Species Thaumastocaris streptopus Kemp, 1922
- Thaumastocaris streptopus Kemp, S. 1922. Notes on Crustacea Decapoda in the Indian Museum. Part XV. Pontoniinae. Records of the Indian Museum XXIV: 113-288 pls 3-9 [244 figs 78-80].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP Na1978 ♂, Noumea, New Caledonia.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west central Pacific Oceans (East Africa and Marshall Islands).
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, sublittoral.
Extra Ecological Information
Obligatory associate of sponges, and reported from species of Acarnus, Arenochalina, Callyspongia, Haliclona, Leucetta and Petrosia, to 141 m depth.
General References
Bruce, A.J. 1976. Shrimps and prawns of coral reefs, with special reference to commensalism. pp. 37-94 figs 1-21 in Jones, O. & Endean, R. (eds). Biology and Geology of Coral Reefs. New York : Academic Press Vol. 3(2) xxi 345 pp.
Bruce, A.J. 1981. Pontoniine shrimps of Heron Island. Atoll Research Bulletin 245: 1-33 [23] (Australian record)
History of changes
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |