2020 Volume 49 Pages 173-186
The alpheid shrimp Salmoneus tafaongae Banner & Banner, 1966 was described based on a fragmentary holotype from Samoa, which was subsequently lost in the devastating fire of the Hawaii Marine Laboratory in 1961. The species is here fully redescribed based on new material from French Polynesia, Australia (Great Barrier Reef) and Solomon Islands, and compared to closely related species.