(modified from Fransen 2002). Small sized shrimp of subcylindrical body form. Rostrum well developed, short, depressed; dorsally unarmed; dorsal carina formed by shallow broad central elevation, bordered by lateral depressions; lateral carinae well developed; ventral margin with or without small subdistal tooth. Carapace smooth; inferior orbital angles broadly rounded; orbit feebly developed; supraorbital, epigastric and hepatic spines absent; antennal spine blunt, rounded, not separated from the inferior orbital angle; anterolateral angle of branchiostegite rounded, not strongly produced. Eye normal, with hemispherical cornea. Antennula normal, ventromedial tooth on basal segment usually large; distolateral tooth of basal segment well developed, reaching distal margin of intermediate segment, anterior margin oblique, not extending beyond distolateral tooth; flagella short, composed of few segments. Antenna with basicerite unarmed; scaphocerite well developed, with distolateral tooth strongly developed, bent inward, more than 0.2 times length of scaphocerite. Epistome unarmed. Corpus of paragnaths with two submedian, oblique non-setose carinae. Second thoracic sternite with anterior margin broadly rounded, not produced. Fourth thoracic sternite with medially developed centrally slightly notched or completely fused lateral plates. Fifth thoracic sternite with broad rectangular, medially blunt, partly fused lateral plates. Mandible robust, without palp, molar process stout, incisor process simple, with or without row of denticles along medioventral border. Maxillula with bilobed palp, lower lacinia small, slender with few simple setae. Maxilla with simple palp; bilobed endite; scaphognathite broad; basal endite with many simple setae on upper and lower lacinia, both laciniae well developed; basal endite shorter than palp. First maxilliped with slender palp, basal and coxal endites partly fused, with few short setae along median margin, not forming basket; exopod with caridean lobe; flagellum broad, densely setose distally; epipod large, oval. Second maxilliped with distinct angle in median margin of basis of endopod; exopod with flagellum well developed, plumose setae distally; epipod a small rounded, curled lobe; without podobranch. Third maxilliped with ischiomerus of endopod partly fused to basis, as broad as penultimate segment; exopod well developed, with plumose setae distally; coxa with oval, lateral plate, without median process, arthrobranch absent. First pereiopods with chela simple. Chelae unequal in size, subequal in form; major and minor chelae with one proximal tooth on dactylus and two on fixed finger, dactylus without median carina; fixed finger without median fossa to receive dactylar tooth when fingers closed; fingers not gaping. Ambulatory pereiopods stout, dactylus simple or biunguiculate, with or without accessory teeth on flexor margin of corpus; flexor margin with scattered setae; unguis with or without distal scales. Abdomen smooth; posterior margins of pleura rounded, posterolateral angle of sixth segment blunt or rounded. Uropod with protopodite feebly acute distally, exopod with distolateral margin with mobile spinule, feebly armed. Telson with two pairs of large submarginal dorsal spines, and two pairs of cuspidate setae, and submedian pair of plumose setae at posterior margin.

The type species: Pontonia katoi Kubo, 1940, by original designation, gender feminine.

Known from shallow coastal waters of the Indo-West Pacific.

Associated with Ascidiacea.

Type series. 1 ovigerous female (holotype), PoCL 1.55 mm (MZB Cru 4734), Tarau, W Halmahera, Ternate, Indonesia, 0°50'30"N, 127°22'38.5"E, shallow area with coral followed by sandy slope with coral gardens, 9 m depth, scuba diving, 2-11-2009; in ascidian Plurella sp. (Asc. 68), leg. C.H.J.M. Fransen, photo TER.17.0049 – 76; 1 male, PoCL 1.30 mm, 1 ovigerous female, PoCL. 1.50 mm, 2 non-ovigerous females PoCL 0.90–1.05 mm (paratypes) (RMNH.CRUS.D.53554), same data as holotype.

