Conchodytes kempi Bruce 1989

Conchodytes kempi Bruce, 1989

Conchodytes biunguiculatus.—Kemp, 1922:280, fig. 103.—Holthuis, 1952c:199 [not Pontonia biunguiculata Paulson, 1875].

Conchodytes kempi Bruce, 1989b:183, fig. 3b–e [type locality; Andaman Islands].

DIAGNOSIS.—Telson with 2 pairs of dorsolateral and 3 pairs of posterior spines; 1st pereopod with carpus and merus subequal in length; 3rd pereopod with dactyl armed with 2 strong, divergent, spine-like teeth, basal process well developed with small marginal tooth; maximum postorbital carapace length 9.2 mm.

RANGE.—Western Indian Ocean, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, and Marshall Islands; in bivalve mollusks.

MATERIAL.—PHILIPPINES. Pakiputan Strait, off Davao, Mindanao; [7°07′N, 125°40′E]; 18 May 1908; from pearl oysters: 25 males [6.3–9.8] 24 females [6.8–10.2], 23 ovig [6.8–10.2].—Jolo, Jolo Island, Sulu Archipelago; [6°00′N, 121°00′E]; 11 Feb 1908; from pearl oysters: 9 males [6.8–8.9] 6 ovig females [7.8–10.3].

RANGE.—Known only from the type locality on the Australian Northwest Shelf and the two Philippine localities cited above; to a depth of 40 meters, in pearl oysters.