Coralliocaris venusta

Coralliocaris venusta Kemp, 1922

Coralliocaris venusta Kemp, 1922:274, figs. 100, 101 [type locality: “N.E. Tholayiram Paar,” Gulf of Mannar, India; on madrepore coral].—Holthuis, 1952c:191, fig. 93.—Bruce, 1976d:32, fig. 12; 1977h:73 [color illustration]; 1978a:282, fig. 42; 1979f:240; 1983d:201.

DIAGNOSIS.—Rostrum overreaching anteriorly extended eyes, rostral formula 0–4/0–2, dorsal and ventral carinae not very deep; antennal scale about 2 times as long as wide; 3rd maxilliped with penultimate segment less than twice as long as wide; 2nd pereopod with movable finger smoothly sinuous on extensor margin, fingers dentate on opposable margins, without socket or plunger; color translucent with linear speckling of dark red or black, two color forms, with and without conspicuous white patches; maximum postorbital carapace length about 3 mm.

RANGE.—Red Sea to Indonesia, Great Barrier Reef, and Samoa Islands; associated with scleractinian corals of the genus Acropora.