Rostrum as long as antennular peduncle, with distoventral tooth. Pterygostomial angle produced. Basal segment of antennular peduncle with distolateral tooth minute, medioventral tooth strong, acute. Distolateral tooth of scaphocerite robust, 0.3 length of lamina. Dactylus of ambulatory pereiopods with flexor margin of corpus with few (usually 3) short teeth but without accessory tooth; unguis without terminal scales. Telson with two pairs of medium sized (approx. 0.17 of telson length) submarginal dorsal spines at 0.20 and 0.54 of telson length.

Body (Figs 1, 2A) subcylindrical, depressed. Carapace smooth. Rostrum well developed, approx. 0.45 of post-orbital carapace length, as long as antennular peduncle, falling short of distal margin of scaphocerite, approximately 1.8 times longer than diameter of hemispherical cornea, with broad shallow indistinct dorsal carina, with acute lateral carinae, with straight ventral carina; with distal ventral tooth, with distal setae, bluntly acute in dorsal view, broadened at base. Inferior orbital angle not produced, straight. Antennal spine reduced to blunt process. Pterygostomial of carapace straight, anterolateral angle slightly produced, rounded.

Abdomen smooth, sixth segment 1.4 times longer than fifth, 1.4 times wider than long, posterolateral angle blunt, slightly produced, posteroventral angle blunt, not produced; pleura of first five segments broadly rounded.

Telson (Fig. 2B–D) 1.6 times as long as sixth abdominal segment, 2.3 times longer than proximal width; lateral margins almost straight, slightly tapering posteriorly; posterior border without median process; two pairs of medium-sized submarginal dorsal spines at 0.20 and 0.54 of telson length; distal and proximal pair of spines of equal length, 0.17 of telson length; posterior margin with three pairs of spines, lateral spines small, marginal, 0.06 times telson length; submedian spines about as long as intermediate spines, lateral spines 0.23 of submedian and intermediate spines; both intermediate and submedian spines approx. 0.75 of dorsal spine length, but more slender.

Eyestalk short, broader than long, slightly broader than diameter of hemispherical cornea.

Antennula (Fig. 3B) with peduncle and flagella short. Basal segment as long as proximal width, with feebly produced distolateral tooth just reaching beyond proximal margin of intermediate segment, anterior margin not developed, oblique; medioventral tooth strongly developed, acute, submarginal, situated halfway basal segment; stylocerite short, reaching halfway basal segment, with acute tip, lateral margin with few plumose setae. Intermediate segment short, broader than long, medial margin with single long distal plumose seta. Distal segment broader than long, upper flagellum short, biramous, with three fused segments; short free ramus one-segmented; longer free ramus with three or four segments. Lower flagellum with four segments; upper ramus carried reflexed beneath lateral rostral carina.

Antenna (Fig. 3C) with basicerite short, laterally unarmed, with large gland tubercle medially; ischiocerite and merocerite normal; carpocerite extending to distal end of distolateral tooth of scaphocerite, rather slender, 4.5 times longer than distal width; flagellum short, slender, nearly as long as postorbital carapace length; scaphocerite with lamina almost twice as long as wide, anterior margin small, rounded, lateral margin broadly convex; distolateral tooth robust, 0.3 length of lamina, reaching beyond lamina, curved medially.

Epistome with rather sharp anterior carina; labrum normal.

Paragnath well developed, alae with broad transverse more or less rectangular distal lobes, and small rounded more or less triangular ventromedial lobes; corpus very short, with shallow median excavation, bordered laterally by non-setose, small, oblique, carinae.

Second thoracic sternite (Fig. 3A) with anterior margin broadly rounded; without median process.

Third thoracic sternite with indistinct shallow lateral carinae.

Fourth thoracic sternite with shallowly developed, medially notched plate formed by the lateral carinae.

Fifth thoracic sternite with well-developed lateral plates with medial broadened deep slit, posteromedial to second pereiopod coxae.

Sixth to eight thoracic sternites unarmed, broadening posteriorly.

Mandible (Fig. 3E) with incisor process with five terminal teeth and one large teeth-like ventromedial denticle; molar process robust, with several blunt teeth, some fringed with setal brushes.

