Periclimenaeus pectinidactylus n. sp (Crustacea: Decapoda: Pontoniinae) from the Belizean Barrier Reef, Caribbean Sea

Abstract

A new species of sponge-associated pontoniine shrimp from the Belizean Barrier Reef in the Caribbean Sea is described and illustrated, and its systematic position is discussed.

Keywords

• Crustacea
• Decapoda
• Pontoniinae
• Periclimenaeus pectinidactylus
• new species
• sponge associate
• Belizean Barrier Reef
• Caribbean Sea
• Western Atlantic