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Periclimenes madreporae

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Periclimenes madreporae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Palaemonidae
Genus: Periclimenes
Species:
P. madreporae
Binomial name
Periclimenes madreporae
Bruce, 1969

Periclimenes madreporae is a species of saltwater shrimp in the family, Palaemonidae, and was first described in 1969 by Alexander James Bruce.[1][2]

The male holotype and paratype were collected from Erskine Island, in the Capricorn Group of the Great Barrier Reef at a depth 3-6 fathoms in February 1966.[2]

In Australia it is found in New South Wales and Queensland.[3] It is also found in waters off La Réunion, Solomon Islands, Caroline Islands, Society and Tuamoto Islands.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Periclimenes madreporae Bruce, 1969". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b A.J. Bruce (1969). "Preliminary descriptions of sixteen new species of the genus Periclimenes Costa, 1844 (Crustacea, Decapoda Nantantia, Pontoniinae)". Zoologische Mededelingen. 43 (20): 253–278 [262]. ISSN 0024-0672. Wikidata Q89633023.
  3. ^ a b "Australian Faunal Directory: Periclimenes madreporae". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
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