Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Caridea - Palaemonidae - Periclimenella

Periclimenella spinifera (De Man, 1902)



Distribution : Li & Bruce (2006) - Type locality: Ternate, Ambon, Indonesia. Also known from Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar, Seychelles, La Réunion, Maldives, Chagos Islands, Gulf of Mannar, Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands, Burma, Malaya, Singapore, Vietnam, South China Sea, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland), Mariannas Islands, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, Marshall Islands, Fiji, Samoan Islands, and French Polynesia (Society Islands).

Selected Reference(s)
Periclimenes spiniferus. - Odinetz, O., 1983: 207. [ident. A.J. Bruce] - French Polynesia
Periclimenella spinifera. - Poupin, J., 1998: 15. - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Society (Moorea, Tahiti); Tuamotu (Takapoto) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Coral facultative associate (Gen. Pocillopora).

Regional Records: Anchistia inaequimana - Heller, 1865 : 109 (Tahiti) = ? Periclimenella spinifera fide Bruce (Personal communication). - Periclimenes spiniferus - Odinetz, 1983: 207 (Moorea, Tahiti, Takapoto; non obligate coral Pocillopora associate). - Odinetz-Collart & Richer de Forges, 1985: 201 (Moorea, Tahiti, Takapoto; in coral Pocillopora). - Periclimenella spinifera - Duris & Bruce, 1995: 656, fig. 19-20 (New combination; free-living, and associated with corals of the genera Acropora, Millepora, Pavona, Pocillopora, Porites and Seriatopora, or with a hydroid Millepora tenera). - Bruce, 1998: 40 (Key; host genera: various). - Poupin, 1998: 15 (Checklist). - Field observation - Moorea fieldwork December 2006, coll. Poupin (Papetoai lagoon, 0.1 m, fringing reef, coral rubbles), det. Poupin, specimens (MNHN) and color photograph - Synonyms - Anchistia inaequimana Heller.


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



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