Periclimenaeus caraibicus Holthuis, 1951

Anker, Sammy De Grave and Arthur, 2017, An annotated checklist of marine caridean and stenopodidean shrimps (Malacostraca: Decapoda) of the Caribbean coast of Panama, Nauplius (e 2017015) 25, pp. 1-40 : 28

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2017015
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14666721
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scientific name	Periclimenaeus caraibicus Holthuis, 1951
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Previous records. Duffy, 1992: 131 [San Blas Islands].

Material examined. Bocas del Toro. 1 spec., Isla Colón , STRI pier, in unidentified sponge, leg. C. Ashelby, 06.08.2008, OUMNH. ZC .2008-14-130; 1 spec., Isla Colón , west of Punta Caracol, 09°22.410’N 082°17.887’W, in unidentified sponge, 1 m, leg. L. Anderson, 13.08.2008, OUMNH. ZC GoogleMaps .2008-14-065; 1 spec., Swan Cay , 09°27.200’N 082°17.900’W, on gorgonian Pseudaxinella sp. , 3 m, leg. S. De Grave, 04.08.2005, OUMNH. ZC GoogleMaps .2005-10-034; 1 spec., same collection data, OUMNH. ZC GoogleMaps .2005-10-033; 1 spec., Bocas del Toro , Isla Solarte, Hospital Point, 09°19.996’N 082°13.161’W, in sponge Tedania cf. ignis , leg. S. De Grave, 04.08.2008, OUMNH. ZC GoogleMaps .2008-14- 072; 1 spec., same collection data, OUMNH. ZC GoogleMaps .2008- 14-073; 1 spec., same collection data, OUMNH. ZC GoogleMaps .2008-14-140.

Remarks. Sparsely distributed in the western Atlantic, from Cuba southwards to Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil ( Vieira et al., 2012); recorded from a variety of habitats in older literature, but appears to be an obligate sponge associate, 0– 3 m.