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Issue: Vol. 2983 No. 1: 3 Aug. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-08-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2983.1.4
Page range: 57–68
Abstract views: 30
PDF downloaded: 1

Periclimenaeus echinimanus sp. nov. (Crustacea: Decapoda: Pontoniinae), a new species from the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea

Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Ostrava, Chittussiho 10, 710 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic
Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Ostrava, Chittussiho 10, 710 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic Department of Ecology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Charles University, Viničná 7, 128 44 Prague, Czech Republic
Marine Science Station, Aqaba, Jordan
Crustacea Decapoda Pontoniinae Periclimenaeus echinimanus new species Red Sea sponge symbiont

Abstract

A new species of sponge-associated pontoniine shrimp from the northeastern Red Sea is described and illustrated. The new species is closely related to Periclimenaeus rhodope, but can be easily distinguished from the latter by the dense spinulation of the second pereiopod chelae. The new species is placed in the Periclimenaeus robustus species group, on account of the presence of the anterodorsal median lobe on the first abdominal segment. The new species is the first representative of the genus reported from a discrete Red Sea locality.

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