Maxillula (Fig. 3D) with upper lacinia rather small, rectangular with about nine distal spines in two rows, with only few simple setae in distal part; lower lacinia lost in dissection; palp feebly bilobed, larger lobe with small ventral tubercle with single short recurved simple seta.

Maxilla (Fig. 4A) with basal endite well developed, bilobate, distal and proximal lobe short, distal lobe with two distal seta of unequal length, proximal lobe with two distal setae; coxal endite obsolete, median margin convex, without setae, scaphognathite large, 2.3 times longer than wide, posterior lobe large, 2.3 as long as anterior width, anterior lobe 1.4 times longer than proximal width; palp simple, subquadrate distally, longer than basal endite, not expanding proximally, without row of plumose setae along lateral margin.

First maxilliped (Fig. 4B) with coxal and basal endite partly fused, broad; basal endite fringed with scattered, rather short simple and finely serrulate setae along median and distal margins; coxal endite convex, separated from basal endite, with few simple setae medially; exopod well developed, flagellum with four plumose setae distally; caridean lobe rather small, narrow; epipod bilobate, lobes rounded; palp simple, rather short, non-setose.

Second maxilliped (Fig. 4C) with endopod short, compact; dactylar segment 2.4 times longer than broad, fringed with short, coarsely serrulate, spiniform, and longer curled, finely serrulate setae medially; propodal segment with row of robust spines and few simple setae along expanded distomedian margin; one seta in distal part of ventrolateral margin; carpal segment short, broader than long, unarmed; meral segment without setae, ischial and basal segments partly fused, without setae, basal part angular produced medially; exopod long, with four long plumose setae distally; coxal segment not medially produced, without setae, with proximally expanded epipod laterally.

Third maxilliped (Fig. 4D) short; with ischiomerus distinct from basis, 2.5 times as long as broad, not tapered distally, somewhat flattened, with row of long simple setae along median margin, lateral margin with few simple setae; basal segment medially convex with few simple setae on medial margin; exopod well developed, reaching just beyond distal margin of ischiomerus, with about four long plumose setae in distal part; coxal segment with small median process, with large lateral plate without setae; without arthrobranch; penultimate segment 1.3 times longer than broad, somewhat flattened, with few long finely serrulate setae ventromedially; ultimate segment slightly shorter than penultimate segment, more slender, with groups of long coarsely serrulate setae ventromedially and distally.

First pereiopod (Fig. 5C) stout, exceeding carpocerite with chela and carpus, chela 2.8 times longer than deep, subcylindrical, slightly compressed; fingers as long as palm, stout, with lateral entire cutting edges, with groups of many serrulate setae, tips slightly hooked, suture of unguis visible; carpo-propodal brush present, serrulate setae in distal part of carpus, no setae in proximal part of palm; carpus 1.2 length of chela, 3.7 times longer than distal width, tapering proximally, unarmed, with medially and laterally few simple setae; merus as long as carpus, 3.7 times longer than central width, somewhat bowed, with few simple setae medially; ischium 0.5 times merus length, slightly expanded medially, with few simple setae medially; basis slightly smaller than ischium, with few simple setae medially; coxa with small ventral lobe with few short simple setae.

Second pereiopods (Fig. 5A–B) subequal, similar. Chela 0.8 times postorbital carapace length in females, major chela about as long as the postorbital carapace length in females, palm smooth, compressed, without carinae, non-setose; fingers with few simple setae in distal part; dactylus 0.39 of palm length, 3.2 times longer than deep, with low, triangular tooth halfway of cutting edge, distal part of cutting edge entire, tip strongly hooked; fixed finger 1.7 times as long as deep, with broad flattened tooth, separated by shallow notch from triangular, small acute tooth at around midpoint of cutting edge, distal part of cutting edge entire, straight, tip strongly hooked; carpus 0.5 of palm length, 1.5 times longer than distal width, strongly tapering proximally; merus as long as carpus, 1.5 times longer than central width, distomedially excavate; ischium slightly shorter than merus, somewhat tapering proximally, with slightly protruded distomedial angle; basis and coxa without special features. Minor cheliped similar, dactylus slightly longer in relation to palm than in major chela; palm less swollen than in major chela.

