chela more than '/2 as long 

as carpus; 2nd pereopods unequal in length and somewhat 

dissimilar in form; major 2nd pereopod with palm compressed, 

fingers not clothed in dense pubescence, dentate on opposable 

margins, slightly gaping, 2 /3-l'/3 times as long as palm, palm 

without any dense pubescence, chela 1 '/2-2'/3 times as long as 

as carpus, palm 2 /3-l '/3 times as long as carpus, carpus shorter 

than merus, without longitudinal grooves; minor 2nd pereopod 

with fingers 2 /5- 9 /io as long as palm; 3rd pereopod overreaching 

antennal scale by more than length of dactyl, propodus 

bearing rather numerous subacute scales; maximum postorbital 

carapace length less than 20 mm. 

MATERIAL.—PHILIPPINES. Calawagan River, Mindoro, 3 

miles from mouth, Mindoro; [13°25TSf, 12O°28'E]; 11 Dec 1908 

(1500); 16' seine: 1 male [15.0].—Yawa River, Legaspi,

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FIGURE 14.—Macrobrachium placidulum from the Philippines: a, anterior 

carapace and appendages, lateral aspect, of male from Zamboanga River, 

Mindanao, with carapace length of 12.7 mm; b. right 3rd pereopod, dactyl, and 

propodus, of male from Yawa River, Luzon, with carapace length of 10.2 mm; 

c, same, dactyl, denuded. 

Luzon; [13°10TSf, 123°45'E]; 7 Jun 1909 (0600): 5 males 

[7.7-11.1] 1 ovig female [8.8].—Malaga River, Hinunangan 

Bay, Leyte; [10°24'N, 125°12 / E]; 30 Jul 1909: 3 males 

[12.0-13.5].—Zamboanga River, Mindanao; [6°54'N, 

122°04'E];9Oct 1909: 1 male [12.7]. 

RANGE.—This species seems not to have been recorded 

previously from the Philippines. It was known from eastern 

Indonesia from Makassar Strait to New Guinea, as well as from 

New Hanover in the Bismarck Archipelago, Palau, and Fiji. 

40. Macrobrachium placidum (De Man, 1892) 

Palaemon (Macrobrachium) placidus De Man, 1892:483, pi. 28: fig. 46 [type 

locality: Kajutanam, north of Padang, western Sumatra]. 

Macrobrachium placidum.—Holthuis, 1950a:251, fig. 51b. 


antennal scale, dorsal margin slightly convex, rostral formula: 

5-7 + 4-6/2-4, dorsal teeth rather subequally spaced; 



spines; 1st pereopod with chela more than '/2 as long as 

carpus; 2nd pereopods unequal in length and dissimilar in 

form; major 2nd pereopod with palm compressed, fingers not 

clothed in dense pubescence, dentate on opposable margins, 

fingers slightly gaping proximally, longer or shorter than palm, 

palm without any dense pubescence, chela twice as long as 

carpus, palm longer or shorter than carpus, carpus 1 'A-l '/2 as 

long as merus, without longitudinal grooves; minor 2nd 

pereopod with fingers longer or shorter than palm; 3rd 


pereopod overreaching antennal scale by length of dactyl, 

propodus bearing numerous small spines; maximum postorbital 

carapace length about 25 mm. 

RANGE.—Ryukyu Islands and western Sumatra and Java, 

Indonesia. 

REMARKS.—As noted under M. lepidactyloides, there is a 

possibility that that species may eventually prove to be 

synonymous with M. placidum. 

41. Macrobrachium poeti Holthuis, 1984 

Macrobrachium poeti Holthuis, 1984b: 143, fig. 1 [type locality: Luwang 

Jurangjero, south central Java (8°S, 111°E), about 100 m below entrance). 


antennal scale, dorsal margin nearly straight, rostral formula: 

4-5 + 5-8/1, dorsal teeth subequally spaced; branchiostegal 



antennal scale with lateral margin straight; 1st pereopod with 

chela 3 /5 as long as carpus; 2nd pereopods subequal in length 

and similar in form, palm subcylindrical, fingers without dense 

pubescence, denticulate on opposable margins, not gaping, 1 '/3 

times as long as palm, palm without any dense pubescence, 

chela 3 times as long as carpus, palm l'/2 times as long as 

carpus, carpus more than '/2 as long as merus, without 

longitudinal grooves; 3rd pereopod overreaching antennal scale 

by length of dactyl, propodus without numerous spines or 

scales; maximum postorbital carapace length less than 15 mm. 

RANGE.—Caves in the Pegunungan Sewu region, near the 

south coast of central Java, Indonesia. 

•42. Macrobrachium rosenbergii (De Man, 1879) 

FIGURE 15 

Palaemon Rosenbergii De Man, 1879:167 [type locality: Andai, northwestern 

Irian Jay a]. 

P[alaemon] whitei (Gue'rin-Me'neville ms) Sharp, 1893:122 [type locality: 

Bombay]. 

Palaemon spinipes Schenkel, 1902:501, pi. 9: fig. 7 [type locality: Kema, 

Minahasa, northeastern Celebes; not P. spinipes Desmarest, 1817]. 

Palaemon d'Acqueti Sunier, 1925:cxvii [type locality: Ambon ?]. 

Palaemon carcinus.—Cowles, 1914:324, pi. 1: fig. 1 [not Cancer carcinus 

Linnaeus, 1758]. 

Macrobrachium rosenbergii.—Holthuis, 1950a: 111, fig. 25.—Kuris, Ra'anan, 

Sagi, and Cohen, 1987:219. 

DIAGNOSIS.—Rostrum overreaching antennal scale or not, 

dorsal margin variably sinuous, rostral formula: 2-3 + 

9-11/8-15, dorsal teeth unequally spaced; branchiostegal 


with posterior apex overreaching posterolateral spines; antennal 

scale with lateral margin straight; 1st pereopod with chela 

less than '/2 as long as carpus; 2nd pereopods subequal in 

length and similar in form, palm subcylindrical or somewhat 

compressed, movable finger clothed in dense pubescence on

NUMBER 543 37 

FIGURE 15.—Macrohrachium rosenbergii from the Philippines: a, anterior carapace and appendages, lateral 

aspect, of male collected from Jaro River, Panay, by H.C. Keller (Naval Eclipse Expedition, 1929), with carapace 

length of 66.0 mm (USNM 10526); b, right 3rd pereopod, dactyl, and propodus, of male from Zamboanga River, 

Mindanao, with carapace length of 81.3 mm; same, dactyl, denuded. 

proximal 3 A of length (in adults), fixed finger without 

pubescence, fingers dentate on proximal '/2 of opposable 

margins (in adults), somewhat gaping in large males, 3 /4 to 

quite as long as palm, palm without any dense pubescence, 

chela slightly to l 3 /4 times as long as carpus, palm x ji to quite 

as long as carpus, carpus slightly to nearly 1 '/2 times as long as 

merus, with indistinct longitudinal groove; 3rd pereopod 

overreaching antennal scale by less than length of dactyl, 

propodus bearing rather numerous spines or sharp scales; 

maximum postorbital carapace length about 100 mm. 

MATERIAL.—PHILIPPINES. Zamboanga River, Mindanao; 

[6°54'N, 122°04'E]; 9 Oct 1909: 1 male [81.3]. 

RANGE.—India to southern China, Philippines, Indonesia, 

and northern Australia, in fresh, brackish, and sometimes salt 

water; widely introduced elsewhere throughout the tropical and 

subtropical parts of the world in propagation operations. 

REMARKS.—Although Johnson (1973) made a fairly convincing 

case for the recognition of at least two geographic 

subspecies of M. rosenbergii, subsequent analyses of sympatric 

male morpho-types (e.g., Kuris, Ra'anan, Sagi, and Cohen, 

1987) suggest that causative factors for the variability of the 

species may be more complex than realized heretofore. The 

single large male in the Albatross collection, from the 

Zamboanga River, Mindanao, Philippines, seems to represent 

the typical variety on the basis of the characters proposed by 

Johnson, but it is apparent that far more effort must be devoted 

to the problem before a satisfactory solution is obtainable. 

43. Macrobrachium scabriculum (Heller, 1862) 

Palaemon scahriculus Heller, 1862a:527 [type locality: Sri Lanka]. 

Palaemon (s.s.) dolichodactylus Hilgendorf, 1879:840, pi. 4: fig. 18 [type 

locality: Tete, Mozambique]. 

Plalaemon] dubius Henderson and Matthai, 1910:300, pi. 18: fig. 9 [type 

locality: Chingleput District, SE. India]. 

Macrobrachium scabriculum.—Holthuis, 1950a:224. 



8-10/2-3, dorsal teeth subequally spaced; branchiostegal 



antennal scale with lateral margin concave; 1 st pereopod with 

chela '/2 as long as carpus; 2nd pereopods unequal in length and 

dissimilar in form; major 2nd pereopod with palm compressed, 

fingers densely pubescent at extreme proximal ends, dentate on 

opposable margins, gaping, about as long as palm, palm 

completely covered in dense pubescence (in large males), chela 

2 3 /4-3'/2 times as long as carpus, palm 1 '/3 to twice as long as 

carpus, carpus from 4 /5 to quite as long as merus, with distinct 

longitudinal groove; minor 2nd pereopod with fingers 1 'A-1 '/2 

times as long as palm; 3rd pereopod not overreaching antennal 

scale; maximum postorbital carapace length about 40 mm. 

RANGE.—Eastern Africa, Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka, and 

Indian Ocean coast of Sumatra.

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44. Macrobrachium sintangense (De Man, 1898) 

Palaemon (Eupalaemon) elegans De Man, 1892:440, pi. 26: fig. 36 [type 

locality: Bogor and "Sinagar," Java; not P. elegans Rathke, 1837]. 

Palaemon (Eupalaemon) sintangensis De Man, 1898:138, pi. 6 [type locality: 

Sintang. Kapuas River, Borneo]. 

Macrobrachium sintangense.—Holthuis, 1950a: 151. 

DIAGNOSIS.—Rostrum typically overreaching antennal 

scale, dorsal margin nearly straight, rostral formula: 2-3 + 

7-10/2-5, dorsal teeth unequally or subequally spaced; 



spines; antennal scale with lateral margin straight or 

concave; 1st pereopod with chela ! /2 as long as carpus; 2nd 

pereopods subequally long and similar in form, palm subcylindrical, 

fingers partially clothed in dense pubescence, dentate (in 

adults) on opposable margins, not gaping, 3 /4-l'A times as 

long as palm, palm without any dense pubescence, chela 

slightly longer than carpus, palm '/2- 3 /4 as long as carpus, 

carpus lV2-l 3 /4 as long as merus, without longitudinal groove; 

3rd pereopod with propodus not profusely spinose or scaly; 

maximum postorbital carapace length 20 mm. 

RANGE.—Malaya, Thailand, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. 

45. Macrobrachium sulcicarpale Holthuis, 1950 

Macrobrachium sulcicarpale Holthuis, 1950a:220, fig. 45 [type locality: 

Bangkalan River. Pulau Salajar, Indonesia]. 

DIAGNOSIS.—Rostrum reaching nearly to level of distal end 

of antennal scale, dorsal margin nearly straight, rostral formula: 

6 + 9/2, dorsal teeth subequally spaced; branchiostegal suture 



scale with lateral margin concave; 1st pereopod with chela '/2 

as long as carpus; 2nd pereopods unequal in length and 

dissimilar in form; major 2nd pereopod with palm subcylindrical, 

fingers with proximal portions clothed in dense pubescence, 

dentate on opposable margins, not gaping, 1 '/2 times as 

long as palm, palm clothed distally in dense pubescence, bare 

proximally, chela twice as long as carpus, palm shorter than 

carpus, carpus longer than merus, with 2 deep longitudinal 

grooves; minor 2nd pereopod with fingers 1 '/2 times as long as 

palm; 3rd pereopod without numerous spines or scales on 

propodus; maximum postorbital carapace length less than 20 

mm. 

RANGE.—Known only from the unique holotype from Pulau 

Salajar, Indonesia. 

46. Macrobrachium trompii (De Man, 1898) 

Palaemon (Parapalaemon) Trompii De Man, 1898:144, pi. 7 [type locality: 

"Kapuas Basin," central Borneo]. 

Palaemon (Parapalaemon) thienemanni J. Roux, 1932:570, figs. a,b [type 

locality: Sungai Musi, near Muarakelingi, southern Sumatra]. 

Palaemon (Parapalaemon) trompi armatus J. Roux, 1936:30 [type locality: 


Gunong Pulai Estate, Johor, Malaysia]. 

Macrobrachium trompii.—Holthuis, 1950a:211. 

DIAGNOSIS.—Rostrum reaching as far as or slightly beyond 

level of distal end of antennal scale, dorsal margin nearly 

straight, rostral formula: 3-4 + 7-8/4-6, dorsal teeth 

subequally spaced; branchiostegal suture not extending posteriorly 

beyond hepatic spine; telson with posterior apex not 

overreaching posterolateral spines; 1st pereopod with chela less 

than '/2 as long as carpus; 2nd pereopods nearly subequal in 

length and slightly dissimilar in form, palm somewhat 

compressed, fingers densely pubescent, dentate on opposable 

margins, not gaping, slightly shorter than palm, palm pubescent 

distally, chela l'A-l 3 /4 times as long as carpus, palm 3 A to 

quite as long as carpus, carpus slightly longer than merus, 

without longitudinal grooves; 3rd pereopod overreaching 

antennal scale by length of dactyl, propodus not profusely 

spinose or scaly; maximum postorbital carapace length about 

16 mm. 

RANGE.—Malaya, Sumatra, and Borneo. 

47. Macrobrachium weberi (De Man, 1892) 

Palaemon (Eupalaemon) Weberi De Man. 1892:421, pi. 25: fig. 33 [type 

locality: southwestern Celebes]. 

Macrobrachium weberi.—Holthuis. 1950a: 122, fig. 26—Johnson, 1973:280. 

DIAGNOSIS.—Rostrum reaching nearly to or beyond level of 

distal end of antennal scale, dorsal margin sinuous, rostral 

formula: 1-2 + 9-12/4-6, dorsal teeth unequally spaced; 


spines; telson with posterior apex not extending posteriorly 

beyond posterolateral spines; antennal scale with lateral margin 

slightly convex; 2nd pereopods unequal in length but similar in 

form, palm subcylindrical, fingers clothed in dense pubescence, 

dentate on opposable margins, not gaping, fingers '/2 as long as 

palm, palm without any dense pubescence, chela shorter than 

carpus, palm less than 2 /i as long as carpus, carpus 1 3 /4 times as 

long as merus, without longitudinal grooves; 3rd pereopod 

overreaching antennal scale by less or more than length of 

dactyl, propodus bearing numerous small, appressed spines; 

maximum postorbital carapace length about 30 mm. 

RANGE.—Perhaps confined to Celebes. 

Nematopalaemon Holthuis, 1950 

Nematopalaemon Holthuis, 195Oa:5, 9, 44 [type species, by original 

designation: Leander tenuipes Henderson, 1893:440; gender: masculine]. 

DIAGNOSIS.—Rostrum with elevated basal crest; carapace 

with marginal branchiostegal spine, without branchiostegal 

suture or hepatic spine; mandible with palp; 3 posterior pairs of 

pereopods with dactyl simple, not biunguiculate, longer than 

propodus; 1st pleopod of male without appendix interna on 

endopod. 

RANGE.—South Africa, India, Burma, Philippines, Taiwan, 

eastern Pacific off Colombia, Guiana region of northeastern

NUMBER 543 39 

South America, and West Africa from Liberia to Angola; 

littoral in marine, brackish, and freshwater habitats. 

REMARKS.—The elevated crest at the base of the rostrum, 

combined with the long, tenuous posterior pereopods, seems 

sufficient cause to grant full generic recognition to the 

Key to Species of Nematopalaemon 

subgenus Nematopalaemon, as used by Holthuis (1980:107). 

Of the five closely related species distinguished in the 

following key, only one seems to be known from the 

Philippine-Indonesian region. 

1. Rostral crest armed with 7-11 teeth N. hastatus (Aurivillius, 1898:27) 

(Eastern Atlantic from Liberia to Angola) 

Rostral crest armed with 3-6 teeth 2 

2. Rostrum armed with 7-9 ventral teeth N. schmitti (Holthuis, 1950b:97) 

(Guiana region of northeastern South America) 

Rostrum armed with 2-7 ventral teeth 3 

3. Rostrum not reaching end of antennal scale 

N. karnafuliensis (Khan, Fincham, 

and Mahmood, 1980:85, figs. 1, 2) 

(Karnafuli Estuary, Chittagong, Bangladesh) 

Rostrum distinctly overreaching antennal scale 4 

4. Sixth abdominal somite fully 3 /4 as long as carapace 

N. colombiensis (Squires and Mora, 1971:102, fig. 1) 

(Pacific coast of Colombia) 

Sixth abdominal somite no more than 2 /3 as long as carapace ... 48. N. tenuipes 

48. Nematopalaemon tenuipes (Henderson, 1893) 

Leander tenuipes Henderson, 1893:440, pi. 40: figs. 14, 15 [type localities: 

Bombay and Madras, India, and Gulf of Martaban, Burma]. 

