Periclimenes macrorhynchia sp. nov., a new hydrozoan-associated pontoniine shrimp (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palaemonidae) from North East Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Authors :: Eilbracht J
Fransen CH
Source :: Zootaxa [Zootaxa] 2015 Aug 03; Vol. 3994 (3), pp. 377-95. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Aug 03.
Publication Year :: 2015
Abstract: A new species of pontoniine shrimp belonging to the 'Periclimenes obscurus species group' is described from the Berau Islands, North East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Specimens were obtained from aglaopheniid hydrozoans of the genus Macrorhynchia. The new species is here described and figured. Its affinities with related species are discussed and a DNA-barcode is provided.

Subjects :: Animal Structures anatomy & histology
Animal Structures growth & development
Animals
Body Size
Female
Hydrozoa physiology
Indonesia
Male
Organ Size
Palaemonidae anatomy & histology
Palaemonidae growth & development
Palaemonidae classification

Full Text Access

Tools