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Zootaxa 1224: 1–22 (2006) ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ ZOOTAXA 1224 Copyright © 2006 Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) Periclimenaeus nielbrucei sp. nov. (Crustacea: Decapoda: Pontoniinae), a new sponge associate from the Capricorn Islands, Queensland, with notes on related Periclimenaeus species A.J. BRUCE Crustacea Section, Queensland Museum, P.O. Box 3300, South Brisbane, Queensland, 4101 Australia. E-mail: [email protected] Abstract Periclimenaeus nielbrucei sp. nov., a coral reef sponge associate, is described from specimens from the Capricorn Islands, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. The rostral dentition is unique in Periclimenaeus, with the dorsal carinal teeth diverging irregularly from the midline. The Australian Periclimenaeus fauna is now increased to 24 species. Key words: Periclimenaeus nielbrucei sp. nov., Crustacea, Caridea, Pontoniinae, Australia, Queensland, sponge associate . Introduction The presence of the pontoniine shrimp genus Periclimenaeus Borradaile, 1915, in Australian waters was established by E.J. Miers (1884) when he described Coralliocaris ? tridentatus (now Periclimenaeus tridentatus), from Thursday Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, in his report on the crustaceans collected, by Dr R.W. Coppinger, Staff- Surgeon during the Indo-Pacific Surveying Voyage of H.M.S. Alert, 1881-2. A second species, Coralliocaris hecate Nobili, 1904 (now Periclimenaeus hecate) was reported from Cape Jaubert, Western Australia by Heinrich Balss (1921), reporting on the material of Dr E Mjöberg’s Swedish Scientific Expedition to Australia (1910–1913). Periclimenaeus currently contains 45 species in the Indo-West Pacific region and is the second largest genus in the Pontoniinae. At least 22 species are reported to occur in Australian waters and 13 species have been previously recorded from Queensland, particularly from the coral reefs of the Great Barrier Reef. The species of Periclimenaeus are associates of sponges and ascidians, although the Accepted by J. Goy: 20 Apr. 2006; published: 5 Jun. 2006 1.

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