Palaemon luzonensis Blanco, 1939b:201, pi. 1 [type locality: Aparri. northern 

Luzon]. 

Palaemon (Nematopalaemon) tenuipes.—Holthuis, 1950a:44, fig. 7. 

Nematopalaemon tenuipes.—Holthuis, 1980:108. 

DIAGNOSIS.—Rostrum overreaching antennal scale, rostral 

formula: 1-3 + 3 + 1/2-6; 6th abdominal somite no more than 

2 /3 as long as postorbital carapace length. 

RANGE.—South Africa, Somalia?, India, Burma, Thailand, 

Philippines, Taiwan, New Zealand?; littoral to 17 meters, 

brackish and marine. 

REMARKS.—This species is not represented in the Smithsonian 

collections. Comparison of series from the entire 

Indo-Pacific region may be needed to determine the status of N. 

colombiensis, which seems to differ from N. tenuipes chiefly in 

the proportionately longer sixth abdominal somite. 

*Palaemon Weber, 1795 

Palaemon Weber, 1795:94 [type species, designated by plenary action of the 

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, Opinion 564 

(1959): Palaemon adspersus Rathke, 1837:368; gender: masculine]. 

Palaemon Fabricius. 1798:378. 402 [placed on Official Index of Rejected and 

Invalid Generic Names in Zoology as a junior homonym of, and a junior 

objective synonym of, Palaemon Weber, 1795, in Opinion 564 (1959) of the 

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature]. 

Palaeander Holthuis, 1950a:5, 8, 55 [type species, by original designation: 

Palaemon elegans Rathke, 1837:370; gender: masculine]. 

DIAGNOSIS.—Rostrum without elevated basal crest; carapace 

with branchiostegal spine and branchiostegal suture, 

without hepatic spine; 4th thoracic sternite with slender median 

process; mandible normally with palp; 3 posterior pairs of 

pereopods with dactyl simple, shorter than propodus; endopod 

of male 1st pleopod without marginal appendix, except in P. 

concinnus. 

RANGE.—Worldwide in tropical and temperate salt, brackish, 

and fresh water; usually littoral. 

REMARKS.—Recent studies of the mandibular palp in 

Palaemon (Fujino and Miyake, 1968a, and Chace, 1972a) 

indicate that that appendage is less constant than it was 

believed to be when Holthuis (1950a:55) proposed the 

subgenus Palaeander for those species of Palaemon bearing a 

two-segmented, rather than a three-segmented mandibular 

palp. That taxon is therefore not recognized herein. With 

the inclusion of the species assigned to that subgenus and 

those eliminated by the elevation of Exopalaemon and 

Nematopalaemon to distinct full genera, the genus Palaemon is 

now believed to comprise about 34 species, including a 

half-dozen described since the publication of the fine report on 

the Palaemoninae of the Siboga Expedition by Holthuis 

(1950a): P. folliirostris Phan Chuu Due, 1971, from the 

Lenkoransk area of the Caspian Sea; P. ogasawaraensis Kato 

and Takeda, 1981, from the Ogasawara Islands, Japan; P. 

okiensis (Kamita, 1951) from the Oki Gunto, Sea of Japan; P. 

paivai Filho, 1965, from Ceara, Brazil; P. rosalesi Rodriguez 

de la Cruz, 1965, from eastern Mexico; and P. yamashitai 

Fujino and Miyake, 1970, from the Yellow Sea in a depth of 26 

meters. Of that total, only the five species covered in the 

following key seem to have been recorded from the Philippines 

and/or Indonesia.

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Key to Philippine-Indonesian Species of Palaemon 


1. Only 1 tooth of dorsal rostral series situated on carapace posterior to level of orbital 

margin 2 

Two or 3 teeth of dorsal rostral series situated on carapace posterior to level of orbital 

margin 4 

2. Rostrum dorsally unarmed on anterior '/3 of length; 1st pereopod with carpus less 

than twice as long as chela 52. P. semmelinkii 

Rostrum with subterminal dorsal tooth; 1st pereopod with carpus more than twice as 

long as chela 3 

3. Basal antennular segment with distolateral spine distinctly overreaching adjacent 

convex distal margin; dorsal antennular flagellum with free part of shorter branch 

more than 3 times as long as fused part; 1st pleopod of male with marginal 

appendix on endopod *49. P. concinnus 

Basal antennular segment with distolateral spine not overreaching adjacent convex 

distal margin; dorsal antennular flagellum with free part of shorter branch 

subequal in length to fused part; 1st pleopod of male with margin of endopod 

entire, without appendix *50. P. debilis 

4. Rostrum ascending anteriorly with margins tapering slightly in anterior '/2; basal 

antennular segment with distolateral spine distinctly overreaching adjacent 

convex distal margin of segment 51. P. pacificus 

Rostrum usually nearly horizontal with margins tapering to sharp apex in anterior '/2; 

basal antennular segment with distolateral spine barely, if at all, overreaching 

adjacent convex distal margin of segment 53. P. serrifer 

*49. Palaemon concinnus Dana, 1852 

Palaemon concinnus Dana, 1852a:26 [type locality: Fiji Islands]. 

Palaemon exilimanus Dana, 1852a:26 [type locality: Fiji Islands]. 

Leander longicarpus Stimpson, 1860:40 [type locality: Hong Kong]. 

Palaemon lagdaoensis Blanco, 1939a:167, pi. 1 [type locality: Cagayan River 

at Aparri, north coast of Luzon, Philippines]. 

Palaemon (Palaemon) concinnus.—Holthuis, 1950a:61, fig. 12. 

DIAGNOSIS.—Rostrum usually ascending slightly in anterior 

72, tapering gradually to subapical dorsal tooth, rostral formula 

1 + 4-7 + 1/3-7; basal antennular segment with disto-lateral 

spine distinctly overreaching adjacent convex distal margin of 

segment; dorsal antennular flagellum with free part of shorter 

branch 372-6 times as long as fused part; 1st pereopod with 

carpus 272-3 times as long as chela; 1st pleopod of male with 

marginal appendix on endopod;; maximum postorbital carapace 

length probably about 13 mm. 

MATERIAL.—PHILIPPINES. Pucot River (near Mariveles), 

Luzon; [14°26TM, 120°29'E]; 29 Jan 1909; dynamite: 1 female 

[6.0].—Santiago River, Pagapas Bay, Luzon; [13°52 / N, 

120°39'E]; 1.2 m; mud, gravel; 20 Feb 1909 (0800); 130' seine: 

1 male [4.2].—Batangas market, Luzon; [13°45', 121°03 / E]; 6 

Jun 1908: 1 male [4.2].—"Batangas" River, Batangas, Luzon; 

[H^X 121°03TE]; 7 Jun 1908; 15' seine: 9 males [6.0-8.2) 

12 females [6.9-10.7], 2 ovig [10.2, 10.5].—Nato River, 

Lagonoy Gulf, Luzon; 13°36'N, 123°33'E]; tidewater; 18 Jun 

1909 (0630); 25' seine: 22 males [5.2-10.3] 16 females 

[6.5-11.0], 5 ovig [8.1-10.3].—Paluan River, Mindoro; 

[13 O 25TM, 120°28'E]; 4 Dec 1908; seine, 130': 1 female 

[4.8]._Naujan River, Mindoro; [13°16'N, 121°19'E]; 5 Jun 

1908: 7 males [5.0-7.5] 28 females [7.0-11.0], 2 ovig 

[7.3,8.0].—Iwahig River and tributaries at Princesa Point, 

Palawan; [9°44'N, 118°44'E]; 4 Apr 1909 (0700); dynamite: 1 

male [7.2] 1 female [7.2].—Kotkot River, Cebu; [10°26'N, 

124°00'E]; 5 Apr 1908; Paul Bartsch: 1 female [8.0].— 

Mahinog, Camiguin Island, Mindanao Sea; [9°09'N, 

124°47'E]; 3 Aug 1909; tidepools: 2 females [8.9,9.2], 1 ovig 

[8.9].—Zamboanga Canal, Mindanao; [6°54'N, 122°04'E]; 8 

Oct 1909; 25' seine: 3 females [8.2-9.2], 2 ovig [8.9, 

9.2].—Cotabato, Mindanao, small stream on south side of 

river; [7° 13^, 124°15'E];20May 1908: 12 males [3.8-6.3] 17 

females [3.9-10.2], 3 ovig [8.9-10.2], 4 juv [2.6-3.6].— 

Baganga River, Mindanao; [7°35'N, 126°33'E]; 13 May 

1908(1300): 17 males [6.0-8.7] 5 females [8.8-9.8] 34 juv 

[2.7-3.3].—Mati, Pujada Bay, Mindanao, small stream; 

[6°57'N, 126°13'E]; 15 May 1908: 1 male [7.8]. 

RANGE.—Suez to South Africa and eastward to Hong Kong, 

Philippines, Indonesia, to Marshall Islands and Tuamotu 

Archipelago; salt, brackish, and fresh water. 

*50. Palaemon debilis Dana, 1852 

Palaemon debilis Dana, 1852a:26 [type locality: Hawaii]. Palaemon debilis 

var. [alpha] Dana, 1852a:26 [type locality: Hawaii]. 

Palaemon debilis var. [beta], attenuates Dana. 1852a:26 [type locality: 

Hawaii]. 

Leander gardineri Borradaile, 1901:98 [type locality: Ekasdu, Miladummadulu 

Atoll, Maldive Islands; fresh water].

NUMBER 543 41 

Leander beauforti J. Roux, 1923:18, figs. 1, 2 [type locality: Kairatu, Ceram, 

Indonesia; brackish water]. 

Palaemon (Palaemon) debilis.—Holthuis, 1950a:66, fig. 13. 

DIAGNOSIS.—Rostrum rather strongly ascendant anteriorly, 

tapering almost imperceptibly to subapical dorsal tooth, rostral 

formula: 1 + 1-7 + 1/3-10; basal antennular segment with 

distolateral spine falling short of adjacent convex distal margin 

of segment; dorsal antennular flagellum with free part of 

shorter branch slightly longer or shorter than fused part; 1st 

pereopod with carpus usually somewhat more than twice as 

long as chela; 1st pleopod of male without appendage on 

margin of endopod; maximum postorbital carapace length 

probably no more then 10 mm. 

MATERIAL.—PHILIPPINES. River at Hamilo Point, Luzon; 

[14°10'N, 120°34'E]; 13 Jul 1908; 12'seine: 1 male [4.5] 1 ovig 

female [6.0].—Santiago River, Pagapas Bay, Luzon; [13° 521^, 

120°39'E]; 1.2 m; mud, gravel; 20 Feb 1909 (0800); 130' seine: 

2 males [4.6, 4.9].—Bin Island, San Bernardino Strait; 

[12°40'N, 124°22'E]; sea beach; 1 Jun 1909: 2 males [4.7,5.3] 

6 females [6.3-7.3], 3 ovig [6.6-7.3],—Mahinog, Camiguin 

Island, Mindanao Sea; [9°09'N, 124°47'E]; 3 Aug 1909; 

tidepools: 2 females [8.9,9.2], 1 ovig [8.9].—Malabang River, 

Mindanao; [7°36'N, 124°04'E]; 21 May 1908 (1500); 130' 

seine: 1 male [3.2].—Jolo, Jolo Island, Sulu Archipelago; 

[6°00'N, 121°00'E]; 6 Mar 1908; shore: 1 male [3.2]. 

RANGE.—Red Sea to South Africa to Ryukyu Islands, 

Philippines and Indonesia, Great Barrier Reef of Australia, and 

eastward to Hawaii and the Tuamotu Archipelago; shallow, 

salt, brackish, and fresh water. 

51. Palaemon pacificus (Stimpson, 1860) 

Leander pacificus Stimpson, 1860:40 [type localities: Hong Kong, Hawaii, and 

Shimoda]. 

Palaemon (Palaemon) pacificus.—Holthuis, 195Oa:87, fig. 19. 

DIAGNOSIS.—Rostrum usually ascending slightly in anterior 

'/2, tapering gradually to subapical dorsal tooth, rostral 

formula: 2-3 + 6-8/3-5; basal antennular segment with 

distolateral spine distinctly overreaching adjacent convex distal 

margin of segment; dorsal antennular flagellum with free part 

of shorter branch 3'/2-4 times as long as fused part; 1st 

pereopod with carpus l'/2-l 2 /3 times as long as chela; 1st 

pleopod of male without appendage on margin of endopod; 

maximum postorbital carapace length probably little more than 

10 mm. 

RANGE.—Suez Canal and Red Sea and eastern and South 

Africa, India, Hong Kong, Japan, Indonesia, New Caledonia, 

and Hawaii; littoral. 

52. Palaemon semmelinkii (De Man, 1881) 

Leander semmelinkii De Man, 1881:137 [type locality: Makasar, Celebes]. 

Palaemon (Palaeander) semmelinkii.—Holthuis, 195Oa:57, fig. 11. 

DIAGNOSIS.—Rostrum ascending in anterior '/2, tapering 

directly to sharp apex, without subapical tooth, rostral formula: 

1 + 6-10/2-5; basal antennular segment with distolateral spine 

distinctly overreaching adjacent convex distal margin of 

segment; dorsal antennular flagellum with free part of shorter 

branch l'/2-2 times as long as fused part; 1st pereopod with 

carpus less than twice as long as chela; 1 st pleopod of male 

without appendix arising from margin of endopod; maximum 

postorbital carapace length probably less than 10 mm. 

RANGE.—India, Burma, Malaya, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, 

Indonesia, and northern Australia; shallow marine, 

sometimes brackish water. 

53. Palaemon serrifer (Stimpson, 1860) 

Leander serrifer Stimpson, 1860:41 [type localities: Hong Kong and O Shima; 

littoral]. 

Leander Fagei Yu, 1930:555, 561, fig. 2 [type locality: Shandong Peninsula]. 

Leander serrifer var. longidactylus Yu, 1930:555, 570, fig. 4B'C [type 

localities: "Yangmatoa," Peitaiho, "Tangkou," and Yent'ai (Chefoo), 

China]. 

Palaemon (Palaemon) serrifer.—Holthuis, 1950a:83, fig. 18. 

DIAGNOSIS.—Rostrum often nearly horizontal, sometimes 

ascending in anterior '/2, often tapering directly to acute apex, 

rostral formula: 2-3 + 7-13/3-5; basal antennular segment 

with distolateral spine barely, if at all, overreaching adjacent 

convex distal margin of segment; dorsal antennular flagellum 

with free part of shorter branch 3 times as long as fused part; 1st 

pereopod with carpus about l'/2 times as long as chela; 1st 

pleopod of male without appendix arising from margin of 

endopod; maximum postorbital carapace length probably about 

10 mm. 

RANGE.—India. Burma, Thailand, Taiwan, China, Korea, 

Vladivostok, and Japan and Indonesia and northern Australia; 

littoral marine waters. 

* Urocaridella Borradaile, 1915 

Urocaridella Borradaile, 1915:207 [type species, by monotypy: Urocaridella 

gracilis Borradaile. 1915:210 (= Leander urocaridella Holthuis, 195Oa:6, 

28); gender: feminine]. 

DIAGNOSIS.—Rostrum armed with 2 strong basal teeth 

elevated into semblance of crest; carapace with strong median 

tooth at about mid-length of dorsal surface, with submarginal 

branchiostegal spine, without hepatic spine or branchiostegal 

suture; mandible with or without palp; 3 posterior pairs of 

pereopods with dactyl simple, not biunguiculate, shorter than 

propodus; endopod of male 1st pleopod with marginal 

appendix. 

RANGE.—Maldive Islands, India, Andaman Islands, Mergui 

Archipelago, Indonesia, Japan, Palau Islands; sublittoral to 130 

meters. 

REMARKS.—The proposed re-establishment of the genus 

Urocaridella for U. urocaridella—which was transferred to

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Leander by Holthuis (1950a)—and the similar-looking Periclimenes 

antonbrunii—which differs most significantly from 

U. urocardella in the absence of a mandibular palp—was 

suggested by the discovery in the Albatross collections of an 

apparently undescribed species with a vestigial mandibular 

palp that otherwise appears to be closely related to P. 

antonbrunii. This attempt to give greater weight to the 

configuration of the carapace and rostrum than to the usually 

more stable mandibular palp may prove to be premature. Some 

2. 

Key to Species of Urocaridella 


of our colleagues may contend that U. urocaridella differs from 

the other two species in characters other than the presence of a 

well-developed mandibular palp, such as a narrowly triangular 

endpiece on the telson, more robust third maxilliped, and 

different proportionate lengths of the segments of the pereopods. 

It seems to us, however, that the proposal may be 

defended as a possibly valid rearrangement of generic 

characters that requires the involvement of no previously 

unknown genera. 

