Decapoda - Caridea - Palaemonidae - Periclimenes

Periclimenes iridescens Lebour, 1949

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World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009) - 3-183 m, Ber, GMx, NCar–Ven. - Los Roques

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

Vertical range : Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) - Min-Max observed: 3-183 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: ICA (Martinique, Tobago), IOV (Cubagua, Los Roques, Bonaire, Curaçao). 3-183 m. WA.
Periclimenes iridescens - Holthuis, 1951: 43, Cubagua [R/V Velero III, 1939]. - Chace, 1972: 37, Cubagua, to 146-183 m. - Grajal & Laughlin, 1984: 223, Los Roques. - Abele & Kim, 1986: 16, Tobago, Cubagua. - Rodríguez, 1986, tab. 2, Los Roques. - Carré, 2005: 23, Martinique. - Hernández-Ávila et al., 2007: tab. 1, Cubagua. - Criales, 1980: 73, Bonaire, Curaçao [coral hosts, Eunicea tourneforti, E. calyculata, E. fusca, Plexaura homomalla, Stichopathes gracilis].
Periclimenes iridescens - Martinique, groupe BIOSPHERES, 2015, coll. R. Ferry, det. Poupin [2 spp. coll. dive November 25, 2015, examination IRENav, det. based on Chace (1972: 30, key) plus description and figure in Holthuis (1951)].

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