• Processa Leach, W.E. 1815. Malacostraca Podophthalmata Britanniae; or descriptions of the British species of Crabs, Lobsters, Prawns, and of other Malacostraca with pedunculated eyes ... Illustrated with coloured figures of all the species by James Sowerby, F.L.S. G.S. W.S. &c. Nos I–VI. London : James Sowerby pls I, II, IV, VIII, XIV, XV, XVII, XIX, XXII, XXIII, XXVI, XXVIII, XXIX, XXX, XL, XLI. [explanation of pl. 41] [name placed on the Official Index of Generic Names in Zoology, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1956. Opinion 434. Use of the Plenary Powers to secure that the name Upegebia [Leach], [1814], and Processa Leach, [1815], shall be the oldest names for the genera in question and that the family-group names based on these generic names shall be the oldest available names for the family-group taxa concerned. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 14: 403–424; gender feminine].

  Type species:

   Processa canaliculata Leach, 1815 by monotypy.

  Secondary source:

   International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1956. Opinion 434. Use of the Plenary Powers to secure that the name Upegebia [Leach], [1814], and Processa Leach, [1815], shall be the oldest names for the genera in question and that the family-group names based on these generic names shall be the oldest available names for the family-group taxa concerned. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 14: 403-424.
• Thalassalpes Bosc, L.A.G. 1813. Essai historique sur les crustacés de la mer de Nice par M. RISSO (extrait d'un rapport fait par M. Bosc à l'Institut en 1812). Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris 3(66): 233-234 [Date published March 1813] [233] [name suppressed under the plenary powers of the ICZN for the purposes of the Principle of Priority, but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy, and placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1956. Opinion 434. Use of the Plenary Powers to secure that the name Upegebia [Leach], [1814], and Processa Leach, [1815], shall be the oldest names for the genera in question and that the family-group names based on these generic names shall be the oldest available names for the family-group taxa concerned. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 14: 403–424; gender masculine].

  Type species:

   Nika edulis Risso, 1816 by subsequent designation, see Holthuis, L.B. 1955. The recent genera of the caridean and stenopodidean shrimps (Class Crustacea, Order Decapoda, Supersection Natantia) with keys for their determination. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 26: 1-157 [85].

  Secondary source:

   International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1956. Opinion 434. Use of the Plenary Powers to secure that the name Upegebia [Leach], [1814], and Processa Leach, [1815], shall be the oldest names for the genera in question and that the family-group names based on these generic names shall be the oldest available names for the family-group taxa concerned. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 14: 403-424.
• Nika Risso, A. 1816. Histoire naturelle des Crustacés des environs de Nice. Paris. pp. 84-175 pls 1-3 [84] [gender feminine].

  Type species:

   Nika edulis Risso, 1816 by subsequent designation, see Milne Edwards, H. 1837. Les Crustacés. 278 pp., Atlas, pls 1-80 in Cuvier, G. (ed.). Le Règne Animal, distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux, et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Paris : Déterville 278 pp., Atlas, pls 1-80. [see Manning, R.B. & Holthuis, L.B. 1981. West African Brachyuran Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 306: i–xii, 1–379 figs 1–88, 2 appendices [369] for the dates of the 23 issues of this work] [pl. 52 fig. 1].
• Velocina Gistel, J. 1848. Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs für höhere schulen bearbeitet. Stuttgart xvi 216 pp., 32 pls. [x] [nom. nov. for Processa Leach, 1815; gender feminine].

  Type species:

   Processa canaliculata Leach, 1815 by monotypy.
• ?Chiereghina Nardo, G.D. 1869. Annotazioni illustranti cinquantaquattro specie di Crostacei podottalmi, endottalmi e succhiatori del Mare Adriatico, alcune delle quali nuove o male conosciute, accompagnate da trentatre figure litografate, e precedute dalla storis della carcinologia Adriatica antica e recente. Memorie del Reale Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti 14: 217-343 pls 12-15 [pp. 1–127, pls 1–4 on reprint of 1869] [320] [gender feminine].

  Type species:

   Cancer pellucidus Nardo, 1847 by monotypy (probably = Nika edulis Risso, 1816).
• Hectarthropus Spence Bate, C. 1888. Report on the Crustacea Macrura collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 24: 1-942, i-xc figs 1-76 pls 1-150 [889] [gender masculine].

  Type species:

   Hectarthropus expansus Bate, 1888 by subsequent designation, see Holthuis, L.B. 1955. The recent genera of the caridean and stenopodidean shrimps (Class Crustacea, Order Decapoda, Supersection Natantia) with keys for their determination. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 26: 1-157 [117].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Holthuis, L.B. 1993. The Recent Genera of the Caridean and Stenopodidean Shrimps (Crustacea, Decapoda). Alblasserdam : Ridderprint Offsetdrukkerij B.V. 328 pp. [259]
• De Grave, S. & Fransen, C.H.J.M. 2011. Carideorum Catalogus: The recent species of the Dendrobrachiate, Stenopodidean, Procarididean and Caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 85(9): 195-589, figs 1-59 [437]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific Oceans.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Distribution References

History of changes

• Nika aequimana Paul'son, O.M. 1875. Studies on Crustacea of the Red Sea with Notes regarding other Seas. Part I. Podophthalmata and Edriophthalmata (Cumacea). Jerusalem : The Israel Program for Scientific Translations 164 pp. 21 pls. [reissued and translated by F.D. Por, 1961] [97 pl. 14 fig, 6, 6a].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Red Sea.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific Oceans.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, littoral, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 2–10 m.

