Periclimenaeus holthuisi Bruce 1969

Periclimenaeus holthuisi Bruce, 1969

Periclimenaeus rhodope.—Holthuis, 1952c:125, figs. 54, 55bis [not Coralliocaris (Onycocaris) rhodope Nobili, 1904].

Periclimenaeus holthuisi Bruce, 1969a:159 [type locality: Banda, Moluccas, Indonesia; 17 m].

DIAGNOSIS.—Rostral formula 1 + 6/1; carapace with small supraorbital spine; telson with posterior pair of dorsolateral spines arising posterior to mid-length; antennal scale with distolateral tooth not overreaching distal margin of blade; 1st pereopod with fingers about as long as palm; major 2nd pereopod with merus granulous on flexor margin; 3rd pereopod with dactyl biunguiculate, not segmented, without acute tooth at proximal end of flexor margin; postorbital carapace length slightly more than 5 mm.

RANGE.—Indonesia.

*98. Periclimenaeus minutus Holthuis, 1952

Periclimenaeus minutus Holthuis, 1952c;134, figs. 57–59 [type locality: Kepulauan Banda, Indonesia; 18–36 m].—Bruce, 1978d:121.

DIAGNOSIS.—Rostral formula 0 + 5/0; carapace without supraorbital spine; telson with posterior pair of dorsolateral spines arising posterior to mid-length; antennal scale with distolateral spine not overreaching distal margin of blade; 1st pereopod with fingers not quite as long as palm; major 2nd pereopod with merus dentate on flexor margin; 3rd pereopod with dactyl simple, not biunguiculate, not segmented, without acute tooth at proximal end of flexor margin; postorbital carapace length about 2 mm or more.

MATERIAL.—PHILIPPINES. Off Jolo Island, Sulu Archipelago; sta 5174; 6°03′45″N, 120°57′E; 37 m; coarse sand; 5 Mar 1908 (1551–1557): 9′ Johnston oyster dredge: 1 male [2.2].

RANGE.—Off Somali Republic, Tanzania, Philippines, and Indonesia; 18–80 m, associated with sponges.