Telson terminating posteriorly in narrowly triangular endpiece; mandible with 

well-developed 2-segmented palp; 1st pereopod with fingers longer than palm, 

chela more than twice as long as carpus; 2nd pereopod with fingers considerably 

longer than palm, palm longer than carpus; 3rd pereopod with propodus less than 

3 times as long as dactyl; 4th and 5th pereopods with propodus less than 4 times 

as long as dactyl 54. U. urocaridella 

Telson with posterior margin rather simply triangular without narrow endpiece; 

mandible with vestige of palp or none at all; 1st pereopod with fingers subequal to 

palm in length, chela much shorter than carpus; 2nd pereopod with fingers more 

or less subequal to palm in length, palm no longer than carpus; 3rd pereopod with 

propodus at least 4 times as long as dactyl; 4th pereopod with propodus more than 

4 times as long as dactyl; 5th pereopod with propodus more than 5 times as long 

as dactyl 2 

Branchiostegal spine removed from margin by at least twice length of spine; 3rd 

abdominal somite with nearly subrectangular dorsal profile; 5th abdominal 

pleuron rounded posteroventrally; mandible without trace of palp 

U. antonbrunii (Bruce, 1967a:45) 

(Comoro Islands, Japan, Great Barrier 

Reef, and Palau Islands [USNM]) 

Branchiostegal spine removed from margin by no more than length of spine; 3rd 

abdominal somite with moderately convex (not nearly subrectangular) dorsal 

profile; 5th abdominal pleuron strongly acute posteroventrally; mandible with 

vestigial palp *55. U. vestigialis, new species 

54. Urocaridella urocaridella (Holthuis, 1950) 

FIGURE 16 

Urocaridella gracilis Borradaile, 1915:210 [type locality: Maldive Islands]; 

1917:352, pi. 53: fig. 2.—Bruce, 1990a:150. 

Leander urocaridella Holthuis, 1950a:6. 28 [new name for secondary junior 

homonym Leander gracilis (Borradaile)]. 

DIAGNOSIS.—Carapace with apex of branchiostegal spine 

reaching nearly or quite as far as margin; 3rd abdominal somite 

with dorsal profile nearly subrectangular, 5th abdominal 

pleuron with small acute tooth at posteroventral angle; telson 

terminating posteriorly in narrowly triangular endpiece; anten- 

nal scale about 4 times as long as wide; mandible with 

well-developed 2-segmented palp; 1st pereopod with fingers 

1V2 times as long as palm, chela more than twice as long as 

carpus; 2nd pereopod with fingers l 2 /3 times as long as palm, 

palm distinctly longer than carpus; 3rd pereopod with propodus 

2 3 A times as long as dactyl; 4th pereopod with propodus 3'A 

times as long as dactyl; 5th pereopod with propodus 3 2 /3 times 

as long as dactyl; maximum postorbital carapace length 

probably about 5 mm. 

RANGE.—Maldive Islands, northeastern India, Andaman 

Islands, Mergui Archipelago, Indonesia, and New Caledonia; 

littoral to 130 maters.

NUMBER 543 43 

FIGURE 16.—Urocaridella urocaridella, ovigerous female from Port Blair, Andaman Islands, carapace length 4.7 

mm (USNM 54164): a, carapace and anterior appendages, lateral aspect; b, abdomen, lateral aspect; c, tail fan; 

d, posterior end of telson; e, distolateral angle of left uropod;/, right antennule, dorsal aspect; g. right antenna, 

ventral aspect; h. right mandible; i, same, palp;;', right 1st maxilla; k, left 2nd maxilla; /, right 1st maxilliped; m, 

right 2nd maxilliped; n, left left 3rd maxilliped; o, right 1 st pereopod; p, same, chela; q. left 2nd pereopod; r, same, 

fingers; s, right 3rd pereopod; t, same, dactyl; u, right 4th pereopod; v, same, dactyl; w, right 5th pereopod; x, 

same, dactyl.

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FIGURE 17.—Urocaridella vestigialis, new species, female holotype from Albatross sta 5642 (Selat Butung, 

Celebes), carapace length 6.4 mm: a, carapace and anterior appendages, lateral aspect; b, abdomen, lateral aspect; 

c, tail fan; d, posterior end of telson; e, distolateral angle of left uropod;/, right antennule, dorsal aspect; g, right 

antenna, ventral aspect; h, right mandible; i, same, palp;), left mandible; k, same, palp; /, right 1st maxilla; m, right 

2nd maxilla; n, right 1 st maxilliped; o, right 2nd maxilliped; p. right 3rd maxilliped; q, right 1 st pereopod; r, same, 

chela; s, right 2nd pereopod; t. same, fingers; u, right 3rd pereopod; v, same, dactyl; w, right 4th pereopod; x, 

same, dactyl; y. right 5th pereopod; z, same, dactyl.

NUMBER 543 45 

*55. Urocaridella vestigialis, new species 

FIGURE 17 

DIAGNOSIS.—Carapace with apex of branchiostegal spine 

removed from margin by about length of spine (Figure 17a); 

3rd abdominal somite with moderately convex dorsal profile 

(Figure \7b); 5th abdominal pleuron sharply acute at posteroventral 

angle (Figure 17 b); telson with posterior margin acutely 

triangular but without distinct endpiece (Figure \7d); antennal 

scale fully 3 times as long as wide (Figure 17g); mandibles with 

vestigial, socketed palps, better formed on right side than left 

(Figure \7h-j); 1st pereopod with fingers about as long as palm 

(Figure 17r), chela shorter than carpus (Figure \7q); 2nd 

pereopod with fingers about as long as palm (Figure 175), palm 

shorter than carpus (Figure 17s); 3rd pereopod with propodus 4 

times as long as dactyl (Figure 17M); 4th pereopod with 

propodus 4*/2 times as long as dactyl (Figure 17w); 5th 

pereopod with propodus more than 5 times as long as dactyl 

(Figure 17y); postorbital carapace length of female 6.4 mm. 

MATERIAL.—INDONESIA. Selat Butung, Celebes: sta 

5642; 4° 31'40"S, 122°49'42"E; 68 m; gray mud; 14 Dec 1909 

(1100-1117); 12' Agassiz beam trawl: 1 female [6.4], holotype 

(USNM 252657). 

TYPE LOCALITY.—Same as above. 

RANGE.—Known only from the type locality. 

REMARKS.—As indicated in the key, both U. antonbrunii 

and U. vestigialis differ from the type species, U. urocaridella, 

in lacking a narrowly triangular posterior endpiece on the 

telson; in lacking a well-developed palp on the mandible; in 

having the fingers of the first pereopod about as long as, rather 

than longer than, the palm, and the chela shorter than, rather 

than twice as long as the carpus; in having the fingers of the 

second pereopod about as long as, rather than distinctly longer 

than the palm, and the palm no longer than the carpus; and in 

having the propodus of the walking legs less than four, rather 

than four to to more than five times as long as the dactyl. 

Urocaridella vestigialis differs from U. antonbrunii in having 

the branchiostegal spine less far removed from the carapace 

margin; in having the dorsal profile of the third abdominal 

somite simply convex rather than subrectangular; in having the 

pleuron of the fifth abdominal somite sharply acute rather than 

rounded posteroventrally; and in having the mandibular palp 

vestigial rather than completely absent. 

ETYMOLOGY.—Derived from the Latin vestigium (trace or 

vestige), in reference to the vestigial mandibular palp. 

Pontoniinae Kingsley, 1878:64. 

•PONTONIINAE Kingsley, 1878 

DIAGNOSIS.—Telson typically armed with 3 pairs of 

posterior spines. 

RANGE.—All tropical and subtropical, occasionally temperate, 

seas, especially on tropical reefs, often in association with 

other reef organisms; littoral to 1820 meters. 

REMARKS.—Although only about half of the more than 60 

currently recognized pontoniine genera are here reported from 

the Philippine-Indonesian region, that apparent representation 

is certain to increase as the rich coral-reef fauna of the area is 

further investigated; several of the genera not yet known from 

the region occur in neighboring waters, especially in the Indian 

Ocean and on the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. For that 

reason, we have rashly attempted the following checklist of all 

of the genera and species and key to all of the genera known at 

least through 1989 in the hope that they may be helpful to the 

study of an incompletely known area and that the subsequent 

correction of their shortcomings may eventually produce a 

better product than might otherwise be probable. 

Checklist of Genera and Species of Pontoniinae 

Valid genus- and species-group names (boldface italics) 

Synonyms and species inquirendae (italics) 

Type localities (roman) 

ALCIOPE Rafinesque, 1814:24 

Type species: Alciope heterochelus 

= Pontonia 

Alciope heterochelus Rafinesque, 1814:24 

Sicily 

= Pontonia flavomaculata 

Allopontonia Bruce, 1972a:l 

Type species: Allopontonia iaini 

Allopontonia iaini Bruce, 1972a:7, figs. 1-4 

Zanzibar Harbor; 6°09.5'S, 39°10.2'E; 20 m, on 

echinoid, Salmacis 

Alpheus amethystea—See Periclimenes amethysteus 

Alpheus scriptus—See Periclimenes scriptus 

Alpheus Tyrhenus Risso, 1816:94, pi. 2 

Nice, France 

= Pontonia pinnophylax 

AUOPONTOMA Bruce, 1990a: 191 

Type species: AUopontonia disparostris 

AUopontonia disparostris Bruce, 1990a: 192, figs. 26- 

33 

Off New Caledonia; 23°03,167°19'E; 503 m 

Amphipalaemon Gasti—See Balssia gasti 

AMPHIPONTONIA Bruce, 1991b:381 

Type species: Amphipontonia kanak 

Amphipontonia kanak Bruce, 1991b:382, figs. 58-63 

Loyalty Islands 

ANAPONTONIA Bruce, 1966a:584, 596 

Type species: Anapontonia denticauda 

56. Anapontonia denticauda Bruce, 1966a:597, figs. 1-4 

Pange Reef, Zanzibar; on scleractinian, Galaxea 

Anchista tenuipes Holmes, 1900:216 [not PalaemoneUa 

tenuipes Dana, 1852] 

Santa Catalina Island, California 

= PalaemoneUa holmesi

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ANCHISTIA Dana, 1852a: 17 

Type species: Anchistia gracilis 

= PERICUMESES 

Anchistia aesopia—See Periclimenes aesopius 

Anchistia amboinensis—See Periclimenes amboinensis 

Anchistia americana—See Periclimenes americanus 

Anchistia aurantiaca Dana, 1852a:25 

Fiji Islands 

= Anchistus custos 

Anchistia brachiata Stimpson, 1860:39 

Bonin Islands 

Species inquirenda 

Anchistia Brockii—See Periclimenes brockii 

Anchistia Edwardsii—See Periclimenes edwardsii 

Anch[istia] elegans—See Periclimenes elegans 

Anchistia ensifrons—See Periclimenes ensifrons 

Anchistia gracilis—See Periclimenes gracilis 

Anchistia grandis—See Periclimenes grandis 

Anchistia inaequimana Heller, 1861:28 

Egypt 

= Periclimenes petitthouarsii 

Anchistia Kornii—See Periclimenes kornii 

Anchistia longimana—See Periclimenes longimanus 

Anchistia spinigera—See Harpiliopsis spinigera 

Anchistia tenella—See Periclimenes tenellus 

* ANCHISTUS Borradaile, 1898a:387 

Type species: Harpilius Miersi 

TRIDACNOCARIS 

MARYGRANDE 

ENSIGER 

57. Anchistus australis forma typica Bruce, 1977a:56, figs. 

7-9 

"Capre Cay," Swain Reefs, Great Barrier Reef, 

Australia; in bivalve mollusk, Tridacna whitleyi (= 

T. maxima) 

Anchistus australis forma dendricauda Bruce, 

1977a:62, fig. 10 

"West Cay," Diamond Islets, Australia; in bivalve 

mollusk, Tridacna squamosa 

Anchistus biunguiculatus Borradaile, 1898:387 

Tubetube, Engineer Group, Papua; in bivalve mollusk, 

Tridacna 

= Paranchistus armatus 

58. Anchistus custoides Bruce, 1977a:50, figs. 4-6 

"N.W. end Gillett Cay, Queensland. 21°43'S 152°25'E 

in bivalve mollusk Atrina vexiilum. Stn 1" (teste, 

Roger Springthorpe) 

59. Anchistus custos (Forskal, 1775) 

Cancer custos Forskal, 1775:xxi, 94 

Al Luhayyah, Yemen 

Pontonia inflata 

Anchistia aurantiaca 

Harpilius inermis 

Pontonia pinna Ortmann 


60. Anchistus demani Kemp, 1922:256, figs. 86-88 

Aberdeen, Port Blair, Andaman Islands; from bivalve 

mollusk, Tridacna at low tide 

Anchistus gravieri Kemp, 1922:252, figs. 82-84 

Vanikoro, Santa Cruz Islands 

*61. Anchistus miersi (De Man, 1888) 

Harpilius Miersi De Man, 1888a:274, pi. 17: figs. 6-10 

Elphinstone Island, Mergui Archipelago, Burma 

Anchistus mirabilis (Pesta, 1911) 

Marygrande mirabilis Pesta, 1911:571, figs. 1-5 

Samoa 


Anchistus misakiensis Yokoya, 1936:136, fig. 5 

Misaki, Shikoku, Japan; in bivalve mollusc, Amusium 

japonicum 

= Anchistus pectinis 

Anchistus oshimai Kubo, 1949:26, figs. 1, 2 

Palau Islands 

= Paranchistus armatus 

Anchistus pectinis Kemp, 1925:327, figs. 19, 20 

Octavia Bay, Nancowry Harbor, Nicobar Islands; in 

bivalve mollusk, Pecten 

ANCYLOCARIS Schenkel, 1902:563 

Type species: Ancylocaris brevicarpalis 

= PERICLIMENES 

Ancylocaris brevicarpalis—See Periclimenes brevicarpalis 

APOPONTONIA Bruce, 1976a: 301 

Type species: Apopontonia falcirostris 

Apopontonia dubia Bruce, 1981a:225, figs. 1-3 

Shag Rock, east of North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, 

Australia; 27°25'S, 153°32'E; 20 m, in 

sponge, Ircinia 

Apopontonia falcirostris Bruce, 1976a:303, figs. 1-5 

Northwest coast of Madagascar; 12°44.5'S, 48°25.2'E; 

73 m 

Apopontonia tride titata Bruce, 1988b: 1270, figs. 4-7 

Northwest Shelf of Australia, 19°41.9'S, 17°57.15'E; 

54 m 

ARAIOPONTONIA Fujino and Miyake, 1970a:l 

Type species: Araiopontonia odontorhyncha 

Araiopontonia odontorhyncha Fujino and Miyake, 

1970a:2, figs. 1-4 

Koniya, Amami O Shima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan 

BALSSIA Kemp, 1922:267 

Type species: Amphipalaemon Gasti 

Balssia gasti (Balss, 1921) 

Amphipalaemon Gasti Balss, 1921a:524, figs. 1-8 

Golfo di Napoli; on Corallium rubrum 

Brachycarpus audouini Bate, 1888:798, pi. 129: fig. 5 

Cook Strait, New Zealand 

= Periclimenes yaldwyni 

Cancer custos—See Anchistus custos 

CARINOPONTONIA Bruce, 1988b: 1263

NUMBER 543 47 

Type species: Carinopontonia paucipes 

Carinopontonia paucipes Bruce, 1988b: 1264, figs. 1-3 

Northwest Shelf, Australia; 83 m 

CAVICHELES Holthuis, 1952c:204 

Type species: Cavicheles kempi 

= JOCASTE 

Cavicheles kempi Holthuis, 1952c: 17, 205, figs. 99-101 

Ternate, Indonesia; 4 m 

?= Jocaste japonica 

CHACELLA Bruce, 1986b:485 

TVpe species: Dasycaris kerstitchi 

Chacella kerstitchi (Wicksten, 1983) 

Dasycaris kerstitchi Wicksten, 1983:6, 16, fig. 2 

Punta Doble, San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico; 30 m 

CHERNOCARIS Johnson, 1967:500 

Type species: Chernocaris placunae 

62. Chernocaris placunae Johnson, 1967:500, figs. 1-12 

Singapore; in bivalve mollusk Placuna placenta 

*CONCHODYTES Peters, 1852:588, 591 

Type species: Conchodytes tridacnae 

63. Conchodytes kempi Brucei, 1989:183, fig. 3b-e 

Andaman Islands; in bivalve mollusk, Pinna bicolor 

*64. Conchodytes maculatus Bruce, 1989:182, figs. 1-6 

Northeast Shelf west of Cape Leveque, Western 

Australia; 40 m, in pearl oyster, Pinctada maxima 

65. Conchodytes meleagrinae Peters, 1852:594 

Type locality: Ibo, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique 

66. Conchodytes monodactylus Holthuis, 1952c:2OO, figs. 

96-98 

Southern Taiwan (in bivalve mollusk, Pinna), Timor, 

and Ambon 

*67. Conchodytes nipponensis (De Haan, 1844) 

Hymenocera niponensis De Haan, 1844: pi. 46: fig. 8 

[corrected to H. nipponensis by plenary powers of 

thelCZN, 1956] 

