Abstract
A new species of scleractinian coral associating pontoniine shrimp, Philarius rufulus sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on a single ovigerous female from Ryukyu Islands.References
Bruce, A. J. (1982) Notes on some Indo-Pacific Pontoniinae. XL The rediscovery of Periclimenes lifuensis Borradaile, 1898 (Decapoda, Pontoniinae) and the establishment of its systematic position. Crustaceana, 42(2), 158–173.
Holthuis, L.B. (1952) The Decapoda of the Siboga Expedition, part XI: The Palaemonidae collected by the Siboga and Snellius expeditions with remarks on other species, part II. Subfamily Pontoniinae. Siboga-Expeditie. Vol. 39a10. Los Angeles, California, 254pp.
Kubo, I. (1940) A new shrimp, Harpilius imperialis. Journal of the Imperial Fisheries Institute, 34, 1–4.
Kingsley, J.S. (1878) List of the North American Crustacea belonging to the sub-order Caridea. Bulletin of the Essex Institute, 10(4,5,6), 53–71.
Marin, I. & Anker, A. (2011) A partial revision of the Philarius gerlachei (Nobili, 1905) species complex (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palaemonidae), with description of four new species. Zootaxa, 2781, 1–28.
Marin, I. (2012) A new species of pontoniine shrimp genus Philarius Holthuis, 1952 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae) from the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. Zootaxa, 3182, 43–50.
Rafinesque, C.S. (1815) Analyse de la Nature ou Tableau de l'Univers et des Corps organisés. Palermo, 224 pp.