Species Paraclimenaeus spinicauda (Bruce, 1969)

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• Periclimenaeus spinicauda Bruce, A.J. 1969. Preliminary descriptions of ten new species of the genus Periclimenaeus Borradaile, 1915 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Natantia, Pontoniinae). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 44(12): 159-176 [164].

  Type data:

   Holotype RMNH D 25611 ♂, FRV “Cape Saint Mary”, Cr 2/63, stn 32, T/13, South China Sea [20°57.5'N 115°55'E –20°57.5'N 115°58.6'E].
• Apopontonia dubia Bruce, A.J. 1981. Notes on some Indo-Pacific Pontoniinae, XXXVIII. Apopontonia dubia sp. nov., from a southern Queensland sponge host. Crustaceana 41(3): 225-232 [225 figs 1-3].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P30718 ♀ (20 m), Shag Rock, E of North Stradbroke Island, QLD [27°25'S 153°32'E].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Bruce, A.J. 2009. Notes on some Indo-Pacific Pontoniinae, XLVII. Re-evaluation of the genera Apopontonia Bruce, 1976, Paraclimenaeus Bruce, 1988 and Climeniperaeus Bruce, 1996. Crustaceana 82(4): 493-504 [499]

Generic Combinations

• Paraclimenaeus spinicauda (Bruce, 1969). —
  Bruce, A.J. 2009. Notes on some Indo-Pacific Pontoniinae, XLVII. Re-evaluation of the genera Apopontonia Bruce, 1976, Paraclimenaeus Bruce, 1988 and Climeniperaeus Bruce, 1996. Crustaceana 82(4): 493-504 [499]

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, sub-littoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Host is a sponge, Ircinia echinata

History of changes