Species Nikoides steinii (Edmondson, 1935)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Processa steinii Edmondson, C.H. 1935. New and rare Polynesian Crustacea. Occasional Papers of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 10(24): 3-40 figs 1-11 pls 1-2 [3 fig. 1 a-i].

  Type data:

   Holotype BPBM No. S3918 ♀ (incorrectly originally reported as male), Maui, Hawai'ian Archipelago.
• Nikoides nanus Chace, F.A., Jr 1955. Notes on shrimps from the Marshall Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 105(3349): 1-21, 8 pls [8 fig. 4 a-u].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 94741 ♂, Reunit Island, Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands.
  Paratype(s) whereabouts unknown ♀.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hayashi, K.I. 1975. The Indo-West Pacific Processidae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Caridea). Journal of the Shimonoseki University of Fisheries 24(1): 47-145 [69]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Cartier Reef, Indo-west Pacific Oceans (east Africa to Hawai'i).

Other Regions

Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, low intertidal, shallow subtidal.

General References

Bruce, A.J. 1993. Crustacea — Caridea. pp. 69-70, 128-131 in Russell, B.C. & Hanley, J.R. (eds). The Marine Biological Resources and Heritage Values of Cartier and Hibernia Reefs, Timor Sea. Report of the Northern Territory Museum Cartier and Hibernia Reefs Expedition, May 1992. Darwin : Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 180-26 pls. [131]

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