Japan 

Pontonia biunguiculata 

68. Conchodytes tridacnae Peters, 1852:594 

Ibo, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique 

*CORALLIOCARIS Stimpson, 1860:38 

Replacement name for OEDIPUS Dana, 1852 [not 

Berthold, 1827, Tschudi, 1838, or Lesson, 1840] 

OEDIPUS Dana 

Coralliocaris Agassizi—See Coutierea agassizi 

Coralliocahs atlantica—See Periclimenaeus at Ian tic us 

Coralliocaris (Onycocaris) aualitica—See Onycocaris 

aualitica 

Coralliocaris brevirostris Borradaile, 1898:386 

Tuvalu 

Coralliocaris Camerani Nobili, 1901:3 

= Pontonia margarita 

*69. Coralliocaris graminea (Dana, 1852) 

OEdipus gramineus Dana, 1852a:25 

Fiji Islands 

Coralliocaris inaequalis 

Coralliocaris hecate—See Periclimenaeus hecate 

Coralliocaris inaequalis Ortmann, 1890:510, pi. 36: 

fig. 21 

Kagoshima, Japan, and Samoa 

= Coralliocaris graminea 

Coralliocaris lamellirostris Stimpson, 1860:38 

Ryukyu Islands; among corals in 4 m 

?= Jocaste lucina 

Cforalliocaris] lucina—See Jocaste lucina 

Coralliocaris macrophthalma (H. Milne Ewards, 1837) 

PfontoniaJ macrophthalma H. Milne Edwards, 

1837:359 

Seas of Asia 

Coralliocaris nudirostris (Heller, 1861) 

O[edipus] nudirostris Heller, 1861:27 

Red Sea 

Coralliocaris tahitoei 

Coralliocaris pavonae Bruce, 1972b:77, figs. 8-11 

Fringing reef at Singatoka, Viti Levu, Fiji; from coral, 

Pavona 

Coralliocaris taiwanensis 

Coralliocaris pearsei—See Periclimenaeus pearsei 

Coralliocaris quadridentata—See Periclimenaeus 

quadridentatus 

Coralliocaris rathbuni Borradaile, 1917:385 

Replacement name for Coralliocaris quadridentata 

= Periclimenaeus tridentatus 

Coralliocaris (Onycocaris) rhodope—See Periclimenaeus 

rhodope 

*70. Coralliocaris superba (Dana, 1852) 

OEdipus superbus Dana, 1852a:25 

Tongatapu Island, Tonga Islands 

Oed[ipus] dentirostris 

Coralliocaris superba var. japonica—See Jocaste 

japonica 

Coralliocaris tahitoei Boone, 1935:180, fig. 12, pi. 49 

Pointe Venus reef, Tahiti 

= Coralliocaris nudirostris 

Coralliocaris taiwanensis Fujino and Miyake, 1972:92, 

figs. 1-3 

"Hemgchuen, Shiangtiau Bay," southern Taiwan; 2-5 

m, in branching coral 

= Coralliocaris pavonae 

Coralliocaris? tridentata—See Periclimenaeus tridentatus 

Coralliocaris truncatus—See Periclimenaeus truncatus 

71. Coralliocaris venusta Kemp, 1922:274, figs. 100, 101 

"N.E. Tholayiram Paar," Gulf of Mannar, India; on 

madrepore coral 

72. Coralliocaris viridis Bruce, 1974a:222, fig. 1A, B 

Seaward reefs of Mombasa Island, Kenya 

Coralliocaris wilsoni—See Periclimenaeus wilsoni

48 

Corallocaris perlatus—See Periclimenaeus perlatus 

CORNIGER Borradaile, 1915:207 [not Agassiz, 1831, or 

Boehm, 1879] 

= PERICUMENES 

COUTIEREA Nobili, 1901b:4 

TVpe species: Coralliocahs Agassizi 

Coutierea agassizi (Coutiere, 1901) 

Coralliocaris Agassizi Coutiere, 1901:115 

Off Barbados; 172 m 

CRISTIGER Borradaile, 1915:207 [not Gistel, 1848] 

Type species: Periclimenes (Cristiger) commensalis 

= PERICUMENES 

CTENOPONTONIA Bruce, 1979a:423 

Type species: Ctenopontonia cyphastreophila 

Ctenopontonia cyphastreophila Bruce, 1979a:425, figs. 

1-6 

Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands; 9-27 m, on faviid 

coral, Cyphastrea 

CUAPETES Clark, 1919:199 

Replacement name for FALCIGER Borradaile 

= PERICUMENES 

*DASEUA Lebour, 1945:279. 

Replacement name for DASIA Lebour, 1939 [not Gray, 

1839, nor Van der Goot, 1918] 

Type species: Dasia herdmaniae 

DASIA Lebour 

Dasella ansoni Bruce, 1983a:22, figs. 1-5 

Arafura Sea; in tunicate, Phallusia 

Dasella brucei Berggren, 1990:558 

Heron Island, Queensland, Australia; 15 m, in 

tunicate, Herdmannia 

*73. DaseUa herdmaniae (Lebour, 1939) 

Dasia herdmaniae Lebour, 1939:650, pi. 1 

Tbticorin, Gulf of Mannar, India; in tunicate, Herdmania 

DASIA Lebour, 1939:650 

Type species: Dasia herdmaniae 

= DASELLA 

Dasia herdmaniae—See Dasella herdmaniae 

DASYCARIS Kemp, 1922:240 

Type species: Dasycaris symbiotes 

DASYGIUS 

74. Dasycaris ceratops Holthuis, 1952c: 176, figs. 87, 88 

Makassar Strait, Indonesia; 2°25'S, 1 WAVE; 50-0 m 

Dasycaris doederleini (Balss, 1924) 

Dasygius doederleini Balss, 1924:49, fig. 2 

Zushi, Sagami Nada, Honshu, Japan; 130 m 

Dasycaris kerstitchi—See ChaceUa kerstitchi 

Dasycaris symbiotes Kemp, 1922:240, figs. 76, 77, pi. 9 

Off east coast of India and Mergui Archipelago; 

27-64 m 

Dasycaris zanzibarica Bruce, 1973a:247, figs. 1 -6 

Chango Island, Zanzibar, 6°06.2'S, 39°08.9'E; on 

antipatharian, Cirripathes 


DASYGIUS Balss, 1924:48 

Erroneous name for DASYCARIS 

Dasygius doederleini—See Dasycaris doederleini 

DENNISIA Norman, 1861:278 

Type species: Dennisia sagittifera 

- PERICUMENES 

Dennisia sagittifera Norman, 1861:278, pi. 13: figs. 

8-13 

?= Periclimenes sagittifer 

ENSIGER Borradaile, 1915:207 

Type species: Anchistia aurantiaca 

= ANCHISTUS 

DlAPONTONIA Bruce, 1986c: 125 

Type species: Diapontonia maranulus 

Diapontonia maranulus Bruce. 1986c: 126, figs. 1-5 

Off Wood Cay, West End. Grand Bahama Island: 

26°42.55'N, 79°OI.72'W; 244-309 m. associated 

with asterostomatid echinoid, Palaeopneustes tholoformis 

EPIPONTONIA Bruce, I977b:3()4 

Type species: Epipontonia spongicola 

Epipontonia anceps Bruce, 1983b: 19, figs. I-10 

Queensland, Australia; in sponge, Dysidea 

Epipontonia spongicola Bruce, I977b:3()8, figs. 1-5 

Wasini Channel. Kenya; 4°39.4'S. 39°22.2'E; 11 m. in 

sponge, Reniera 

EUPONTONIA Bruce, I971a:225 

Type species: Eupontonia noctalbata 

Eupontonia noctalbata Bruce, 1971a:227, figs. 1-5 

Anse Etoile, Mahe, Seychelles, O4°35'12"S, 

55°27'48"E; reef flats 

EXOPONTONIA Bruce, 1988a: 122 

Type species: Exopontonia malleatrix 

Exopontonia malleatrix Bruce, 1988a: 123, figs. 1-5 

Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea, 12°16'S, 123°O2'E; intertidal 

FALCIGER Borradaile, 1915:207 [not Say, 1824; Buchholz, 

1869, or Trouessart and Magnin, 1883] 

Type species: Periclimenes (Falciger) nilandensis 


FENNERA Holthuis, 195la: 10, 171 

Type species: Fennera chacei 

Fennera chacei Holthuis, 195la: 171, pi. 54 

Bay of South Island, Islas Secas, Panama; shallow 

water, on scleractinian, Porites 

HAMIGER Borradaile, 1916:87 

Type species: Periclimenes (Hamiger) novaezealandiae 

Hamiger novaezealandiae (Borradaile, 1916) 

Periclimenes (Hamiger) novae-zealandiae Borradaile, 

1916:87, fig. 4 

Seven miles [ 11.2 km] E of North Cape, New Zealand; 

128 m 

HAMODACTYLOWES Fujino, 1973a: 171

NUMBER 543 49 

TVpe species: Hamodactylus incompletus 

Hamodactyloides incompletus (Holthuis, 1958) 

Hamodactylus incompletus Holthuis, 1958:11, fig. 4 

Shanm ash Shaykh, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt 

Hamodactyloides ishigakiensis Fujino, 1973a: 174, figs. 

1-3 

Kabira Bay, Ishigaki-shima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan; 1 

m, coral reef 

= Hamodactyloides incompletus 

HAMODACTYLUS Holthuis, 1952c:6, 18, 208 

Type species: Hamodactylus boschmai 

Hamodactylus aqabai Bruce and Svoboda, 1983:26, 

figs. 10-14 

Aqaba, Jordan; 6 m, on alcyonacean, Litophyton 

75. Hamodactylus boschmai Holthuis, 1952c:2O9, figs. 

102-104 

Ternate, off Halmahera, and Djedan, Kepulauan Am, 

Indonesia; 2-13 m 

Hamodactylus incompletus—See Hamodactyloides 

incompletus 

76. Hamodactylus noumeae Bruce, 1970a:539, fig. 2 

Between lie aux Canards and Hot Mattre, Noumea, 

New Caledonia; 25 m, on gorgonian 

HAMOPONTOMA Bruce, 197Ob:37 

Type species: Hamopontonia corallicola 

11. Hamopontonia corallicola Bruce, 1970b:41, figs. 1-4 

"Kat O Chau, Mirs Bay," New Territories, Hong 

Kong; 22°32.1'N, 114°17.95'E; about 1 m, on 

massive coral, Goniopora 

Hamopontonia essingtoni Bruce, 1986d:158, figs. 11- 

14, 15D-G 

Coral Bay, Port Essington, Cobourg Peninsula, Arnhem 

Land, Northern Australia; 11°11.05'S, 

132°03.4'E; 6 m, associated with scleractinian, 

Stylophora pistillata 

* HARPILIOPSIS Borradaile, 1917:324, 329-334, 336- 

338, 341-343, 347-351, 379, 395 

Type species: Palaemon Beaupresii 

*78. Harpitiopsis beaupresii (Audouin, 1826) 

Palaemon Beaupresii Audouin, 1826:91 

Type locality: Egypt 

Pontonia (Harpilius) dentata 

*79. Harpiliopsis depressa (Stimpson, 1860) 

Harpilius depressus Stimpson, 1860:38 

Hawaii; among madreporarians 

Periclimenes pusillus 

•80. Harpiliopsis spinigera (Ortmann, 1890) 

Anchistia spinigera Ortmann, 1890:511, pi. 36: fig. 23 

Samoa 

Harpilius depressus var. gracilis 

HARPILIUS Dana, 1852a: 17 

Type species: Harpilius lutescens 


Harpilius consobrinus De Man, 1902:836, pi. 26: fig. 54 

Ternate, Indonesia 

= Periclimenes consobrinus 

Harpilius depressus—See Harpiliopsis depressa 

Harpilius depressus var. gracilis Kemp, 1922:234, fig. 

71 

Andaman Islands 

= Harpiliopsis spinigera 

Harpilius Gerlachei—See Philarius gerlachei 

Harpilius gracilis—See Harpilius depressus var. gracilis 

Harpilius impehalis—See Philarius imperialis 

Harpilius inermis Miers, 1884:291, pi. 32: fig. B 

Port Molle, Queensland, Australia; from coral reef in 

bivalve mollusk, Pinna 


Harpilius latirostris Lenz, 1905:380, pi. 47: fig. 14 

Mkokotoni and Bawi, Zanzibar 

= Periclimenes brevicarpalis 

Harpilius lutescens—See Periclimenes lutescens 

Harpilius Miersi—See Anchistus miersi 

Harpilius spinuliferus Miers, 1884:291, pi. 32: fig. B 

Port Molle, Queensland, Australia; in bivalve mollusk. 

Pinna 


Hymenocera niponensis—See Conchodytes nipponensis 

ISCHNOPONTONIA Bruce, 1966a:584 

Type species: Philarius lophos 

81. Ischnopontonia lophos (Barnard, 1962) 

Philarius lophos Barnard, 1962:242, fig. 2 

Ilha da Inhaca, Baia de Lourenco Marques, Mozambique 

ISOPONTONIA Bruce, 1982a:54 

Type species: Isopontonia platycheles 

Isopontonia platycheles Bruce, 1982a:55, figs. 1-5 

"North Cay," Hot du Passage, lies Chesterfield; 

^^.O'S, \5%°n.0'E; seaward reef slope, 15 m 

*JOCASTE Holthuis, 1952c:17, 192 

Type species: Coralliocaris lucina 

CAVICHELES 

82. Jocaste japonica (Ortmann, 1890) 

Coralliocaris superba var. japonica Ortmann, 

1890:509, pi. 36: fig. 22 

ICavicheles kempi 

Kagoshima, Japan 

*83. Jocaste lucina (Nobili, 1901) 

C[oralliocaris] lucina Nobi 1 i, 1901 c: 5 

Eritrea 

ICoralliocaris lamellirostris 

LAOMENES Clark, 1919:199 

Replacement name for CORNIGER Borradaile 


LlPKEBE Chace, 1969:263 

Type species: Lipkebe holthuisi

50 

Lipkebe holthuisi Chace, 1969:263, figs. 8, 9 

Gulf of Mexico west-northwest of Dry Tortugas, 

Florida; 25°13'N,83 O 55 / W; 119 m 

MARYGRANDE Pesta, 1911:571 

Type species: Marygrande mirabilis 

= ANCHISTUS 

Marygrande mirabilis—See Anchistus mirabilis 

MESOPONTONIA Bruce, 1967a: 13 

Type species: Mesopontonia gorgoniophila 

84. Mesopontonia gorgoniophila Bruce, 1967a: 13, figs. 

5-9 

ESE of Hong Kong; 21°47.7'N, 116°28.5'E; 117-132 

m; on gorgonian 

Mesopontonia gracilicarpus Bruce, 1990a:202, figs. 

34-37, 39, 1 m 

New Caledonia; 22°56,167° 147*; 398-410 m 

Mesopontonia monodactylus Bruce, 1991b:392, figs. 

65-69 

Off Ouvea, Loyalty Islands, 20°35'S, 166°54'E; 460 m 

METAPONTONIA Bruce, 1967a:24 

Type species: Metapontonia fungiacola 

Metapontonia fungiacola Bruce, 1967a:24, figs. 10-12 

Pamanzi Reef, He de Mayotte, Comoro Islands; on the 

madrepore coral, Fungia 

MIOPONTONIA Bruce, 1985a; 167 

Type species: Miopontonia yongei 

Miopontonia yongei Bruce, 1985a: 168, figs. 1-5 

Australian Northwest Shelf; 19°04.3'S, 118°15.5'E; 

80 m 

NEOANCHISTUS BRUCE, 1975a: 149 

Type species: Neoanchistus cardiodytes 

Neoanchistus cardiodytes Bruce, 1975a: 151, figs. 1-6 

"Nosy Be," Madagascar 

Neoanchistus nasalis Holthuis, 1986:264, figs. 1, 2 

Raysut, southern Oman; in scallop, Chlamys townsendi 

NEOPONTONIDES Holthuis, 1951 a: 11, 189 

Type species: Periclimenes beaufortensis 

Neopontonides beaufortensis (Borradaile, 1920) 

Periclimenes beaufortensis Borradaile, 1920:132 

Beaufort, North Carolina; on "sea feathers" 

Neopontonides chacei Heard, 1986:472, figs, la, 2, 3, 

4B-D 

Reef just south of Marigot Bay, St. Lucia Island, West 

Indies; 4-6 m 

Neopontonides dentiger Holthuis, 1951a:193, pi. 61 

Cabo de San Francisco, Ecuador 

Neopontonides principis—See Pseudopontonides principis 

NOTOPONTONIA Bruce, 1991c:607 

Type species: Notopontonia platycheles 

Notopontonia platycheUs Bruce, 1991c:608, figs. 1-6 

Northwest of Robe, South Australia, 36°53'S, 

139°53'E;64m 


OEDIPUS Dana, 1852a: 17 

Type species: Oedipus superbus 

= CORALLIOCARIS 

Oed[ipus] dentirostris Paulson, 1875:112, pi. 14: fig. 7 

Red Sea 

= Coralliocaris superba 

OEdipus gramineus—See Coralliocaris graminea 

O[Edipus] nudirostris—See Coralliocaris nudirostris 

OEdipus superbus—See Coralliocaris superba 

ONYCOCARIDELLA Bruce, 1981b:241 

Type species: Onycocaridella prima 

Onycocaridella monodoa (Fujino and Miyake, 1969) 

Onycocaris monodoa Fujino and Miyake, 1969b:405, 

figs. 1-5 

Type locality: Kasari Saki, Amami O Shima, Ryukyu 

Islands, Japan; 1 m 

Onycocaridella prima Bruce, 1981b:243, figs. 1-6 

Wistari Reef, Heron Island, Capricorn Islands, Queensland, 

Australia; 12 m, in sponge, Mycale 

85. Onycocaridella stenolepis (Holthuis, 1952) 

Onycocaris stenolepis Holthuis, 1952c: 15, 148, figs. 

