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Issue: Vol. 3436 No. 1: 23 Aug. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-08-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3436.1.4
Page range: 51–60
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Periclimenaeus dactylodon sp. nov. (Decapoda: Pontoniinae), from Heron Island, Queensland, Australia

Crustacea Section, Queensland Museum, P.O. Box 3300, South Brisbane, Queensland, 4101 Australia
Crustacea Periclimenaeus dactylodon new species Decapoda Pontoniinae Heron Island Great Barrier Reef Australia ascidian host

Abstract

A new species of Periclimenaeus (Crustacea: Pontoniinae) from Heron Island, Queensland, Australia, is described andillustrated. Periclimenaeus dactylodon sp. nov., an ascidian associate, was collected from a coral reef at 25 m and increases to 17 the number of Periclimenaeus known from Heron Island and to 23 the number of species known from Australia.

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