Kemponia nilandensis (Borradaile, 1915) comb. nov.

Periclimenes (Falciger) nilandensis Borradaile, 1915: 211; 1917: 324, 372, pl. 54, fig. 13. Periclimenes (Ancylocaris) nilandensis — Kemp, 1922: 172.

Periclimenes (Harpilius) nilandensis — Holthuis, 1952: 58 –60, fig. 22.

Periclimenes nilandensis — Bruce, 1978a: 222 –227, figs 8–9. — Li, 2000: 214 –215, fig. 278.

Type material. Holotype, ZMC I.9594.4.

Type locality. South Nilandu Atoll, Maldive Islands.

Host. Coelogorgonia palmosa Milne­Edwards and Haime [ Telestidae] (Bruce, 1976h). Generally reported from coral reef margins, but also trawl caught in deeper waters.

Bathymetric range. Reported from 117–133 m in the northern South China Sea (Bruce, 1979).

Distribution. Also known from Kenya, Zanzibar, Madagascar, Maldive Islands, Indonesia, South China Sea, Northern Territory, Queensland and New Caledonia.

Remarks. One of the three species known to have commensal associations. Numerous specimens from Madagascar were also all found in association with unidentified antipatharian and gorgonian hosts (Bruce, 1978a)