66-68 

Pearl Bank, southern Sulu Sea, Philippines; 15 m 

ONYCOCARIDITES Bruce, 1987a:771 

Type species: Onycocaridites anomodactylus 

Onycocaridites anomodactylus Bruce, 1987a:772, figs. 

1-4 

Arafura Sea; 10°40'S, 133°5O'E; 60 m 

ONYCOCARIS Nobili, 1904:232 

Type species: Coralliocaris (Onycocaris) aualitica 

Onycocaris amakusensis Fujino and Miyake, 

1969b:413, figs. 6, 8a-c, 9a-c 

Tsujino-shima, Amakusa Shimo Jima, Japan; low tide 

level, in sponge 

Onycocaris anomala—See Typton anomalus 

Onycocaris aualitica (Nobili, 1904) 

Coralliocaris (Onycocaris) aualitica Nobili, 

1904:233 

Djibouti 

Onycocaris callyspongiae Fujino and Miyake, 

1969b:422, figs. 10-12 

Tomioka, Amakusa Shimo Jima; in sponge 

Onycocaris furculata Bruce, 1979c:324, figs. 1-4 

La Saline, La R6union; approximately 21°20'S, 

55°OO'E; 20 m, outer reef slope under dead base of 

the madrepore coral, Acropora 

Onycocaris longirostris Bruce, 1980a: 15, figs. 6-10 

Hot Mattre, Noumea, New Caledonia; 20 m, in 

sponge, Siphonochalina 

Onycocaris monodoa—See Onycocaridella monodoa 

Onycocaris oligodentata Fujino and Miyake, 

1969b:415, figs. 7, 8d-f, 9d-f 

Tomioka, Amakussa Shimo Jima; 35 m, in sponge 

86. Onycocaris profunda Bruce, 1985b:241, figs. 8-11

NUMBER 543 51 

Mompog Pass, northeast of Marinduque, Philippines; 

81-84 m 

Onycocaris quadratophthalma (Balss, 1921) 

Pontonia quadratophthalma Balss, 1921b: 15, fig. 7 

Cape Jaubert, Western Australia 

Onycocaris seychellensis Bruce, 1971b:208 

Anse Etoile, Mahe\ Seychelles; from small sponge 

encrusting base of coral colony 

Onycocaris spinosa Fujino and Miyake, 1969b:429, 

figs. 13-15 

"Terasaki," Yoron Jima, Ryukyu Islands; 1 m, in 

sponge 

Onycocaris stenolepis—See Onycocaridella stenolepis 

Onycocaris trullata Bruce, 1978a:269, figs. 36-41 

Tany Kely, Madagascar; 13°28'S,48°12'E; 28 m 

Onycocaris zanzibarica Bruce, 1971c:293, figs. 1, 2 

Channel between Chumbe Island and main island of 

Zanzibar; 6°16.0'S, 39° 12.6^; 18 m 

ORTHOPONTOMA Bruce, 1982b: 163 

Type species: Periclimenaeus ornatus 

Orthopontonia ornata (Bruce, 1970) 

Periclimenaeus ornatus Bruce, 1970c:313 

Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia; on littoral 

sponge, Jaspis stellifera 

Palaemon Beaupresii—See Harpiliopsis beaupresii 

Palaemon Petitthouarsii—See Periclimenes petitthouarsii 

*PALAEMONELLA Dana, 1852a: 17 

Type species: Palaemonella tenuipes 

Palaemonella aberrans Nobili, 1904:234 

Djibouti 

as Periclimenes brevicarpalis 

Palaemonella affinis Zehntner, 1894—See Periclimenes 

affinis 

Palaemonella amboinensis Zehntner, 1894:206, pi. 9: 

fig. 27 [not Periclimenes amboinensis De Man, 

1888] 

Ambon 


Palaemonella asymmetrica Holthuis, 195la: 19, pi. 5 

Bahia de Sullivan, Isla San Salvador, Gal&pagos 

Islands 

Palaemonella at I an tic a Holthuis, 1951b: 152, fig. 31 

Sao Pedro Bay, Sao Vicente, Cape Verde Islands; 

16°50'N,25 o 04'W 

Palaemonella batei—See Periclimenes batei 

Palaemonella biunguiculata Nobili, 1904:233 

Djibouti 


Palaemonella burnsi Holthuis, 1973:24, figs. 8, 9 

Small lava pool near coast of Keoneoio (= La Perouse) 

Bay at extreme east end of Cape Kinau Peninsula, 

Maui, Hawaii 

Palaemonella crosnieri Bruce, 1978a:210, figs. 2-4 

lies Glorieuses; 11°28.1'S, 27°[sic] 21.1'E; 20 m 

Palaemonella disalvoi Fransen, 1987:511, figs.7-12 

Tahai, west coast of Easter Island; 35 m 

Palaemonella dolichodactylus Bruce, 1991a:232, figs. 

6f-l, 7 

New Caledonia; 22°14.5'S, 167°02.0'E; 65-70 m 

Palaemonella elegans Borradaile, 1915:210 

Salomon Island 

= Palaemonella tenuipes 

Palaemonella holmesi (Nobili, 1907) 

Anchista tenuipes Holmes 

Periclimenes Holmesi Nobili, 1907:5 

Replacement name for Anchista tenuipes Holmes 

Palaemonella laccadivensis—See Periclimenes laccadivensis 

87. Palaemonella lota Kemp, 1922:127, figs. 3-6 

Aberdeen. Fort Blair, Andaman Islands; Rock pool at 

low tide 

Palaemonella longirostris—See Periclimenes longirostris 

Palaemonella orientalis—See Vir orientalis 

88. Palaemonella pottsi (Borradaile, 1915) 

Periclimenes (Falciger) pottsi Borradaile, 1915:212 

Torres Strait; on crinoid, Comanthus 

Palaemonella pusilla Bruce, 1975b: 169, figs. 1-5 

Kisiti Island, Wasini, Kenya; 4°43.3'S, 39°22.15'E; 

sheltered coral reef, low water 

*89. Palaemonella rotumana (Borradaile, 1898) 

Periclimenes rotumanus Borradaile, 1898:383 

Rotuma, Fiji Islands 

Palaemonella vestigialis 

Palaemonella spinulata Yokoya, 1936:135, fig. 4 

Misaki, Japan 

90. Palaemonella tenuipes Dana, 1852a:25 

Sulu Sea 

Palaemonella tridentata 

Palaemonella elegans 

Palaemonella tridentata Borradaile, 1899:1007, pi. 64: 

fig. 8 

Funafuti 

= Palaemonella tenuipes 

Palaemonella vestigialis Kemp, 1922:123, figs. 1, 2, pi. 

3: fig. 2 

Aberdeen, Port Blair, Andaman Islands 

= Palaemonella rotumana 

Palaemonella Yucatanica—See Periclimenes yucatanicus 

Palaemonetes natalensis—See Periclimenaeus natalensis 

PARACLIMENAEUS Bruce, 1988c:222 

Type species: Periclimenaeus fimbriatus 

Paraclimenaeus fimbriatus (Borradaile, 1915) 

Periclimenaeus fimbriatus Borradaile, 1915:213

52 

Mulaku Atoll, Maldive Islands and Providence Island, 

Seychelles; 70-90 m 

PARANCHISTUS Holthuis, 1952c:5, 13, 91 

Type species: Anchistus biunguiculatus 

91. Paranchistus armatus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 

Pfontonia] armata H. Milne Edwards, 1837:359 

New Ireland 

Anchistus biunguiculatus 

Anchistus oshimai 

92. Paranchistus nobilii Holthuis, 1952c: 100, figs. 41, 42 

Arzanah Island, Ruqq Az Zaqqum Bank, Persian Gulf 

coast of United Arab Emirates; in bivalve mollusk, 

Spondylus gaederopus 

Paranchistus ornatus Holthuis, 1952c:97, figs. 39, 40 

Mozambique 

Paranchistus pycnodontae Bruce, 1978b:233, figs. 1-5, 

pi. 39 

Heron Island, Capricorn Group, Queensland, Australia; 

central lagoon, 3 m, in giant clam, Pycnodonta 

hyotis 

93. Paranchistus serenei Bruce, 1983c:890, fig. 9 

Indonesia; in oyster, Ostrea 

Paranchistus spondyUs Suzuki, 1971:15, figs. 8, 9 

"Shiraiso," near Manazuru Marine Biological Laboratory, 

Sagami Bay, Honshu, Japan; rocky shore, in 

bivalve mollusk, Spondylus barbatus 

PARAPONTOSIA Bruce, 1968a: 1148 

IVpe species: Parapontonia nudirostris 

Parapontonia nudirostris Bruce, 1968a: 1149, figs. 1-5 

Tiar6 Bay, Noumea, New Caledonia; 22°10'S, 

PARATYPTON Balss, 1914b:83 

TVpe species: Paratypton siebenrocki 

94. Paratypton siebenrocki Balss, 1914a:84, fig. 1 

Senafir, Koseir, and Sherm al Sheikh, Red Sea; Jaluit, 

Marshall Islands; and Samoa 

PEUAS P. ROUX, 1831:25 [not PELIAS Merrem, 1820] 

Type species: Alpheus amethystes 


Pelias notatus Heller, 1862a:526 

Nicobars 


* PERICLIMENAEUS Borradaile, 1915:207 

Type species: Periclimenaeus robustus 

Periclimenaeus arabicus (Caiman, 1939) 

Periclimenes (Periclimenaeus) arabicus Caiman, 

1939:210, fig. 4 

Khalij al Masirah, eastern Oman; 19°22.6'N, 

57°53.0'E; 13.5 m, from surface of sponge, Periclimenaeus 

ohshimai 

Periclimenaeus ardeae Bruce, 197Oc:31O 

Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia; in littoral 

sponges 

95. Periclimenaeus arthrodactylus Holthuis, 1952c: 122, 


figs. 51-53 

Pulau Sailus-ketjil, Kepulauan Tengah, Indonesia 

Periclimenaeus ascidiarum Holthuis, 1951a:80, pi. 22: 

figs, g-1, pi. 23 

Bird Key Reef, Dry Tortugas, Florida 

Periclimenaeus atlanticus (Rathbun, 1901) 

Coralliocaris atlantica Rathbun, 1901:122, fig. 26 

Off St. Thomas, Virgin Islands; 37-42 m 

Periclimenaeus bermudensis (Armstrong, 1940) 

Periclimenes (Periclimenaeus) bermudensis Armstrong, 

1940: 4, figs. 2, 3A-F 

The Reach, St. George Island, Bermuda; in black 

sponge 

Periclimenaeus bidentatus Bruce, 197Oc:3O5 

Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia; in littoral 

sponges 

Periclimenaeus bouvieri (Nobili, 1904) 

Typton Bouvieri Nobili, 1904:233 

Djibouti 

Periclimenaeus bredini Chace, 1972b:26, fig. 5 

Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, Mexico; 1-3 feet, grass 

flats 

Periclimenaeus caraibicus Holthuis, 195la: 110, pis. 

32/i-j, 34 

Buccoo Reef, Tobago, West Indies 

Periclimenaeus chacei Abele, 1971:38, figs. 1, 2 

Northeastern Gulf of Mexico; 28°31'N, 84°16'W; 

26 m 

Periclimenaeus crassipes (Caiman, 1939) 

Periclimenes (Ancylocaris) crassipes Caiman, 

1939:211, fig. 5 

Ghubbat Sawquirah, southeastern Oman, 18°025.5'N, 

57°025'E; 38 m, possibly associated with calcareous 

sponges 

Periclimenaeus diplosomatis Bruce, 1980b:39, 

figs. 1-6 

Heron Island, Capricorn Islands, Queensland, Australia; 

23°26.9'S, 151°55'E; low water, in ascidian, 

Diplosoma 

Periclimenaeus djiboutensis Bruce, 1970c: 307 

Djibouti 

Periclimenaeus fimbriatus—See Paraclimenaeus 

fimbriatus 

Periclimenaeus garthi Bruce, 1976b:443, figs. 2-4 

"Dunidu Is.," Mate Atoll, Maldive Islands 

Periclimenaeus gorgonidarum (Balss, 1913) 

Periclimenes gorgonidarum Balss, 1913:236 

Sagami Nada near Misaki, Japan; 20-30 m, on 

gorgonian 

Periclimenaeus hancocki Holthuis, 1951a:97, pi. 29 

Bahia Pina, Panama; 59 m 

Periclimenaeus hebedactylus Bruce, 1970c: 308 

Makunduchi, Zanzibar 

96. Periclimenaeus hecate (Nobili, 1904)

NUMBER 543 53 

Coralliocaris hecate Nobilii, 1904:232 

Djibouti 

97. Periclimenaeus holthuisi Bruce, 1969a: 159 

Kepulauan Banda, Indonesia; 17 m 

Periclimenaeus jeancharcoti Bruce, 1991b:371, figs. 

50-55 

Off New Caledonia, 21°31'S, 166°21'E; 375-450 m 

Periclimenaeus leptodactylus Fujino and Miyake, 

1968b:90, figs. 3-5 

Kasari-cho, Amami O Shima, Japan; in small pits on 

surface of sponge 

Periclimenaeus lobiferus Bruce, 1978a:260, figs. 

30-35 

Mozambique Channel; 15°21.7'S, 46°12.6'E; 

80-85 m 

Periclimenaeus manihinei Bruce, 1976c: 138, figs. 

29,30 

Saint Anne Bay, Praslin Island, Seychelles 

Periclimenaeus maxiUulidens (Schmitt, 1936) 

Periclimenes maxiUulidens Schmitt, 1936:371, pi. 13 

Entrance to Lac, Bonaire; 1 m 

*98. Periclimenaeus minutus Holthuis, 1952c: 134, figs. 

57-59 

Banda, Indonesia; 9-36 m 

Periclimenaeus natalensis (Stebbing, 1915) 

Palaemonetes natalensis Stebbingg, 1915:78, pi. 19 

Cape Natal [South Africa], N by E 24 miles [38.4 km]; 

800 m 


Periclimenaeus nobilii Bruce, 1974c: 1577, figs. 13F, 14 

Red Sea 

Periclimenaeus odontodactylus—See Periclimenoides 

odontodactylus 

Periclimenaeus ohshimai Miyake and Fujino, 1967:275, 

fig. 1 

Takamatsu, Amakusa Shimo Jima, Kyushu, Japan 

= Periclimenaeus arabicus 

Periclimenaeus orbiiospinatus Bruce, 1969a: 160 

Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia; 18-27 m 

Periclimenaeus ornatus—See Orthopontonia ornata 

Periclimenaeus orontes Bruce, 1986d:151, figs. IB, 

6-10 

Orontes Reef, Port Essington, Cobourg Peninsula, 

Arnhem Land, Northern Australia; ll°03.6'S, 

132°O5.OE; 3 m, associated with sponge, Jaspis 

Periclimenaeus pachydentatus Bruce, 1969a: 162 

Great Barrier Reef, Australia; 14°12'N, 142°48'E; 

35 m 

Periclimenaeuspacificus Holthuis, 195la:85, pi. 25 

Bahia Pina, Panama; 59 m 

Periclimenaeus palauensis Miyake and Fujino, 

1968:417, fig. 5 

Ngadarak Reef, Palau Islands 

Periclimenaeus pearsei (Schmitt, 1932) 

Coralliocaris pearsei Schmitt, 1932:123, fig. 1 

Dry Tortugas, Florida; 46 m, in soft black sponge 

Periclimenaeus perlatus (Boone, 1930) 

Corallocaris perlatus Boone, 1930:45, fig. 8 

Baie des Gonaives, Haiti 

Periclimenaeus quadridentatus (Rathbun, 1906) 

Coralliocaris quadridentata Rathbun, 1906:920, fig. 

