Species Periclimenes affinis (Zehntner, 1894)
- Palaemonella affinis Zehntner, L. 1894. Crustacés de l'Archipel malais. Voyage de MM.M. Bedot and C. Pictet dans l'Archipel malais. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 2: 135-214 pls 7-9 [208].
Type data:
Holotype GMNH ♀, Amboina [Ambon], Indonesia. - Periclimenes brocketti Borradaile, L.A. 1915. Notes on Carides. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 15: 205-213 [212].
Type data:
Holotype UMZC AR3.1920, Male Atoll, Maldive Islands.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Bruce, A.J. 1978. The re-examination of some pontiniine shrimp types first described by L.A. Borradaile (Decapoda, Palaemonidae). Crustaceana 34(3): 251-268 figs 1-9 [253] (redescribed and figured)
- Bruce, A.J. 2008. Genera crustaceorum et insectorum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 52(2): 89-98 [97-98]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
East Indo-west Pacific Oceans, South China Sea, New Caledonia.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, sublittoral.
Extra Ecological Information
In association with the crinoids Comatula cratera and Comanthina schlegeli, depths 25 to 30 m.
General References
Bruce, A.J. 1981. Pontoniine shrimps of Heron Island. Atoll Research Bulletin 245: 1-33 [12] (Australian record)
Holthuis, L.B. 1958. Contributions to the knowledge of the Red Sea. No 8. Crustacea Decapoda from the northern Red Sea (Gulf of Aqaba and Sinai Peninsula). I. Macrura. Bulletin of the Sea Fisheries Research Station, Israel 17: 1-40 15 figs [6]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 22-Jul-2013 | 22-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |