Palaemonoid shrimps from the Dampier Archipelago (Crustacea: Decapoda), with a review of the Western Australian pontoniine shrimp fauna

WA Museum Records and Supplements | Updated 8 years ago

ABSTRACT – Palaemonoid shrimps collected in the course of the Western Australian Museum 1998-2002 Dampier Archipelago Survey are reported upon. Thirty-one taxa were found, all except three belonging to the subfamily Pontoniinae. One species of pontoniine shrimp is new: Periclimenes burrup sp. nov. is described and illustrated, and seven are new to the Western Australian fauna. The pontoniine shrimp fauna of Western Australia is summarised.