Species Lysmata amboinensis (De Man, 1888)
- Hippolysmata vittata amboinensis de Man, J.G. 1888. Bericht über die von Herrn Dr. J. Brock im indischen Archipel gesammelten Decapoden und Stomatopoden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 53(1): 215-600 pls 7-22, 22a [for publication date Clark, P.F., Harrison, K. & Goodman, S.L. 1990. Brock's Indian Archipelago Decapoda and Stomatopoda by De Man: 1887 or 1888?. Arch. Nat. Hist. 17(1): 79–80] [495].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMG 5 specimens (now probably in SMF), Ambon, Indonesia.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Eastern Australia south to at least Seal Rocks, NSW; Indo-west Pacific Oceans (east Africa, Red Sea, Indonesia, Gulf of Tonkin, north to Japan, east to Hawai'i and Society Ils).
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, rock reef, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Acts as a 'cleaner' for reef fishes.
General References
Chace, F.A., Jr 1997. The Caridean Shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Albatross Philippine Expedition, 1907–1910, Part 7: Families Atyidae, Eugonatonotidae, Rhynchocinetidae, Bathypalaemonellidae, Processidae, and Hippolytidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 587: i-v, 1-106 [74] (remarks on taxonomic status)
Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Williams, G.C. 1996. Coral Reef Animals of the Indo-Pacific. Animal life from Africa to Hawai'i exclusive of the vertebrates. Monterey, California : Sea Challengers 314 pp. [213] (colour photograph)
History of changes
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| 22-Jul-2013 | 22-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |