Periclimenes foveolatus Bruce 1981

Periclimenes foveolatus Bruce, 1981

Periclimenes foveolatus Bruce, 1981c:196, figs. 6–9, 17a,b, 18b,e [type locality: southwest of Manila Bay, Philippines; 14°01.0′N, 120°15.8′E—13°59.2′N, 120°18.8′E; 191–188 meters].

DIAGNOSIS.—Integument pitted on lateral areas of carapace and abdomen; rostrum not overreaching antennal scale, slenderly palaemonoid, directed anteroventrad to variable degree, rostral formula 0–1 + 7–9/3–6, posteriormost tooth not isolated from remainder of dorsal rostral series, situated anterior to level of hepatic spine; carapace without supraorbital or postorbital spine, hepatic spine larger than antennal spine, arising somewhat posteroventral to latter, not extending beyond anterior margin of carapace, orbital angle ovate in male; abdomen without compressed dorsal prominence on 3rd somite, 6th somite 1 times as long as 5th; telson with 2 pairs of small dorsolateral spines anterior to posterior margin, anterior pair arising at about mid-length; eye with cornea hemispherical, not produced distally; antennular peduncle with 1 distolateral spine on basal segment, antennal scale about 2 times as long as wide, lateral margin convex, distolateral tooth not nearly reaching level of distal margin of blade; 4th thoracic sternite without slender median process; 1st pereopod overreaching antennal scale by at least length of chela, fingers not pectinate on opposable margins; 2nd pereopods slightly unequal, similar, fingers more or less than as long as palm, carpus about as long as palm, about 1 as long as distal width, without distal spines, merus without distal tooth on flexor margin; 3rd pereopod with dactyl devoid of denticulate lobe on flexor margin, but biunguiculate with minute accessory tooth on faintly sinuous flexor margin, propodus with few small spinules on flexor margin, not segmented; 5th pereopod overreaching antennal scale; uropod overreaching extended telson; maximum postorbital carapace length 9 mm.

RANGE.—Known only from the type series from southwest of Manila Bay, Philippines; 187–195 m.