A further sponge-dwelling species of the periclimenes iridescens complex from the Western Atlantic (Decapoda, Caridea, Palaemonidae)

Abstract

A new sponge-dwelling species of the western Atlantic Periclimenes iridescens species complex is described from Caribbean Panama. The new species is closely similar to the only other sponge-dwelling species in the complex, but can be easily separated by the highly unequal second pereiopods, as well as the armature of the major chela. © 2009 Brill Academic Publishers.