Decapoda - Caridea - Palaemonidae - Periclimenes

Periclimenes lepidus Bruce, 1978

3 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
Li & Bruce (2006 : 699) - Indo-ouest Pacifique. Madagascar, Comores, Nouvelle-Calédonie.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with corals (obligate)

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-78 m

Mayotte data
Periclimenes lepidus - Li & Bruce, 2006 : 699 (Mayotte, nord de l'île Pamanzi, coll. BENTHEDI, 27 mars 1997, drague st. 32R, 12°45,1'S, 45°17,9'E, 15-20 m, pente de corail menant à un fond sableux avec Heterocongridae (anguilles tubicoles), 1 femelle ovigère, MNHN Na15942).

Periclimenes lepidus - Poupin, 2022 - Determination of mesophotic Crustacea (70-90 m) around Mayotte collected during MESOMAY3 (11/12-2021), sample 97a, 78 m. Also P. ?perturbans (probably a juvenile of P. lepidus, sample 46c, 82 m; at
http://poupin.joseph.free.fr/pdf/Poupin-2022-crustaces-mesophotiques-Mayotte-Mesomay3-2021.pdf

Cuapetes sp. aff. seychellensis (Borradaile, 1915) - Poupin, 2022 - Determination of mesophotic Crustacea (70-90 m) around Mayotte collected during MESOMAY3 (11/12-2021), specimen at sample 38a, 80 m, at
http://poupin.joseph.free.fr/pdf/Poupin-2022-crustaces-mesophotiques-Mayotte-Mesomay3-2021.pdf
Note: 15 May 2022 - From photo it seems very siimilar to Periclimenes lepidus collected during this campaign. Perhaps this species instead.

New Caledonia data
Exp. Montrouzier Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Li X. & Bruce A.J., Journal of Natural History 40, 11,12: 611-738

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database