Heterocarpus hayashii Crosnier, 1988

Li, Xinzheng, 2006, Additional Pandaloid Shrimps From The South China Sea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea), With Description Of One New Species, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 54 (2), pp. 361-372 : 368

Heterocarpus hayashii Crosnier, 1988

Heterocarpus sibogae – Chace, 1985: 11 (part), Fig. 20; Chan & Yu, 1987: 57 (part), Pl. 2 fig. c.

Heterocarpus hayashii Crosnier, 1988: 67 , Fig. 4b , Pl. 1d, 3c-e [type locality: Chesterfield Islands]; Li & Komai, 2003: 259.

Material examined. – 42 ex., CN L33 B-45, South China Sea, 19 ° 00'N 113 ° 00'E, 465 m, coarse sand, AT, coll. Huanlin Li, 17 Feb.1959 ; 10 females, CN 7-12 , South China Sea, 19 ° 00'N 112 ° 30'E, 472 m, AT, coll. Zhican Tang, 17 Feb.1959 ; 6 females, CN K122 B- 40, South China Sea, 19 ° 00'N 112 ° 30'E, 300 m, fine sand, AT, coll. Shoupeng Shen, 8 Feb.1960 ; 1 male, 1 ovigerous female, CN 13 , Nansha Islands , 7 ° 18.83'N 116 ° 12.29'E, 382 m, soft mud, AT, 27 Jul.1988 .

Distribution. – Japan, East and South China Seas, Philippines, New Caledonia, Samoa, Australia; at depths of 200- 700 m.

Remarks. – The illustration of Dong (1988: Fig. 38) shows that his material should belong to this species. The posteriormost postrostral tooth situated behind half of carapace length and the posteromedial spine of the third abdominal somite is longer than that of fourth. Not previously reported from the Nansha Islands.

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Fig. 4. Heterocarpus chani, new species, female, holotype (cl 24.4 mm), Philippines, color photo.