Australian Museum Journal Pontoniine shrimps in the collections of the Australian Museum
- Shortform:
- Bruce, 1977, Rec. Aust. Mus. 31(2): 39–81
- Author(s):
- Bruce, A. J.
- Year published:
- 1977
- Title:
- Pontoniine shrimps in the collections of the Australian Museum
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 31
- Issue:
- 2
- Start page:
- 39
- End page:
- 81
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.31.1977.233
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 30 September 1977
- Cover date:
- 30 September 1977
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- CRUSTACEA: DECAPODA; TAXONOMY; GREAT BARRIER REEF; ECOLOGY, MARINE
- Digitized:
- 17 December 2008
- Available online:
- 02 March 2009
- Reference number:
- 233
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (153kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (4541kb PDF)
Abstract
The report provides details of twenty four species of pontoniine shrimp in the collections of the Australian Museum, principally from the Great Barrier Reef region of Queensland. Two new species are described and illustrated, Anchistus custoides sp.nov., and A. australis sp.nov., both associates of bivalve molluscs. Seven species are also added to the Australian fauna. Twenty species are considered to be obligate commensals of other marine invertebrates and where possible the hosts are identified. An unusual post-larval specimen, ?Araiopontonia sp., associated with a crinoid, is also described and illustrated.