69, pi. 24: fig. 1 

Auau Channel between Maui and Lanai, Hawaii; 

51-79 m 

Periclimenaeus rastrifer Bruce, 1980a:27, figs. 13A, B 

Hot Mattre, Noumea, New Caledonia; 20 m, in 

sponge, Dysidea 

Periclimenaeus rhodope (Nobili, 1904) 

Coralliocaris (Onycocaris) rhodope Nobili, 1904:232 

Djibouti 

Periclimenaeus robustus Borradaile, 1915:213 

Amirante Islands, Seychelles; 37-71 m 

Periclimenaeus schmitti Holthuis, 1951a:90, pi. 27 

Dry Tortugas, Florida 

Periclimenaeus spinicauda Bruce, 1969a: 164 

South China Sea; 20°57.5'N, 115°55.0'E—2O°57.5TS1, 

115°58.6'E; 64-66 m 

Periclimenaeus spinimanus Bruce, 1969a: 165 

Off Ras Asir, Somalia; 1 l°37TSf, 51°27'E—1 l°38TSf, 

51°27'E;68-73m 

Periclimenaeus spinosus Holthuis, 195la: 113, pi. 35 

Near Viradores Sur Island, Puerto Culebra, Costa 

Rica; shallow water, coral 

99. Periclimenaeus spongicola Holthuis, 1952c: 137, figs. 

60-62 

Java Sea; 4°41'S, 113°O2'E; 28-32 m, in sponge 

100. Periclimenaeus storchi Bruce, 1989c: 181, fig. 5 

Cuaming Island, Bohol Strait, Philippines 

Periclimenaeus stylirostris Bruce, 1969a: 167 

South China Sea; 20°34.0'N, 113°3O.5'E—2O°3O.3'N, 

113°29.0'E; 90-91 m 

Periclimenaeus tchesunovi Duns, 199Oa:615, figs. 1, 2 

Genego Island, North Nilandu Atoll, Maldive Islands; 

20 m 

101. Periclimenaeus tridentatus (Miers, 1884) 

Coralliocaris? tridentata Miers, 1884:294, pi. 32: 

fig.c 

Thursday Island, Torres Strait 

Periclimenaeus trispinosus Bruce, 1969a: 169 

Mkokotoni, Zanzibar 

Periclimenaeus truncatus (Rathbun, 1906) 

Coralliocaris truncata Rathbun, 1906:920, fig. 70, pi. 

24: fig. 2 

South coast of Molokai, Hawaii; 4-90 m 

102. Periclimenaeus truncoideus, new species 

Periclimenaeus truncatus Holthuis, 1952c: 117, figs. 

48-50 [not Coralliocaris truncata Rathbun, 1906] 

2.3 miles [3.7 km] N, 63°W from north point of Kai

54 

Besar, Kepulauan Kai, Indonesia; 5°36.5'S, 

132°55.2'E;90m 

Periclimenaeus tuamotae Bruce, 1969a: 170 

Mururoa Island, Tbamotu Archipelago 

Periclimenaeus uropodialis Barnard, 1958:18, fig. 6 

Baia de Lourenco Marques, Mozambique 

Periclimenaeus usitatus Bruce, 1969a: 172 

Off Mafia Island, Tanzania; 7°46'48"S, 39°42'36"E; 

20 m 

Periclimenaeus wilsoni (Hay, 1917) 

Coralliocaris wilsoni Hay, 1917:71 

Fishing grounds, 20 miles [32 km] off Beaufort, North 

Carolina 

Periclimenaeus zanzibaricus Bruce, 1969a: 174 

Uroa, Zanzibar; littoral sponges 

Periclimenaeus zarenkovi Duris, 1990a:620, figs. 3, 4 


0.7 m 

PERJCUMENES Costa, 1844:290 

Type species: Periclimenes insignis 

PEUAS P. ROUX 

ANCHISTIA 

HARPILIUS 

UROCARIS 

DENNISIA 

ANCYLOCARIS 

CORNIGER Borradaile 

CRISTIGER Borradaile 

FALCIGER 

LAOMENES 

CUA PETES 

Periclimenes aesopius (Bate, 1863) 

Anchistia aesopia Bate, 1863:502, pi. 41: fig. 5 

Gulf of St. Vincent, South Australia 

*103. Periclimenes affinis (Zehnter, 1894) 

Palaemonella affinis Zehntner, 1894:208 

Ambon 

Periclimenes (Falciger) affinis Borradaile, 1915:211 

[not Palaemonella affinis Zehntner, 1894] 

Saloman Island, Chagos Archipelago 

= Periclimenes longirostris 

Periclimenes agag Kemp, 1922 

Periclimenes (Ancylocaris) agag Kemp, 1922:197, 

figs. 47-50, pi. 7: fig. 9 

Ross Channel, Port Blair, Andaman Islands; 7-15 m 

Periclimenes akiensis Kubo, 1936 

Periclimenes (Ancylocaris) akiensis Kubo, 1936:47, 

pi. 14 

"Simokamogari-mura, Province Aki," Japan; trawled 

in "weedy shallow water" 

*104. Periclimenes albatrossae, new species 

South China Sea off western Luzon, Philippines; 

16°33' 52"N, 119°52'54"E; 315 m 

105. Periclimenes alcocki Kemp, 1922 


Periclimenes (Periclimenes) alcocki Kemp, 1922:154, 

figs. 21-24 

Laccadive Sea; 9°34'57"N, 75°36'30"E; 743 m 

Periclimenes aleator Bruce, 1991b:315, figs. 10-14 

Loyalty Islands, 2O°53'S, 167°17'E; 570-610 m 

Periclimenes alegrias Bruce, 1986d:143, figs. 1A, 2-5, 

15A-C 

Coral Bay, Port Essington, Arnhem Land, Northern 

Australia; 11°11.2'S, 132°02.8'E; 2-4 m, associated 

with crinoid, Stephanometra spicata 

Periclimenes (Ancylocaris) amamiensis Kubo, 

1940b:44, figs. 11, 12 

Amami O Shima, Ryukyu Islands 

= Periclimenes lutescens 

106. Periclimenes amboinensis (De Man, 1888) 

Anchistia amboinensis De Man, 1888b:546, pi. 22a: 

fig. 2 

Ambon 

?= Periclimenes cornutus 

Periclimenes americanus (Kingsley, 1878) 

Anchistia americana Kingsley, 1878:65 

Key West, Florida 

Periclimenes (Ancylocaris) bermudensis Lebour 

Pariclemenes (Ancylocaris) rhizophorae 

Periclimenes amethysteus (Risso, 1827) 

Alpheus amethystea Risso, 1827:77, pi. 4: fig. 16 

Southern Europe (Nice?) 

Periclimenes insignis 

•107. Periclimenes amymone De Man, 1902:829, pi. 25: 

fig. 53 


Periclimenes anacanthus Bruce, 1988d: 105, figs. 1-5 

Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia; sea-grass beds 

108. Periclimenes andamanensis Kemp, 1922 

Periclimenes (Ancylocaris) andamanensis Kemp, 

1922:204, figs. 54-57 


Periclimenes andresi Macpherson, 1988:52, figs. 1-4 

Namibia, southwestern Africa; 17°15'S, 11°27'E; 

185 m 

Periclimenes anthophilus Holthuis and Eibl-Eibesfeldt, 

1964 

Periclimenes (Periclimenes) anthophilus Holthuis and 

Eibl-Eibesfeldt, 1964:185, figs. 1-4 

Whalebone Bay, Bermuda; 2-3 m, on sea anemones 

Periclimenes antonbruunii Bruce, 1967a:45, figs. 19-22 

Pamanzi Island reef, Dzaoudzi, He de Mayotte, 

Comoro Islands 

= Urocaridella antonbruunii 

Periclimenes (Periclimenaeus) arabicus—See Periclimenaeus 

arabicus 

109. Periclimenes attenuatus Bruce, 1971d:533, figs. 1-5 

"Waterhouse Cove, Burukuk," Duke of York Group, 

New Ireland, Bismarck Archipelago; 4°7.3'E,

NUMBER 543 55 

152°27.3'E; 1-2 m, on crinoid 

110. Periclimenes batei (Borradaile, 1917) 

Palaemonella batei Borradaile, 1917:357, 358 

Off Sibago Island, Sulu Archipelago, Philippines; 

6°47'N, 122°28'E;46m 

Periclimenes batei Holthuis, 1950a;22 [not 

Palaemonella batei Borradaile, 1917] 

= Periclimenes yaldwyni 

Periclimenes bayeri Holthuis, 1981:792, fig. 3a-h 

Ine village, Arno Atoll, Marshall Islands; outer edge 

of sea reef, on coral, Pocillopora 

Periclimenes beaufortensis—See Neopontonides 

beaufortensis 

Periclimenes (Periclimenaeus) bermudensis Armstrong, 

1940- 

See Periclimenaeus bermudensis 

Periclimenes (Ancylocaris) bermudensis Lebour, 

1949a;1115, fig. 6 [not Periclimenes (Periclimenaeus) 

bermudensis Armstrong, 1940] 

Mangrove Lake, Bermuda 

= Periclimenes americanus 

Periclimenes bicolor Edmondson, 1935:10, fig. 3 

Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii; on asteroid, Linckia 

multiflora, in shallow water 

= Periclimenes soror 

Periclimenes borradailei Rathbun, 1904:34 

[Replacement name for Periclimenes tenuipes Borradaile, 

1898] 

Periclimenes Borradailei Nobili, 1905b: 159 [not Periclimenes 

borradailei Rathbun, 1904] 

Persian Gulf off coast of United Arab Emirates; 

25°10'N, 55°10'N, 24°55'N, 54°40'E 


Periclimenes bowmani Chace, 1972b:32, figs. 1, 2 

Reef south of Marigot Harbour, St. Lucia, Windward 

Islands; 2-3 m 

111. Periclimenes brevicarpalis (Schenkel, 1902) 

Palaemonella amboinensis Zehntner 

Ancylocaris brevicarpalis Schenkel, 1902:563, pi. 13: 

fig. 21 

Ujung Pandang, Celebes, Indonesia 

Palaemonella aberrans 

Harpilius latirostris 

Periclimenes potina 

Periclimenes hermitensis 

Periclimenes brevinaris Nobili, 1906b:42, pi. 3: 

fig. 7, 7a 

Persian Gulf off coast of United Arab Emirates; 

25°10TSf, 55°1O'E—24°55'N,54°40'E 

Periclimenes Borradailei Nobili 

Periclimenes brevirostris Bruce 1991b:322, figs. 15-20 

Off He des Pins, New Caledonia, 22°05.8'S, 

167° lOJ'E; 500-550 m 

Periclimenes brocketti Borradaile, 1915 

Periclimenes (Falciger) brocketti Borradaile, 

1915:212 

Male Atoll, Maldive Islands 

?= Periclimenes affinis 

112. Periclimenes brockii (De Man, 1888) 

Anchistia Brockii De Man, 1888b:548, pi. 22a: fig. 3 

Ambon 

Periclimenes brucei Duris, 1990b: 1, figs. 1, 2 


52 m 

*113. Periclimenes calcaratus, new species 

Albay Gulf, Philippines; 13 O 12% 123°49'18"E; 

[267 m] 

Pariclimenes calmani Tattersall, 1921:385, pi. 27: fig. 

11, pi. 28: figs. 14, 15 

Sudanese coast of Red Sea 

Periclimenes (Harpilius) calmani Johnson, 1962b:59 

[not Periclimenes calmani Tattersall, 1921] 

Pasir Laba, Singapore; 1°21'N, 103°38'E; in Enhalus 

beds 

= Periclimenes johnsoni 

Periclimenes carinidactylus Bruce, 1969b:254 

Bottle and Glass Rocks, Port Jackson, Sydney 

Harbour, Australia; 6 m 

114. Periclimenes ceratophthalmus Borradaile, 1915 

Periclimenes (Corniger) ceratophthalmus Borradaile, 

1915:211 

Male Atoll, Maldive Islands 

Periclimenes colemani Bruce, 1975c;488, figs. 1-8 

Heron Island, Queensland, Australia; on echinoid, 

Areosoma thetidis 

115. Periclimenes commensalis Borradaile, 1915 

Periclimenes (Cristiger) commensalis Borradaile, 

1915:211 

Torres Strait; on crinoid, Comanthus annulatus 

Periclimenes compressus Borradaile, 1915 

Periclimenes (Falciger) compressus Borradaile, 

1915:212 

Saya de Malha Bank, western Indian Ocean; 265 m 

116. Periclimenes consobrinus (De Man, 1902) 

Harpilius consobrinus De Man, 1902:836, pi. 26: 

fig. 54 


117. Periclimenes coriolis Bruce, 1985b:234, figs. 4-7 

Southwest of Manila Bay, Luzon, Philippines; 

14°01.(m, \20°\l.\ r E; 186-184 m 

Periclimenes (Corniger) cornutus Borradaile, 1915:211 

Male Atoll, Maldive Islands; on crinoid 

?= Periclimenes amboinensis 

Periclimenes (Ancylocaris) crassipes—See Periclimenaeus 

crassipes 

Periclimenes crinoidalis Chace, 1969:251, figs. 1, 2 

Jan Thiel Beach, Curasao, Netherlands Antilles; 38 m, 

on crinoid

56 

118. Periclimenes cristimanus Bruce, 1965:487, figs. 1, 2 

Pulau Sudong, near Pulau Salu, Singapore; 1 

103°43.65'E; on echinoid, Diadema setosum 

Periclimenes curvirostris Kubo, 1940 

Periclimenes (Periclimenes) curvirostris Kubo, 

1940b:35, figs. 3-5 

Kumano Nada, off Mie Prefecture, southern Honshu, 

Japan; about 311m 

Periclimenes darwiniensis Bruce, 1987b:29, figs. 1-5 

Weed Reef, Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, 

Australia; 12°31.6'S, 130°47.3'E; intertidal pool 

Periclimenes delagoae Barnard, 1958:14, fig. 4B 

Baia de Lourenco Marques, Mozambique, in coral 

Periclimenes demani Kemp, 1915:279, fig. 27, pi. 13: 

fig. 10 

Chilka Lake, India; salt to nearly fresh water 

Periclimenes denticulatus Nobili, 1906 

Pariclimenes Petitthouarsi var. Denticulata Nobili, 

1906a:257 

Gatavake, lies Gambier, Tuamotu Archipelago 

* 119. Periclimenes dentidactylus Bruce, 1984a:7, figs. 1-6 

Makassar Strait, Indonesia; 0°31.4TST, 117°50.1'E; 

592-595 m 

Periclimenes difficilis Bruce, 1976c;l 11, figs. 15-17 

Saint Anns Bay, Praslin Island, Seychelle Islands; 6 

m, on coral, Porites 

120. Periclimenes digitalis Kemp, 1922 

Periclimenes (Ancylocaris) digitalis Kemp, 1922:224, 

fig. 65, pi. 8: fig. 12 

Off Viper Island, Port Blair, Andaman Islands; 6-9 m 

121. Periclimenes diversipes Kemp, 1922 

Periclimenes (Ancylocaris) diversipes Kemp, 

1922:179, figs. 36-39 [part] 

Kilakarai, Gulf of Mannar, southern India: low tide, 

on coral, Montipora 

Periclimenes (Falciger) dubius Borradaile, 1915:211 

Minicoy, Laccadive Islands 

= Periclimenes elegans 

Periclimenes edwardsii (Paulson, 1875) 

Anchfistia] Edwardsii Paulson, 1875:114, pi. 17: fig. 

2-2b 

Red Sea 

*122. Periclimenes elegans (Paulson, 1875) 

Anch[istia] elegans Paulson, 1875:113, pi. 17: fig. 1 

Red Sea 

Periclimenes (Falciger) dubius 

Periclimenes elegans Gourret, 1884:15 [not Anchistia 

elegans Paulson] 

"Golfe de Marseille" 

Nomen nudum 

?= Periclimenes scriptus 

123. Periclimenes ensifrons (Dana, 1852) 

Anchistia ensifrons Dana, 1852a:25 

Balabac Strait, North Borneo 


Periclimenes exederens Bruce, 1969b:255 

South China Sea; 20°36.0'N, 113°54.2'E—2O°38.8'N, 

113°57.8'E; 86-88 m 

Periclimenes finlayi Chace, 1972b:35, fig. 8 

Off Marigot Bay, St. Lucia, Windward Islands; 165 m, 

mollusk trap 

Periclimenes forcipulatus Bruce, 1991a:330, figs. 

21-25 

Loyalty Islands, 20°166°54'E; 460 m 

124. Periclimenes foresti Bruce, 1981c:201, figs. 10-11, 17c 


14°00.0 / N, 120°18.0'E— 14°01.7'N, 120°20.2'E; 

189-209 m 

125. Periclimenes foveolatus Bruce, 1981c: 196, figs. 6-9, 

17a,b, 18b,c 


14°01.0;N, 120°15.8'E—13°59.2'N, 120°18.8'E; 

191-188 m 

Periclimenes franklini Bruce, 1990e:55 

Coral Sea 

Periclimenes (Cristiger) frater Borradaile, 1915:210 

Seychelles 

= Periclimenes soror 

Periclimenes fujinoi Bruce, 1990a: 161, figs. 8-11, 

39a,b 

Chesterfield Islands; 22°06.9'S, 159°24.6'E; 

487-610 m 

126. Periclimenes galene Holthuis, 1952 

Periclimenes (Harpilius) galene Holthuis, 1952c:62, 

fig. 24 

Ambon (0-2 m) and islet off Manado [northern 

Celebes] 

Periclimenes gonioporae Bruce, 1989c: 149, figs. 1-3, 

4a 

Ras Iwatine, Mombasa, Kenya; 4°01.15'S, 

39°43.78'E; low water spring tide level, on coral, 

Goniopora 

Periclimenes gorgonicola Bruce, 1969b:257 

South China Sea; 21°47.7'N, 116°28.5'E—21°43.3 / N, 

116°28.0'E; 110-132 m, on gorgonian, Melithea 

Periclimenes gorgonidarum—See Periclimenaeus 

gorgonidarum 

Periclimenes (Ancylocaris) gracilirostris Kubo, 

1940b:41, figs. 8-10 

Kumano Nada off Mie Prefecture, Japan; about 310 m 

= Periclimenes hertwigi 

127. Periclimenes gracilis (Dana, 1852) 

Anchistia gracilis Dana, 1852a:25 

Sulu Sea, Philippines 

128. Periclimenes grandis (Stimpson, 1860) 

Anchistia grandis Stimpson, 1860; 39 

Amami O Shima, Ryukyu Islands 

Periclimenes vitiensis 

Periclimenes granulatus Holthuis, 1950

NUMBER 543 57 

Periclimenes (Periclimenes) granulatus Holthuis, 

1950c: 10, fig. 1, pi. 1 

Algeria; 100 m, among pearl oysters and alcyonarians 

Periclimenes granulimanus Bruce, 1978a:237, figs. 

