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Type: Article
Published: 2014-03-06
Page range: 258–264
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Periclimenaeus colemani sp. nov. (Crustacea; Palaemonidae; Pontoniinae) from Heron island, Queensland

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

Abstract

A further new species of Periclimenaeus (Crustacea: Pontoniinae) from Heron Island, Queensland, Australia, is described and illustrated. Periclimenaeus colemani sp. nov., an ascidian associate, was collected from coral reef spur and groove zone and increases to 30 the numbers of Periclimenaeus known from Australia and to 17 the number of species known from Heron Island.