Ambulatory pereiopods short, stout. Dactylus of third pereiopod (Fig. 6A, B, 16F, 17E) with corpus compressed, 2.2 times longer than proximal width, with about three small proximal ventrally directing teeth, without accessory tooth, with few simple setae along dorsal margin, with row of simple short setae along flexor margin; unguis long and slender, acute, 0.45 of corpus length, without terminal scales; propodus stout, compressed, 3.7 times length of dactylus, 3.7 times longer than deep, with minute lateral distoventral spinules, and distal ventral spinule with sparse simple setae and one plumose distodorsal setae, carpus 0.6 of propodus length, unarmed, merus subequal to propodus length, 2.2 times longer than central depth, unarmed; ischium 0.6 of merus length, slightly tapering proximally; basis and coxa without special features. Fourth and fifth pereiopods similar, but fifth pereiopod (Fig. 6C) with slightly bigger dactylus, with single lateral pectinate spine.

First pleopod of female (Fig. 7A) with endopod, more than 1/3 as long as exopod, with two long plumose distal setae when ovigerous, with two lateral simple setae. Male first pleopod (Fig. 7B) with endopod about three times as long as proximal width, distinctly tapering distally; median margin straight with single simple setae, with few plumose long setae along lateral and distal margin.

Endopod of second pleopod (Fig. 7C) with appendix masculina about 2/3 length of appendix interna, with three very long setulose setae distally.Uropods (Fig. 7D), with short unarmed protopodite; exopod broad, 2.2 times longer than central width, lateral margin feebly convex, without distolateral tooth, with minute spinule distolaterally; endopod exceeding exopod, about as long as telson, 2.8 times longer than wide.

Number of eggs approximately 11.

This is a small sized species. The maximum PoCL is 1.55 mm in adult females, 1.30 mm in adult males. The minimal PoCL in ovigerous females is 1.50 mm.

(Fig. 15A–D). Body with small white chromatophores and scattered larger white spots. Carapace with white chromatophores at base of rostrum and in posterior part, central part without white spots or chromatophores. Laterally covered with white chromatophores and big large white spots. Eyestalks with some big dorsal white spots, cornea with white spots. Antennular peduncle with large white spots distally. Pereiopods without small white chromatophores, with white spots at joints. Palm of chela of second pereiopods with scattered white spots. Abdominal pleura with many small white chromatophores and large white spots dorsally and laterally at fixed distances; in dorsal view, each tergum with a transverse row of white spots anteriorly. First abdominal segment covered with large white spots as fixed distances. Tailfan without chromatophores. Thoracical appendages and tailfan appear to be translucent; carapace, eyestalks, corneas and abdominal segments appear to be darker in colour.

Specimens were found inside a colonial ascidian of the genus Plurella Kott, 1973 (Plurellidae, Phlebobranchia).

Only known from the type locality.

The species is named plurellicola after the colonial ascidian genus Plurella Kott, 1973 in which it was found.

The species resembles O. simplicipes, known only by the holotype, in morphological characters. It differs from this species in the length and shape of the rostrum (most notably, O. simplicipes has no distal tooth on its rostrum, while O. plurellicola bears a small distal tooth), in the size of the ventromedial tooth on the basal segment of the antennular peduncle which is larger in O. seychellensis than in the new species, in the distolateral tooth of the basal segment of the antennular peduncle which is well developed in O. seychellensis while minute in the new species, in the amount of plumose setae on the three maxillipedes and the antennular peduncle.

Thus far this is the only species of Odontonia living inside a colonial ascidian. The ascidian genus Plurella has also been recorded as host for Dactylonia holthuisi Fransen, 2002, another symbiotic palaemonid shrimp (Fransen 2002, 2006).