16-19 

Tany Kely, northwest coast of Madagascar near Nosy 

Be; on antipatharian 

Periclimenes granuloides Hayashi in Baba, Hayashi, 

andToriyama, 1986:102, figs. [62], 18 

Tosa Bay, Japan; 130 m 

Periclimenes harringtoni Lebour, 1949a:l 110, fig. 3 

Harrington Sound, Bermuda 

Periclimenes hermitensis Rathbun, 1914:655, pi. 1: figs. 

1-3 

Hermite, Monte Bello Islands 


129. Periclimenes hertwigi Balss, 1913:235 

Sagami Bay, Japan; 120 m, on echinoid 

Periclimenes (Ancylocaris) gracilirostris 

Periclimenes hirsutus Bruce, 1971e:91, figs. 1-6 

Nukulau Island, Lauthala Bay, Suva, Viti Levu, Fiji 

Islands; on echinoid 

Periclimenes Holmesi—See PalaemoneUa holmesi 

*130. Periclimenes holthuisi Bruce, 1969b:258 

Leung Ha Bay, N.T., Hong Kong; 22°18.5'N, 

114°18.2'E; 4 m, on sea anemones 

Periclimenes hongkongensis Bruce, 1969b:259 

Rocky Harbour, Hong Kong; 22°20.0'N, 114°21'E; 

26 m 

Periclimenes (Pariclimenes) impar Kemp, 1922:147, 

figs. 16, 17, pi. 3: fig. 1 

Port Blair, Andaman Islands; 9 m, on pinkish sponge 

= Periclimenes incertus 

Periclimenes imperator Bruce, 1967a:53, figs. 23-25 

Zanzibar; on nudibranch 

*131. Periclimenes incertus Borradaile, 1915 

Periclimenes (Cristiger) incertus Borradaile, 

1915:210 

Maldive Islands 

Periclimenes (Pariclimenes) impar 

132. Periclimenes indie us (Kemp, 1915) 

Urocaris indica Kemp, 1915:275, fig. 26, pi. 13: 

fig. 9 

Chilka Lake, India; fresh and brackish water 

Periclimenes infraspinis (Rathbun, 1902) 

Urocaris infraspinis Rathbun, 1902:903 

Bahia Concepcion, Baja California, Mexico 

Periclimenes ingressicolumbi Berggren and Svane, 

1989;432, figs. 1-5 

Off San Salvador Island, Bahama Islands; 579 m, on 

spines of echinoid, Palaeopneustes tholoformis 

133. Periclimenes inornatus Kemp, 1922 

Periclimenes (Ancylocaris) inornatus Kemp, 

1922:191, figs. 43-46 

Port Blair, Andaman Islands; on sea anemones 

Periclimenes insignis O.G. Costa in O.G. Costa and A. 

Costa, 1844:[4], pi. 6; figs. 1-6 

Naples 

= Periclimenes amethysteus 

Periclimenes insolitus Bruce, 1974b:293, figs. 1-8 

Waikiki Beach, Oahu, Hawaii; 21°15.9'N, 

157°50.5'W; 

rocky flat outside surf zone, on echinoid, Pseudoboletia 

Periclimenes investigatoris Kemp, 1922 

Periclimenes (Periclimenes) investigatoris Kemp, 

1922:160, figs. 26, 27, pi. 5: fig. 6 

Persian Gulf; 29°20'N, 48°47'E; 24 m, on alcyonarian 

Periclimenes iridescens Lebour, 1949a: 1112, figs. 4, 5 

Off Castle Roads, Bermuda 

Periclimenes ischiospinosus Bruce, 1991a:240, figs. 3b, 

9-12 

New Caledonia; 21°44'S, 166°32'E; 50 m 

134. Periclimenes johnsoni Bruce, 1987c: 115, figs. 1-5 

Replacement name for Periclimenes (Harpilius) calmam 

Johnson, 1961 [not Tattersall, 1921] 

135. Periclimenes jugalis Holthuis, 1952 

Periclimenes (Harpilius) jugalis Holthuis, 1952c:67, 

fig. 26 

Djedan, Kepulauan Am, Indonesia; 13 m 

136. Periclimenes kempi Bruce, 1969b:260 

Hurghada, Red Sea coast of Egypt; 27°14'N, 38°50'E; 

1 m, associated with alcyonarians 

Periclimenes (Falciger) kolumadulensis Borradaile, 

1915:213 

Kolumadulu Atoll, Maldive Islands 

= Periclimenes tenuipes 

Periclimenes kornii (Lo Bianco, 1903) 

Anchistia Kornii Lo Bianco, 1903:250, pi. 7: fig. 13 

Off Capri; 1080 m 

137. Periclimenes kororensis Bruce, 1977c:33, figs. 1-4 

Koror, Palau Islands; associated with fungiid coral, 

Heliofungia 

Periclimenes laccadivensis (Alcock and Anderson, 

1894) 

PalaemoneUa laccadivensis Alcock and Anderson, 

1894:157 

Laccadive Sea; 770-1353 

*138. Periclimenes lanipes Kemp, 1922 

Periclimenes (Periclimenes) lanipes Kemp, 1922:156, 

pi. 4: fig. 4 

Mergui Archipelago; 12°48'N,98 o 16'10 / 'E;44 m 

139. Periclimenes latipollex Kemp, 1922 

Periclimenes (Periclimenes) latipollex Kemp, 

1922:150, fig. 18, pi. 4: fig. 3 

Mergui Archipelago; 12 o 15'20"N,97 o 10'10*E; 113 m 

Periclimenes lepidus Bruce, 1978a:244, figs. 20-24 

Northwest coast of Madagascar near Nosy Be; 40 m

58 

Periclimenes leptodactylus Bruce, 1991b:338, figs. 

26-30 

Loyalty Islands, 20°37.8'S, 167°02.7'E; 825-370 m 

Periclimenes leptopus Kemp, 1922 

Periclimenes (Ancylocaris) leptopus Kemp, 

1922:173, figs. 31-33 

Brigade Creek, Port Blair, Andaman Islands; 4-9 m 

Periclimenes lifuensis—See Philarius lifuensis 

Periclimenes longicarpus Bruce and Svoboda, 1983:13, 

figs. 4-8 

Al Aqaba, Jordan; 15 m, on actinian, Entacmaea 

Periclimenes longicaudatus (Stimpson, 1860) 

Urocaris longicaudatus Stimpson, 1860:39 

"Coast of Carolina" 

Periclimenes longimanus (Dana, 1852) 

Anchistia longimana Dana, 1852a:25 

TVpe locality unknown 

Periclimenes longipes (Stimpson, 1860) 

Urocaris longipes Stimpson, 1860:39 

Amami O Shima, Ryukyu Islands; 37 m 

140. Periclimenes longirostris (Borradaile, 1915) 

Palaemonella longirostris Borradaile, 1915:210 

Naifaro Island, Fadiffolu Atoll, Maldive Islands 

Periclimenes (Falciger) affinis Borradale, 1915 

Periclimenes (Ancylocaris) proximus 

Periclimenes lucasi Chace, 1937 

Periclimenes (Ancylocaris) lucasi Chace, 1937:133, 

fig. 8 

San Lucas Bay, Baja California, Mexico; 22°53'N, 

109° 54'W; 6-17 m 

141. Periclimenes lutescens (Dana, 1852) 

Harpilius lutescens Dana, 1852a:25 

Tongatapu Island, Tonga Islands 

Periclimenes (Ancylocaris) amamiensis 

Periclimenes macrophthalmus Fujino and Miyake, 1970 

Periclimenes (Harpilius) macrophthalmus Fujino and 

Miyake, 1970b:250, figs. 3-5 

East China Sea west of Goto Retto, Kyushu, Japan; 

32°36.7'N, 127°42.8'E; 145 m 

Periclimenes madreporae Bruce, 1969b:262 

Erskine Island, Capricorn Group, Great Barrier Reef, 

Queensland, Australia; 6-11 m, in scleractinian 

corals 

142. Periclimenes magnificus Bruce, 1979d:195, figs. 1-5, 

pi. 1A-C 

Wistari Reef, Heron Island, Queensland, Australia; 

26-29 m, with coral, Catalaphyllia 

Periclimenes magnus Holthuis, 1951 

Periclimenes (Harpilius) magnus Holthuis, 1951a:52, 

pi. 15 

Gulf of Mexico off Aransas, Texas; 27°40', 96°34'W; 

50 m 

Periclimenes mahei Bruce, 1969b:263 

North West Bay, Mahe\ Seychelles; 4°36'15"S, 


55°26'O1"E; 2-4 m, on scleractinian corals 

Periclimenes maldivensis Bruce, 1969b:264 

Suvadiva Atoll, Maldive Islands, on echinoid 

Periclimenes maxillulidens—See Periclimenaeus 

maxillulidens 

Periclimenes meyeri Chace, 1969:255, figs. 3, 4 

Jan Thiel Beach, Cura?ao, Netherlands Antilles; 24 m, 

on crinoid 

Periclimenes milleri Bruce, 1986e:637, figs. 1-5 

Off San Salvador, Bahama Islands; 24°02.75'N, 

74°32.53'W; 527 m, associated with asterostomatid 

echinoid, Heterobrissus hystrix 

143. Periclimenes nilandensis Borradaile, 1915 

Periclimenes (Falciger) nilandensis Borradaile, 

1915:211 

Nilandu Atoll, Maldive Islands 

Periclimenes novaecaledoniae Bruce, 1968a: 1157, figs. 

6-9 

Hot Maftre, Noumea, New Caledonia; 22°20'20"S, 

116°25'E, on crinoid, Tropiometra afra 

Periclimenes (Hamiger) novae-zealandiae—See Hamiger 

novaezealandiae 

Periclimenes (Periclimenes) noverca—See Zenopontonia 

noverca 

Periclimenes obscurus Kemp, 1922 

Periclimenes (Periclimenes) obscurus Kemp, 1922:144, 

figs. 14, 15 

Springhaven, Madras Harbor, India; near encrusted 

buoys and piles 

Periclimenes ordinarius Bruce, 1991b:344, figs. 31-35 

Off New Caledonia, 18°o04'S, 163°27.5'E 

Periclimenes ornatellus Bruce, 1979e:219, figs. 4-6, pi. 

1C-E 

Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands; 1-2 m, with 

actinian, Radianthus 

144. Periclimenes ornatus Bruce, 1969b: 266 

"Lung Ha Bay," N.T., Hong Kong; 22° 18.5', 

114°18.2'E; 4 m, on actiniarian 

Periclimenes orontes—See Periclimenaeus orontes 

Periclimenes paivai Chace, 1969:259, figs. 5-7 

Cananeia, Estado de Sao Paulo, Brazil 

Periclimenes pandionis Holthuis, 1951 

Periclimenes (Periclimenes) pandionis Holthuis, 

1951a:41,pl. 11 

Off Key West, Florida; 24°21'55"N, 81°58'25"W; 

179 m 

Periclimenes paraornatus Bruce, 1979d:207 

Nomen nudum 

Periclimenes paraparvus Bruce, 1969b:267 

South China Sea; 20°28.2'N, 112°52.2'E; 84-88 m 

Periclimenes parasitic us Borradaile, 1898:384 

New Britain; on starfish, Linckia 

?= Periclimenes soror 

Periclimenes parvispinatus Bruce, 1990a: 154, figs. 3-6

NUMBER 543 59 

S.W. Recif Jouan, New Caledonia; 200 m, trap 

Periclimenes parvus Borradaile, 1898:384 

Rakaiya, Blanche Bay, New Britain 

Periclimenes pauper Holthuis, 1951 

Periclimenes (Harpilius) pauper Holthuis, 1951a:50, 

pi. 14 

Isla Cubagua, Venezuela; rocky shore 

145. Periclimenes pectiniferus Holthuis, 1952 

Periclimenes (Periclimenes) pectiniferus Holthuis, 

1952c:48, figs. 15, 16 

Pulau Kabaladua, Makassar Strait, Indonesia; 22 m 

Periclimenes pectinipes Bruce, 1991b:351, figs. 36-40, 

75 

Off New Caledonia, 23°41.2'S, 168°00.5'E; 280 m 

Periclimenes pedersoni Chace, 1958:125, figs. 1-17 

Lyford Cay, New Providence Island, Bahama Islands; 

associated with sea anemone, Bartholomea annulata 

Periclimenes perlucidus Bruce, 1969b:268 

South China Sea; 16°06.5'N, 114°41.5TE— ^(E^X 

114°38.2E; 79-81 m, on gorgonian 

Periclimenes perryae Chace, 1942 

Periclimenes (Periclimenes) perryae Chace, 1942:82, 

pi. 24 

Off Sanibel Island, Florida; 10 m, associated with 

basket star, Astrophyton muricatum 

Periclimenes perturbans Bruce, 1978a:253, figs. 25, 26 

Northwest coast of Madagascar near Nosy Be; 40 m, 

on alcyonarian, Morchellana 

Periclimenes petitthouarsii (Audouin, 1826) 

Palaemon Petitthouarsii Audouin, 1826:91 

Egypt 

Anchistia inaequimana 

Periclimenes Petitthouarsi var. denticulata—See Periclimenes 

denticulatus 

Periclimenes petitthouarsii var. spinifera—See 

Periclimenes spinifer 

Periclimenes pholeter Holthuis, 1973:30, figs. 10, 11, 

pi. 1: fig. 1 

"Ras Muhammad's Crack," Ras Muhammad, Sinai 

Peninsula, Egypt; 27°44'N, 34°15'E 

146. Periclimenes pilipes Bruce and Zmarzlyy, 1983:644, 

figs. 1-6 

"Medren Islet," Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands; 

11°24'N, 162°22'E; 3 m, with crinoid, Comanthina 

Periclimenes platalea Holthuis, 1951 

Periclimenes (Harpilius) platalea Holthuis, 

1951b: 157, fig. 32 

Off Guinea; 9°23'N, 15°07'>V; 30-34 m 

147. Periclimenes platycheles Holthuis, 1952 

Periclimenes (Harpilius) platycheles Holthuis, 

1952c:85, fig. 33 

Pulau Fau west of Pulau Gebe (31 m) and off 

Atiationin, west coast of New Guinea (to 57 m) 

Periclimenes platyrhynchus Bruce, 1991a:358, figs. 

41-44 

Off New Caledonia, 19°04S, 163°27'E; 260 m 

Periclimenes potina Nobili, 1905b: 159 

Arabian coasts; on a pelagic brown alga 


Periclimenes (Falciger) pottsi—See Palaemonella 

pottsi 

Periclimenes poupini Bruce, 1990b:852, figs. l-6a 

1\ibuai, French Polynesia; 23°19'S, 142°22'W; 430- 

520 m, on actiniarian on gastropod shell associated 

with pagurid, Trizopagurus 

Periclimenes (Ancylocaris) proximus Kemp, 1922:201, 

figs. 51-53 


= Periclimenes longirostris 

*148. Periclimenes psamathe (De Man, 1902) 

Urocaris psamathe De Man, 1902:816, pi. 25: fig. 51 


Periclimenes pusillus Rathbun, 1906:921, fig. 71, pi. 24: 

fig. 7 

Diamond Head Light, Oahu, Hawaii, S 62°, E 3.9; 

surface over 24 m 

= Harpiliopsis depressa 

Periclimenes rapanui Fransen, 1987:519, figs. 13-15 

Tahai, W. coast of Easter Island 

Periclimenes rathbunae Schmitt, 1924a:70, figs. 5, 6 

Spanish Port, Curasao 

149. Periclimenes rectirostris Bruce, 1981c:204, figs. 12-15 


l3°53.lTSr, 12O°O8.9'E—13°53.3\ 120°10.7'E; 

134-129 m, possibly associated with echinoid, 

Eremopyga 

Periclimenes rex Kemp, 1922 

Periclimenes (Periclimenes) rex Kemp, 1922:158, fig. 

