Hamodactylus noumeae Bruce 1970

Hamodactylus noumeae Bruce, 1970

Hamodactylus boschmai nov. var.? Holthuis, 1952c:212, fig. 105.

Hamodactylus noumeae Bruce, 1970a:539, fig. 2 [type locality; between Ile aux Canards and Ilot Maître, near Nouméa, New Caledonia; 25 m, associated with gorgonian Mopsella].

DIAGNOSIS.—Carapace without supraorbital spine; antennular peduncle with 2 or 3 distolateral spines on basal segment; 1st pereopod with fingers more than as long as palm, without teeth on opposable margins; 2nd pereopod with normal chela, fingers subequal in length.

RANGE.—Kenya, Tanzania, Indonesia, Australia, and New Caledonia; 4–27 m, associated with gorgonians.

Hamopontonia Bruce, 1970

Hamopontonia Bruce, 1970b:37 [type species, by original designation: Hamopontonia corallicola Bruce, 1970b:41; gender: feminine].

DIAGNOSIS.—Rostrum slightly overreaching anteriorly extended eyes, compressed laterally, armed dorsally with 5–7 distinct teeth, ventrally unarmed, lateral carina not expanded into broad supraocular or postocular eave; carapace subcylindrical, dorsal profile faintly convex, without longitudinal ridge or suture, armed with antennal spine only, without supraorbital or hepatic spines, orbital margin not interrupted posteriorly; abdomen with pleuron of 5th somite rather broadly rounded; telson curving ventrad posteriorly, posterior margin deeply incised, without posterior spines, dorsolateral spines not robust; epistome unarmed; antennal scale well developed, distolateral spine not nearly overreaching distal margin of blade; mandible without palp; 3rd maxilliped with exopod; 4th thoracic sternite without slender median process; 1st pereopod with fingers feebly subspatulate, carpus entire, not subdivided; 2nd pereopods similar but unequal, chela much longer than carpus, fingers not provided with socket and plunger closure, movable finger normal, not semicircular, palm nearly 3 times as long as high; 3rd pereopod composed of 7 segments, merus and ischium not fused, dactyl simple, not biunguiculate, merus unarmed on flexor margin; uropod with lateral branch bearing single, movable, lateral spine.

RANGE.—Hong Kong, Japan, Indonesia, and Northern Territory and Great Barrier Reef, Australia; associated with poritid coral of genus Goniopora.