Species Nikoides maldivensis Borradaile, 1915

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• Nikoides maldivensis Borradaile, L.A. 1915. Notes on Carides. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 15: 205-213 [209].

  Type data:

   Holotype UMZC ♀, Amirante Islands.

  Type locality 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 [36].
• Processa jacobsoni de Man, J.G. 1921. On three macrurous decapod Crustacea, one of which is new to science. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 6: 92-96 [95].

  Type data:

   Holotype RMNH D2487 ♂, Sinabang, Simalur Island, Sumatra, Indonesia.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [36]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

NE Herald Cay; East Africa to Indonesia, and central Pacific.

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, reef flat, shallow subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

On dead coral.

General References

Davie, P.J.F. & Short, J.W. 2001. Decapod Crustacea of North East Cay, Herald Cays, Coral Sea. pp. 75-86 in Comben, L. (ed.). Herald Cays Scientific Study Report, Geography Monograph Series No. 6. Brisbane : The Royal Geographical Society of Queensland Inc. 168 pp. [76] (first Australian record)

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