25, pi. 5: fig. 5 

Ross Channel, Port Blair, Andaman Islands; 15 m, 

possibly associated with a sponge 

Periclimenes (Ancylocaris) rhizophorae Lebour, 

1949b:605 

Replacement name for Periclimenes (Ancylocaris) 

bermudensis Lebour 

= Periclimenes americanus 

Periclimenes richeri Bruce, 1990a: 181, figs. 20, 39f 

New Caledonia; 24°54.5'S, 168°23.3'E; 527 m 

Periclimenes rotumanus—See Palaemonella rotumanus 

Periclimenes ruber Bruce, 1982c: 197 

Queensland, Australia; associated with crinoid, Zygometra 

Periclimenes sagittifer (Norman, 1861) 

Dennisia sagittifera Norman, 1861:278, pi. 13: figs. 

8-13 

Periclimenes scriptus (Risso, 1822)

60 

Alpheus scriptus Risso, 1822:247 

Nice, France 

IPericlimenes elegans Gourret 

Urocaris de Manx 

Periclimenes setirostris Bruce, 1991b: 364, figs. 45-49 

Chesterfield Islands, 25°32.8'S, 159°46.1'E; 300 m 

Periclimenes (Periclimenes) setoensis Fuji no and 

Miyake, 1969a: 149, figs. 4, 5 

Shiso-jima, Tanabe-wan, Wakayama pref., Japan; 5 m 

= Periclimenes sinensis 

150. Periclimenes seychellensis Borradaile, 1915 

Periclimenes (Falciger) seychellensis Borradaile, 

1915:212 

Praslin, Seychelles 

151. Periclimenes sibogae Holthuis, 1952 

Periclimenes (Harpilius) sibogae Holthuis, 1952c:73, 

figs. 28, 29 

Anchorage at Kepulauan Banda, Indonesia; 9-36 m 

Periclimenes signatus Kemp, 1925 

Periclimenes (Periclimenes) signatus Kemp, 

1925:322, figs. 16, 17 

Andaman Islands 

•152. Periclimenes sinensis Bruce, 1969b:270 

Hong Kong; on alcyonarian 

153. Periclimenes soror NobiU, 1904:232 

Djibouti 

Periclimenes (Cristiger) frater 

Periclimenes bicolor 

154. Periclimenes spinifer De Man, 1902 

Periclimenes petitthouarsii var. spinifera De Man, 

1902:824 

Ternate, Pulau Damar-Besar, Teluk Djakarta, Ambon, 

Indonesia, and Tahiti, French Polynesia 

Periclimenes suvadivensis Borradaile, 1915 

Periclimenes (Falciger) suvadivensis Borradaile, 

1915:212 

Suvadiva Atoll, Maldive Islands 

Periclimenes Unellus (Smith, 1882) 

Anchistia tenella Smith, 1882:55, pi. 9: fig. 1 

Continental slope off South Carolina; 32°07'N, 

78°37'05*W;419m 

•155. Periclimenes tenuipes Borradaile, 1898:384 

New Britain 

Periclimenes borradailei 

Periclimenes (Falciger) kolumadulensis 

Periclimenes tenuirostris Bruce, 1991a:247, figs. 

13-16 

New Caledonia; Grand Re"cif Sud; 22°35.1'S, 

166°59.5'E;82m 

156. Periclimenes teams Bruce, 1969b:272 

Chukwani, Zanzibar, 6°15.1'S, 39°12.7'E; 1 foot, on 

crinoid 

•157. Periclimenes toloensis Bruce, 1969b:275 

"Ap Chau," Tolo Channel, Hong Kong; 9-27 m 


Periclimenes tonga Bruce, 199Od:23, figs. 1-5 

Nuapapa Island, Tonga; on scyphozoan, Cassiopeia 

158. Periclimenes tosaensis Kubo, 1951 

Periclimenes (Ancylocaris) tosaenssis Kubo, 

1951:268, figs. 7, 8 

Tosa Bay, off Usa, Shikoku, Japan 

Periclimenes ungujaensis Bruce, 1969b:275 

Unguja Ukuu Pwani, Zanzibar; 6°18.8'S, 39°21.1'E; 1 

foot 

Periclimenes uniunguiculatus Bruce, 1990a: 167, figs. 

12-15, 39e 

New Caledonia; 23°06S, 167°47'E. 540-600 m 

Periclimenes vaubani Bruce, 1990:174, figs. 16-19, 

38a-d 

New Caledonia; 23°38'S, 167°42'E; 470 m 

Periclimenes veleronis Holthuis, 1951 

Periclimenes (Harpilius) veleronis Holthuis, 

1951a:67, pi. 20 

La Libertad, Ecuador, 7 m 

159. Periclimenes venustus Bruce, 1990f:230, figs. 1-6, 7a, 

8a 

Port Essington, Northern Australia; 3 m, on actiniarians 

Periclimenes vitiensis Borradaile, 1898:383 

Fiji 

= Periclimenes grandis 

Periclimenes watamuae Bruce, 1976d:16, figs. 5, 6 

Watamu Park, Kenya; 3°22.0'S, 4O°OO.5'E; 2 m, from 

alcyonarian 

Periclimenes yaldwyni Holthuis, 1959 

Brachycarpus audouini 

Brachycarpus Antonini 

Periclimenes batei Holthuis 

Periclimenes (Harpilius) yaldwyni Holthuis, 

1959:197 

Cook Strait, New Zealand 

Periclimenes yucatanicus (Ives, 1891) 

Palaemonella Yucatanica Ives, 1891:183, pi. 5: fig. 8 

Off Progreso, Estado de Yucatan, Mexico 

Periclimenes zanzibaricus Bruce, 1967a:62, figs. 26-29 

Fawatu Reef, Zanzibar; low tide, on echinoid, Echinothrix 

Periclimenes zerinae Duris. 1990b:4, figs. 3, 4 


52 m 

PER1CLIMENOIDES Bruce, 1990c:616 

Type species: Periclimenaeus odontodactylus 

•160. Periclimenoides odontodactylus (Fujino and Miyake, 

1968) 

Periclimenaeus odontodactylus Fujino and Miyake, 

1968b:85,figs. 1,2 

Ushitaka, Amakusa Island, Japan 

*PH1LARWS Holthuis, I952c:5, 15, 151

NUMBER 543 61 

Type species: Harpilius Gerlachei 

*161. PhUarius gerlachei (Nobili, 1905) 

Harpilius Gerlachei Nobili, 1905b: 160 

Northeast of Arzanah Island, Persian Gulf 

162. PhUarius imperialis (Kubo, 1940) 

Harpilius imperialis Kubo, 1940c:l, figs. 1-3 

"Nankin-Hama," Haha-Jima, Bonin Islands 

PhUarius lifuensis (Borradaile, 1898) 

Periclimenes lifuensis Borradaile, 1898:384 

Lifou, Loyalty Islands 

PhUarius lophos —See lschnopontonia lophos 

PLATYCARIS Holthuis, 1952c:5, 16, 172 

Type species: Platycaris latirostris 

163. Platycaris latirostris Holthuis, 1952c: 173, figs. 85, 86 

Ende, Flores, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia 

PLATYPONTONIA Bruce, 1968b:289 

Type species: Pontonia! brevirostris 

Platypontonia brevirostris (Miers, 1884) 

Pontonia? brevirostris Miers, 1884:562, pi. 51: fig. B 

Seychelles; 22m, in "clamp shells" 

164. Platypontonia hyotis Hipeau-Jacquotte, 1971:126, figs. 

1-7 

Near TUle'ar, southwestern Madagascar, in bivalve 

mollusk, Pycnodonta 

Platypontonia pterostreae 

Platypontonia pterostreae Suzuki, 1971:5, figs. 3, 4, 

pi. 3 

Hatsu-shima, Sagami Bay, Honshu, Japan; in bivalve 

mollusk, Pterostrea 

= Platypontonia hyotis 

PLESIOPONTONIA Bruce, 1985b:248 

Type species: Plesiopontonia monodi 

165. Plesiopontonia monodi Bruce, 1985b:250, figs. 15-17 

Balayan Bay, southern Luzon, Philippines; 13°49.6'N, 

120°51'E; 299-320 m 

PLIOPONTONIA Bruce, 1973b:97 

Type species: Pliopontonia furtiva 

166. Pliopontonia furtiva Bruce, 1973b:99, figs. 1-5, pi. 1 

Ras Iwatine, Mombasa, Kenya; 4°00.55'S, 

39°44.17'E; 1 m, on coralliomorph zoantharian, 

Rhodactis 

PONTON ELLA Heller, 1856:629 

Type species: Pontonella glabra 

= TYPTON 

Pontonella glabra Heller, 1856:634, pi. 9 

Zadar, Yugoslavia 

= Typton spongicola 

*PONTONIA Latreille, 1829:96 

Type species: Palaemon pinnophylax 

ALC1OPE 

Pontonia anachoreta Kemp, 1922:264, figs. 93-95 

Off Madras coast; 37 m, in ascidian 

Pontonia ardeae Bruce, 1981d:113, figs. 1-8 

Wistari Reef, Heron Island, Capricorn Group, Queen- 

sland, Australia; 23°27.5'S, 151°55.0'E; 18-21 m, 

in bivalve mollusk, Chama 

P[ontonia] armata—See Paranchistus armatus 

167. Pontonia ascidicola Borradaile, 1898:389 

Blanche Bay, New Britain; in ascidian 

Pontonia biunguiculata Paulson, 1875:111, pi. 15: fig. 1 

Red Sea 

= Conchodytes nipponensis 

Pontonia? brevirostris—See Platypontonia brevirostris 

Pontonia californiensis Rathbun, 1902:902 

Off Santa Cruz Island, California; 34°00'N, 

119°29'30"W;55m 

Pontonia chimaera Holthuis, 195la: 125, pi. 39 

West of El Cocal, Isla Pedro Gonzalez, Archipielago 

de las Perlas, Panama; subtidal, in mantle cavity of 

young bivalve mollusk, Strombus galeatus 

Pontonia custos Gue"rin-M6neville, 1832:366, pi. 37: 

fig. 1 


Pontonia (Harpilius) dentata Richters, 1880:165, pi. 17: 

figs. 36-38 

Hot Fouquets, Mauritius, Indian Ocean 

= HarpUiopsis beaupresu 

Pontonia Diazonae Joliet, 1882:118 

Mediterranean Sea; in ascidian 


Pontonia domestica Gibbes, 1850:196 

South Carolina 

Pontonia occidentalis 

Pontonia flavomaculata Heller, 1864:51 

Adriatic Sea 

Alciope heterochela 

Pontonia phallusiae 

Pontonia diazonae 

Pontonia grayi Rathbun, 1901:122 

San Juan, Puerto Rico 

= Pontonia mexicana 

Pontonia heterochelis Gue'rin-Me'neville, 1832:37 [cited 

as manuscript name] 


Pontonia hurti Holthuis, 1981:796, fig. 4 

Arno Atoll, Marshall Islands; from mantle cavity of 

bivalve mollusk, Spondylus 

Pontonia inflata H. Milne Edwards, 1840:633 

Sri Lanka and "Vanicoso" [= Vanikoro, Santa Cruz 

Islands] 


168. Pontonia katoi Kubo, 1940b:55, figs. 21-23 

Off Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan; in branchial 

cavity of ascidian, Halocynthia 

Pontonia longispina Holthuis, 195la: 128, pi. 40 

"Puerto Refugio," Isla Angel de la Guardia, Golfo de 

California; shore, rocky reef 

P[ontoniaJ macropthalma—See Coralliocaris

62 

macrophthalma 

Pontonia maculata Stimpson, 1860:38 

Bonin Islands, in bivalve mollusk, Tridacna 


Pontonia maldivensis—See Pontonides maldivensis 

Pontonia margarita Smith, 1869b:245 

Bay of Panama 

Coralliocaris Camerani 

Pontonia medipacifica Edmondson, 1935:6, fig. 2 

Midway Island; shallow water 

Pontonia mexicana GueYin-Mdneville, 1855:xix, pi. 2: 

fig. 12 

Atlantic coast of Mexico 

Pontonia grayi 

Pontonia minuta Baker, 1907:189, pi. 24: figs. 9-12 

South Australia 

Pontonia miserabUis Holthuis, 195la: 148, pi. 47d-i 

Off Vieques Island, Puerto Rico; 29 m, coral 

Pontonia monnioti Bruce, 1990a: 183, figs. 21-24, 

38e-h, 39i,j 

Chesterfield Islands; 24°46.6'S, 159°40.3'E; 285 m, in 

ascidian, Ascidia 

Pontonia occidentalis Gibbes, 1848; app; xvi [nomen 

nudum] 

= Pontonia domestica 

*169. Pontonia okai Kemp, 1922:261, figs. 89-92 

Off Cape Negrais, Burma; 15°2SV, 93°45 / E; 73-126 

m, in ascidian, Ascidia 

Pontonia parasitica P. Roux, 1831:26 

Peloponnesus, Greece; in bivalve moilusk, Pinna 


Pontonia phallusiae Marion, 1879:226 

Marseille 


Pontonia pinnae Lockington, 1878:163 

Bahia de Los Angeles, Bahia de Mulege, and Isla San 

Jose, Gulf of California 

Pontonia pinnae Ortmann, 1894:16, pi. 1: fig. 3 [not 

Pontonia pinnae Lockington, 1878] 

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; in bivalve mollusk, Pinna 

- Anchistus custos 

Pontonia pinnophylax (Otto, 1821) 

Palaemon pinnophylax Otto, 1821:12 

Naples, in bivalve mollusk, Pinna 

Pontonia par asitica 

Pontonia custos Gue'rin-Me'neville 

Pontonia heterochelis Gu6rin-M€neville 

Pontonia pulsatrix Nardo, 1847:5, 6, 35 

Gulf of Venice 

= Typton spongicola 

Pontoniapusilla Holthuis, 195la: 142, pi. 45 

Isla Salango, Ecuador, 6 m 

Pontonia quadratophthalma—See Onycocaris 

quadratophthalma 


Pontonia quasipusilla Chace, 1972b:41, fig. 10 

Charlotte Point, Enflish Harbour, Antigua, Leeward 

Islands 

170. Pontonia sibogae Bruce, 1972c: 182, fig. 1 

Curtis Channel, Port Curtis, Queensland, Australia; in 

ascidian, Styela whiteleggei 

Pontonia simplex Holthuis, 195la: 135, pi. 42 

Bahia Tenacatita, Estado de Jalisco, Mexico; lagoon, 

in bivalve mollusks, Pinna 

Pontonia spighti Fujino, 1972:293, figs. 1-3 

"Playa del Coco," Costa Rica; sublittoral, in ascidian, 

Rhopalaea 

171. Pontonia stylirostris Holthuis, 1952c: 169, figs. 82-84 

Between Pulau Misool and New Guinea; 1°42.5S, 

130°47.5W;32m 

Pontonia unidens Kingsley, 1880:422, pi. 14: fig. 9 


Pontonia Vagans Gourret, 1888:39 

Golfe de Marseille between Tie de Tiboulen and Port 

de Mejean; 64 m 

?= Typton spongicola 

*PONTONIDES Borradaile, 1917:387 

Type species: Pontonia maldivensis 

Pontonides maldivensis (Borradaile, 1915) 

Pontonia maldivensis Borradaile, 1915:213 

Fadiffolu Atoll, Maldive Islands 

Pontonides sympathes De Ridder and Holthuis, 

1979:101, figs. 1-3 

Punta Pitt, northeast coast of Isla San Cristobal, 

Galapagos Islands; 8 m, on antipatharian Antipathes 

galapagensis 

Pontonides unciger Caiman, 1939:213, figs. 6, 7 

Southern Red Sea; 13°31'N, 42°31'E; 55 m 

PONTONIOPSIS Borradaile, 1915:207 

Type species: Pontoniopsis comanthi 

172. Pontoniopsis comanthi Borradaile, 1915:213 

Torres Strait, on crinoid, Comanthus 

Pontoniopsis paulae Gore, 1981:139, fig. 1 

Carysfort Reef, off Key Largo, Monroe County, 

Florida; 25°10.30'N, 80° 12.82'W; 62.5 m, on 

ventral surface of echinoid, Meoma ventricosa 

PROPONTONIA Bruce, 1969c: 141 

Type species: Propontonia pellucida 

Propontonia pellucida Bruce, 1969c: 142, figs. 1-5 

Remire Reef, Amirante Isles, Seychelles; 5°04'S, 

53°22'E; 1.5 m, on alcyonarian Sarcophyton 

crassicaule 

PSEUDOCOUTIEREA Holthuis, 195la: 11, 182 

Type species: Pseudocoutierea elegans 

Pseudocoutierea antillensis Chace, 1972b:43, fig. 11 

Saba Bank, Leeward Islands; 17°28TSf, 63°13^; 13 m 

Pseudocoutierea conchae Criales, 1981:174, fig. 1 

1 l°18 / N,74°10'W; 15 m, on alcyonarian, Leptogorgia 

Pseudocoutierea edentata Criales, 1981:168, figs. 2-5

Part 2 - AToL Decapoda

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