(i) Indo-West Pacific: Indonesia. –1 ovigerous female (holotype) PoCL 3.4 mm (MZB Cru 4733, ex RMNH.CRUS.D.53559), N of Desa Rum, Tidore, Ternate, Indonesia, 0°44'35.8"N 127°23'6.3"E, 27 m depth, scuba diving, reef consisting primarily of boulders and soft corals; 4-11-2009; in solitary ascidian (Asc. 67), leg. A. Gittenberger, photo TER.17.0136–39.

Diagnosis. Rostrum as long as antennular peduncle, with strong distoventral tooth. Pterygostomial angle broadly rounded, produced. Basal segment of antennular peduncle with strong, acute medioventral tooth. Distolateral tooth of scaphocerite robust, 0.4 length of lamina. Dactylus of ambulatory pereiopods with blunt accessory tooth, perpendicular to flexor margin; flexor margin of corpus with strong, acute forward directed proximal tooth and two small denticles between this tooth and accessory tooth; unguis without terminal scales. Telson with two pairs of medium sized (0.13 of telson length) submarginal dorsal spines at 0.15 and 0.48 of telson length.

Description. Body (Figs 8, 15E) subcylindrical, depressed. Carapace smooth. Rostrum well developed, 0.38 of post-orbital carapace length, without dorsal teeth, as long as antennular peduncle, reaching distal margin of scaphocerite, approximately 2.6 times longer than diameter of hemispherical cornea, with broad shallow indistinct dorsal carina, with acute lateral carinae, with straight ventral carina; with strong distal ventral tooth just extending beyond apex, with few distal setae, bluntly acute in dorsal view, broadened at base. Inferior orbital angle not produced, straight. Antennal spine reduced to blunt protruding process, not separated by notch from inferior orbital angle. Pterygostomial angle of carapace strongly produced, rounded.

Abdomen smooth, sixth segment 1.3 times longer than fifth, 1.4 times wider than long, posterolateral angle blunt, slightly produced, posteroventral angle blunt, not produced; pleura of first five segments broadly rounded.

Telson (Fig. 10A–B) 1.8 times as long as sixth abdominal segment, 2.0 times longer than proximal width; lateral margins almost straight, slightly convex; posterior border without median process; two pairs of medium-sized submarginal dorsal spines at 0.15 and 0.48 of telson length; distal and proximal pair of dorsal spines of equal length, 0.13 of telson length; posterior margin with three pairs of spines, lateral spines small, submarginal, 0.06 times telson length; submedian spines slightly longer than intermediate spines, lateral spines 0.20 of submedian and intermediate spines; both intermediate and submedian spines 0.7 of dorsal spine length, but more slender.

Eyestalk short, about as long as broad, as broad as diameter of hemispherical cornea.

Antennula (Fig. 9A–B) with peduncle and flagella short. Basal segment as long as proximal width, with acute produced distolateral tooth just falling short of distal margin of intermediate segment, anterior margin not developed, oblique; medioventral tooth strongly developed, acute, submarginal, situated halfway basal segment; stylocerite short, reaching proximal third of basal segment, distally bluntly acute, lateral margin with few plumose setae. Intermediate segment short, broader than long, medial margin with single long distal plumose seta. Distal segment broader than long, upper flagellum short, biramous, with four fused segments; short free ramus one-segmented; longer free ramus with five segments. Lower flagellum with six or seven segments.

Antenna (Fig. 9A–B) with basicerite short, laterally unarmed, with large gland tubercle medially; ischiocerite and merocerite normal; carpocerite extending just beyond distal end of distolateral tooth of scaphocerite, rather slender, 4.2 times longer than distal width; flagellum short, slender, about as long as postorbital carapace length; scaphocerite with lamina about twice as long as wide, anterior margin small, rounded, lateral margin broadly convex; distolateral tooth robust, 0.4 length of lamina (incl. distolateral tooth) reaching beyond lamina, curved medially; incision between distolateral tooth and lamina deep.

Epistome anteriorly broadly rounded; labrum normal, oval.

