Species Vir orientalis (Dana, 1852)
- Palaemonella orientalis Dana, J.D. 1852. Conspectus Crustaceorum quae in Orbis Terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes e classe Reipublicae Foederatae Duce, lexit et descripsit. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 6: 10-28 [26].
Type data:
Holotype ♀ (lost), Mari suluensi [Sulu Sea].
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west central Pacific Oceans.
IMCRA
Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Commensal, coral reef, shallow subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Associated with scleractinian corals of genus Pocillopora.
General References
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 [131]
Holthuis, L.B. 1952. The Palaemonidae collected by the Siboga and Snellius expeditions with remarks on other species II. Subfamily Pontoniinae. Siboga-Expéditie Report 39a 10: 1-254 [8, 30]
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) |