Comprehensive Description
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Paranchistus nobilii Holthuis, 1952
Anchistus Miersi.—Nobili, 1906b:48 [not Harpilius Miersi De Man, 1888].
Paranchistus nobilii Holthuis, 1952c:13, 100, figs. 41, 42 [type locality: Arzanah Island, Ruqq Az Zaqqum bank, Persian Gulf coast of United Arab Emirates; from Spondylus gaederopus].—Bruce, 1983c:890, figs. 6E, 8I,J.
DIAGNOSIS.—Rostrum widening slightly toward apex, nearly horizontal or directed slightly ventrad; 2nd pereopod with movable finger longer than fixed finger, hooked distally; 3rd pereopod with dactyl biunguiculate, flattened and minutely tuberculate on extensor margin; maximum postorbital carapace length little more than 5 mm.
RANGE.—Persian Gulf, Indonesia, and Kiribati (Gilbert Islands); living in Spondylus, Pinna, and Tridacna.
- bibliographic citation
- Chace, Fenner Albert, Jr. and Bruce, A. J. 1993. "The caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Albatross Philippine Expedition 1907-1910, Part 6: Superfamily Palaemonoidea." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-152. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.543
