Species Ancylomenes magnificus (Bruce, 1979)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Periclimenes magnificus Bruce, A.J. 1979. Notes on some Indo-Pacific Pontoniinae, XXXI Periclimenes magnificus sp. nov., a coelenterate associate from the Capricorn Islands (Decapoda, Palaemonidae). Crustaceana Suppl. 5: 195-208 [195 figs 1-5, pl. 1a-c].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P27106 ♀, Wistari Reef, Heron Island, Capricorn Islands, QLD.
  Paratype(s) RMNH D31957 1 specimen, Wistari Reef, Heron Island, Capricorn Group, QLD.

  Secondary source:

   Okuno, J. & Bruce, J. 2010. Designation of Ancylomenes gen. nov. for the 'Pericimenes aesopius species group' (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae), with the description of a new species and a checklist of congeneric species. Zootaxa 2372: 85-105 [99].

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

East Indo-west Pacific Oceans (Ryukyu Islands, Philippines, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, Thailand and New Caledonia).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Associated with scleractinian corals and sea anemones (genus Cerianthus), depths to 29 m.

 

General References

Bruce, A.J. & Coombes, K.E. 1995. The palaemonoid shrimp fauna (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) of the Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 12: 101-144 [132]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Jul-2013		22-Jul-2013	MODIFIED
07-Jun-2011		07-Jun-2011	MOVED
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