Abstract
A new species of pontoniine shrimp, Periclimenes nevillei, from Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu, is described and illustrated. The species is an associate of an antipatharian host, Cirripathes sp. A member of the Periclimenes brevicarpalis species group, to which a key is provided, it most closely resembles Periclimenes albolineatus Bruce & Coombes, 1997.References
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