Paragnath well developed, alae with broad transverse more or less rectangular distal lobes, and small rounded more or less triangular ventromesial lobes; corpus very short, with shallow median excavation, bordered laterally by non-setose, small, oblique, carinae.

Second thoracic sternite with anterior margin broadly rounded; without median process forming round tubercle.

Third thoracic sternite with indistinct shallow lateral carinae.

Fourth thoracic sternite with developed, bluntly triangular medial plate without median notch.

Fifth thoracic sternite with well-developed lateral plates with medial broadened deep slit, posteromedial to second pereiopod coxae.

Sixth to eight thoracic sternites unarmed, broadening posteriorly.

Mandible (Fig. 10C) with incisor process with five terminal teeth of which larger distalmost is bifid, without ventromedial denticle; molar process robust, with several blunt teeth, some fringed with setal brushed.

Maxillula (Fig. 10D) with upper lacinia broad, rectangular with about 30 spines in two rows in distal half, with many simple setae along entire median margin; lower lacinia slender, acutely pointed upward, with many serrate and simple setae; palp present, but lost in dissection.

Maxilla (Fig. 11A) with basal endite well developed, bilobed, distal lobe broad with about 11 short simple distal setae of unequal length, proximal lobe small with 3 distal setae; coxal endite obsolete, median margin convex, without setae; scaphognathite large, 2.5 times longer than wide; palp simple, longer than basal endite, not expanding proximally, with row of about 4 plumose setae along proximolateral margin.

First maxilliped (Fig. 11B) with coxal and basal endite partly fused, broad; basal endite fringed with dense cover of, long simple and finely serrulate setae along median and distal margins; coxal endite convex, feebly demarcated from basal endite, with few simple setae medially; exopod well developed, flagellum with 6 plumose setae distally; caridean lobe rather small, narrow; epipod bilobate, lobes rounded; palp simple, rather short, non-setose.

Second maxilliped (Fig. 11C) with endopod short, compact; dactylar segment 2.6 times times longer than broad, fringed with short, coarsely serrulate, spiniform, and longer curled, finely serrulate setae medially; propodal segment with row of robust spines and few simple setae along expanded distomedian margin; one seta in distal part of ventrolateral margin; carpal segment short, broader than long, unarmed; meral segment without setae, ischial and basal segments almost completely fused, with few short setae, basal part produced medially; exopod long, with 12 long plumose setae in distal part; coxal segment medially produced, with few simple setae, with proximally expanded epipod laterally.

Third maxilliped (Fig. 11D) short; with ischiomerus distinct from basis, 3.2 times as long as broad, not tapered distally, somewhat flattened, with row of long simple setae along median margin, lateral margin with few simple setae; basal segment medially convex with long simple setae on medial margin; exopod well developed, reaching just halfway penultimate segment, with about 16 long plumose setae in distal part; coxal segment with small median process, with large lateral plate with few short setae; without arthrobranch; penultimate segment 2.0 times longer than broad, somewhat flattened, with many finely serrulate setae ventromedially; ultimate segment slightly shorter than penultimate segment, more slender, with groups of long coarsely serrulate setae ventromedially and distally.

First pereiopod (Fig. 12A) stout, exceeding carpocerite with chela and carpus, chela 3.2 times longer than deep, subcylindrical, slightly compressed; fingers as long as palm, stout, with lateral entire cutting edges, with groups of many serrulate setae, tips slightly hooked, suture of unguis distinct; carpo-propodal brush present, serrulate setae in distal part of carpus, and proximal part of palm; carpus 1.2 length of chela, 3.9 times longer than distal width, tapering proximally, unarmed, with simple setae medially and laterally; merus as long as carpus, 4.0 times longer than central width, somewhat bowed, with simple setae medially, short sparse setae dorsally; ischium 0.5 times merus length, slightly expanded medially, with few simple setae medially; basis slightly smaller than ischium, with few simple setae medially; coxa with small ventral lobe with few short simple setae.

