Species Urocaridella urocaridella (Holthuis, 1950)
- Leander urocaridella Holthuis, L.B. 1950. The Decapoda of the Siboga Expedition. Part X. The Palaemonidae collected by the Siboga and Snellius expeditions, with remarks on other species, Part I: Subfamily Palaemoninae. Siboga-Expéditie Report 39(a9): 1-268 figs 1-52 [28] [nom. nov. for Urocaridella gracilis (Borradaile, 1915), which is a junior secondary homonym; because Urocaridella has been re-instated as a valid name, removed from synonymy with Leander; this action does not revive the specific name gracilis as according to Art. 59(b) of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature 'a junior secondary homonym replaced before 1961 is permanently invalid'].
Type data:
Syntype(s) Maldive Islands. - Urocaridella gracilis Borradaile, L.A. 1915. Notes on Carides. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 15: 205-213 [210] [junior secondary homonym of Leander gracilis Smith, 1869].
Type data:
Syntype(s) CUMZ AR2.1921, Kohlumadulu, Haddumalti, and Suvadiva Atolls, Maldive Ils.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Chace, F.A., Jr & Bruce, A.J. 1993. The Caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Albatross Philippine Expedition, 1907–1910, Part 6: Superfamily Palaemonoidea. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 543: 1-152 [42]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory
Extra Distribution Information
East Indo-west Pacific Oceans (India, Andaman and Mergui Islands, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Caledonia).
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, reef.
Extra Ecological Information
Depths to 30 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 [744] (Australian record)
History of changes
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