Species Unguicaris novaecaledoniae (Bruce, 1968)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Periclimenes novaecaledoniae Bruce, A.J. 1968. A report on some Pontoniid shrimps from New Caledonia (Crustacea Decapoda Natantia). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 39(2): 1148-1171 [1157 figs 6-9].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP Na.6182, Ilôt Maitre, Nouméa, New Caledonia.

  Secondary source:

   Marin, I. N. & Chan, T-Y 2006. Two new genera and a new species of crinoid-associated pontoniine shrimps (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae). Journal of Crustacean Biology 26(4): 524-539.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

New Caledonia, and, with reservation, from Madagascar.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Ecological Descriptors

Commensal, coral reef, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Associated with the crinoids, Lamprometra klunzingeri and Tropiometra afra.

 

General References

Bruce, A.J. & Coombes, K.E. 1995. The palaemonoid shrimp fauna (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) of the Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 12: 101-144 [132]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Jul-2013		22-Jul-2013	MODIFIED
07-Jun-2011		07-Jun-2011	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)