Species Paranchistus pycnodontae Bruce, 1978
- Paranchistus pycnodontae Bruce, A.J. 1978. Paranchistus pycnodontae sp. nov., a new pontoniine shrimp associated with an Ostreid Bivalve host. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 18(2): 233-243 pl. 39 [233 pl. 39].
Type data:
Holotype QM W7337 ♀, Heron Island, QLD. - Paranchistus serenei Bruce, A.J. 1983. Expedition Rumphius 2 (1975). Crustaces parasites, commensaux, etc. (Th. Monod ed.) 9. Crustaces decapodes (1ère partie: Natantia Pontoniinae). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] Sect. A 5(3): 871-902 [890 figs 7H-I, 9].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP ♂, Seleman Bay, Seram Is., Indonesia.
Paratype(s) MNHP Na5281 ♀ (as allotype); MNHP Na5282 ♂.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- De Grave, S. 1999. Pontoniinae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae) associated with bivalve molluscs from Hansa Bay, Papua New Guinea. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 69: 125-141 [138]
- Davie, P. 2002. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Phyllocarida, Hoplocarida, Eucarida (Part 1). In Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.3A. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia xii 551 pp. [318] (A.J. Bruce, pers. comm., believes that this synonymy can only be confirmed by the examination of a greater range of specimens of both species)
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Papua New Guinea.
IMCRA
Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, low intertidal, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Found in mantle cavity of the bivalve molluscs, Ostrea cristagalli, Hyotissa hyotis and Magnavicula penguin, depth 3–10 m.
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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| 22-Jul-2013 | 22-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |