Decapoda - Caridea - Palaemonidae - Palaemonella

Palaemonella pottsi (Borradaile, 1915)



World Distribution
Previously reported from Moalboal Island, Philippines (Bruce 1989a; Markham 1989), and from (Li & Bruce, 2006) - Noumea, New Caledonia (Bruce 1970c). Not previously recorded from Loyalty Islands. A well-known associate of the crinoid Comanthina schlegeli. Type locality: Mabuaig and Murray Islands, Torres Strait. Also known from Zanzibar, Singapore, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland), New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, and Marshall Islands.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with echinoderms

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 2-25 m

New Caledonia data
Li & Bruce, 2006: 663, New Caledonia: (vi) Touho Bank, 28 August 1993, 1 ovig. female (MNHN-Na 15863); (vii) lagoon, 30 August 1993, 1 male, 5 females (2 ovig.) (MNHN-Na 15889). Loyalty Islands: ATELIER LIFOU, Lifou, Santal Bay (viii) Gaatcha Bay, stn 1436, 10–20m, coral head, 10 November 2000, 1 male (MNHN-Na 15596); (ix) between Cap Mande and Cap Lefevre, stn 1452, 2–25 m, scuba, 20 and 22 November 2000, 1 ovig. Female (MNHN-Na 15483).

Lifou 2000 Nouvelle Caledonie, 1452 — Li X. & Bruce A.J., Journal of Natural History 40, 11,12: 611-738
Lifou 2000 Nouvelle Caledonie, 1436 — Li X. & Bruce A.J., Journal of Natural History 40, 11,12: 611-738
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Li X. & Bruce A.J., Journal of Natural History 40, 11,12: 611-738

Other data
Philippines, STATION — Li X. & Bruce A.J., Journal of Natural History 40, 11,12: 611-738
Philippines, STATION — Li X. & Bruce A.J., Journal of Natural History 40, 11,12: 611-738
Philippines, 11 — Li X. & Bruce A.J., Journal of Natural History 40, 11,12: 611-738

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