Species Manipontonia psamathe (de Man, 1902)
- Urocaris psamathe de Man, J.G. 1902. Die von Herrn Professor Kükenthal im Indischen Archipel gesammelten Dekapoden und Stomatopoden. In, Kükenthal, W. Ergebnisse einer Zoologischen Forschungsreise in den Molukken und Borneo. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 25: 467-929 pls 19-27 [816 pl. 25 fig. 51].
Type data:
Holotype SMF 8530 ♀, Ternate, Moluccan Islands, Indonesia.
Paratype(s) QM W26808 (16 specimens), Heron Island, Capricorn Coast, QLD.Type host:
Lytocarpus phillippinus (Kirchenpauer, 1842)
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-West Pacific Oceans (Eastern Africa to Japan, Philippines, New Caledonia and Marshall Islands).
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, sublittoral.
Extra Ecological Information
Associated with the hydroid Lytocarpus philippinus, depths 24 to 84 m; other hosts include: gorgonians, antipatharians, alcyonarians & other hydroids; sometimes found with other pontoniine shrimps on same host species.
General References
Bruce, A.J. 1981. Pontoniine shrimps of Heron Island. Atoll Research Bulletin 245: 1-33 [19] (Australian record)
Bruce, A.J. 2008. Palaemonoid shrimps from the Australian north west shelf. Zootaxa 1815: 1-24 [9] (first record from NW shelf, WA)
Bruce, A.J., Okuno, J. & Li, X. 2005. Manipontonia gen. nov., a new pontoniine shrimp genus for Periclimenes psamathe (De Man) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae). Zootaxa 926: 1-11 [6]
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) |