Second pereiopods (Fig. 12B–C) similar in form, unequal in length. Major right chela 1.8 times postorbital carapace length, palm smooth, compressed, without carinae, with few scattered simple short setae; fingers with few simple setae in distal part; dactylus 0.5 of palm length, 3.3 times longer than deep, with large broad flattened tooth with row denticles at almost halfway of cutting edge, distal part of cutting edge entire, tip strongly hooked; fixed finger 1.9 times as long as deep, with broad flattened tooth in proximal part, separated by shallow notch from acute triangular tooth at about distal third of cutting edge, distal part of cutting edge entire, straight, tip strongly hooked; carpus 0.4 of palm length, about as long as distal width, strongly tapering proximally; merus 1.4 times as long as carpus, 1.2 times longer than central width, distomedially excavate; ischium much shorter than merus, tapering proximally, with slightly protruded distomedial angle; basis and coxa without special features. Minor left cheliped with chela 1.2 times postorbital carapace length, dactylus slightly longer in relation to palm than in major chela; palm less swollen than in major chela.

Ambulatory pereiopods short, stout. Dactylus of third pereiopod (Figs 13A, 14A–B, 16A, 17A) with corpus compressed, 1.8 times longer than proximal width, accessory tooth terminal, blunt, perpendicular to flexor margin, flexor margin with one large acute forward directed tooth at proximal third, with two small denticles in between proximal tooth and accessory tooth, with few simple setae at distolateral surface, with row of simple short setae along flexor margin; unguis longer than accessory tooth, acute, 0.43 of corpus length, without terminal scales, with faint proximal transverse grooves; propodus stout, compressed, 4.0 times length of dactylus, 4.0 times longer than deep, with minute lateral distoventral spine, and distal ventral spine, with many long simple setae on lateral margin; carpus 0.7 of propodus length, unarmed; merus 1.3 times propodus length, 3.7 times longer than central depth, unarmed; ischium 0.7 of merus length, slightly tapering proximally; basis and coxa without special features. Fourth and fifth (Fig. 13B) pereiopods similar.

First pleopod with endopod almost half as long as exopod, with plumose setae laterally and distally, with long simple setae distomedially.

Uropods, with short unarmed protopodite; exopod broad, 2.2 times longer than central width, lateral margin feebly convex, without distolateral tooth, with minute spinule distolaterally; endopod exceeding exopod, about as long as telson, 2.8 times longer than wide.

Ovigerous female with about 100 eggs of 0.05 mm in diameter.

(Fig. 15E). Body and chelipeds generally semitransparent, with small red chromatophores and scattered larger white spots. Carapace with larger white chromatophores at base of rostrum and scattered in a bilaterally symmetrical pattern. Eyestalks reddish with some big dorsal white spots, cornea with white spots as well. Antennular peduncle and scaphocerite reddish. Ambulatory pereiopods translucent with white chromatophores at joints. Abdomen reddish with many small white chromatophores and large white spots dorsally and laterally at fixed distances. Tailfan with red and white chromatophores. Eggs dark red.

Solitary ascidian (A. Gittenberger Asc. 67).

Only known from its type locality at Tidore, Indonesia.

The species is named “bagginsi”, inspired by the famous Hobbit family name “Baggins” featured in the “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” books. The fictional characters called “Hobbits” possess hairy feet comparable to this species.

The species bears resemblance to O. sibogae in its morphological characters. It differs in having a strongly developed ventral tooth on the rostrum; a strongly produced pterygostomial margin of the carapace; two pairs of dorsal spines on the telson and a broad upper lacinia of the maxillula. In addition, the pereiopods bear some notable differences: the segments of the first pereiopods are stouter and the cutting edge of the major cheliped bears a broad flattened tooth. The dactyli of the ambulatory pereiopods bear two denticles on the flexor margin. The unguis is devoid of distal scales. Most characteristic is the dense cover of simple setae on the propodi of the ambulatory pereiopods. Life colour patterns of the new species is similar to that of O. sibogae (see Levitt & Shenkar 2018: fig. 2B) with scattered white chromatophores of various sizes scattered over body and appendages. The new species has a reddish overall appearance while O. sibogae is paler.