Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Caridea - Palaemonidae - Periclimenaeus

Periclimenaeus orbitocarinatus Fransen, 2006



Distribution : Li (2008: 218) - Type locality: Loyalty Is. Also recorded from Madagascar and Manado, Indonesia, French Polynesia (Tahiti); shallow water.

Selected Reference(s)
Periclimenaeus tridentatus. - Poupin, J., 1998: 15. [P. cf. tridentatus cf. A.J. Bruce pers. com.] - French Polynesia
Periclimenaeus orbitocarinatus. - Li, X., 2008: 218. - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Society (Moorea) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; collected in sea-weed Halimeda opuntia but reported to live in ascidian Lissoclinum verrilli (Van Name, 1902) and Didemnum sp. by Fransen (2006).

Regional Records: Periclimenaeus tridentatus - Naim, 1980a, annex 1-2 (Moorea; in sea-weed Halimeda opuntia). - Chace & Bruce: 1993: 92, 93 (Syn. & key). - Poupin, 1998: 15 (Checklist). - Periclimenaeus cf. tridentatus - Bruce personal communication (cf. remark). - Remark: According to Bruce, personal communication "I did get hold of the Naim Periclimenaeus tridentatus spms from Leiden and in my opinion they were definitely not that species. - Periclimenaeus orbitocarinatus - Li, 2008: 218 (Society Is. Tahiti, Moorea, barrier, reef of Tiahura, 17°9’S, 149°5’W, among Halimeda opuntia (L.) J.V.Lamour. (green alga, Cadiaceae, Chlorophyta), inner side of lagoon, 1978, collected and donated by O. Naim, 1 juvenile (cl 0.90 mm) (RMNH D 51737, not included in Fransen, 2006).


References : compilation of references cited in Poupin (1996, 1998, 2003) and Poupin et al. (2009) - PDF 412 Ko



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