General References

Bruce, A.J. 1983. Additions to the marine fauna of the Northern Territory. 1. Decapoda crustacea: Caridea and Stenopodidea. The Beagle. Occasional Papers of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 1(5): 41-49 [46]

History of changes

• Processa australiensis Baker, W.H. 1907. Notes on South Australian Decapod Crustacea. Part V. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 31(5): 173-191 pls 23-25 [185 pl. 25 fig. 2-2e].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) SAMA, South Australian coast.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific Oceans (Seychelle Ils, Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia).

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Pelagic, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 13–32 m.

History of changes

• Processa compacta Crosnier, A. 1971. Sur quelques crustacés décapodes ouest-africaines nouveaux ou rarement signalés. Zoologie Bulletin du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (3) 9: 569-595 [577].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, (10 m), Congo, baie de Pointe-Noire.
• Processa barnardi Hayashi, K.I. 1975. The Indo-West Pacific Processidae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Caridea). Journal of the Shimonoseki University of Fisheries 24(1): 47-145 [92 figs 15a-m, 16a-d].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA 1114 ♀, South Africa.
  Paratype(s) RMNH D7244 1♂, Gulf St Vincent, SA.

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

South Africa, West Pakistan.

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Ecological Descriptors

Pelagic, sublittoral.

History of changes

• Processa dimorpha Hayashi, K.I. 1975. The Indo-West Pacific Processidae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Caridea). Journal of the Shimonoseki University of Fisheries 24(1): 47-145 [102 fig. 21].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZLKU 13771 ♀, Ainoshima Is., off Shingu, Fukuoka Province, Japan.
  Paratype(s) ZLKU ♂, off Asamushi, Aomori Bay, Aomori Prefecture, Japan; ZLKU 13699–13700 2♂, off Shingu, Fukuoka Province, Japan; ZLKU 9426 ♂, off Shingu, Fukuoka Province, Japan; ZLKU 13772 6♂ 13♀, Ainoshima Is., off Shingu, Fukuoka Province, Japan; ZLKU ♀, Tomioka Bay, Amakusa Islands, Kumamotu Prefecture, Japan; RMNH D17054 ♂ ♀, Vietnam.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

West Pacific (Japan, Vietnam).

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Epibenthic, low intertidal, shallow subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Associated with seagrass and algal beds, depth to 14 m.

General References

Wadley, V.A. 1978. A checklist and illustrated key to the epibenthic shrimps (Decapoda: Natantia) of Moreton Bay, Queensland. CSIRO (Aust.) Division of Fisheries and Oceanography Report 99: 1-24, figs 1-10 [21] (Australian record)

History of changes

• Processa gracilis Baker, W.H. 1907. Notes on South Australian Decapod Crustacea. Part V. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 31(5): 173-191 pls 23-25 [187 pl. 25 fig. 3-3c].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA ♂, South Australian coast.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, pelagic.

History of changes

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

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf.

Extra Ecological Information

100-107 m

History of changes

• Processa sulcata Hayashi, K.I. 1975. The Indo-West Pacific Processidae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Caridea). Journal of the Shimonoseki University of Fisheries 24(1): 47-145 [134 fig. 34].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZLKU 13900 ♀, Ainoshima, Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan.
  Paratype(s) ZLKU 13890 2♂ 2♀, Japan; ZLKU ♂ 3♀, Japan; ZLKU 13901 2♂ ♀, Ainoshima, Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan; ZLKU 13899 ♀, Japan; ZLKU 13860 16♂ 14♀, Japan; ZLKU 13843 7♂ 10♀, Japan; ZLKU 13896 ♂ 2♀, Japan; ZLKU 13894 ♂ ♀, Japan; RMNH D991 1 specimen (also paralectotype of Nika japonica De Haan, 1844), Japan; RMNH D29897 ♀, Vietnam; ZMA ♂ ♀, Java, Indonesia.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific (South Africa, Madagascar, southern Arabia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Japan).

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Epibenthic, low intertidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Typically in seagrass beds, algal beds, and associated with sessile invertebrate fouling, depth 0–123 m.

General References

Wadley, V.A. 1978. A checklist and illustrated key to the epibenthic shrimps (Decapoda: Natantia) of Moreton Bay, Queensland. CSIRO (Aust.) Division of Fisheries and Oceanography Report 99: 1-24, figs 1-10 [21] (Australian record)

History of changes