Pomacuma australiae (Zimmer 1921)

Synonymy. Vaunthompsonia ? australiae Zimmer 1921; Leptocuma australiae Hale 1936 .

Diagnosis. Female. Carapace smooth, anterior half with sharp crest, depression between pseudorostral suture and dorsal crest; eyelobe with lenses, dark pigment in and around eyelobe. Pereonite 1 visible only dorsally.

Remarks. This species is the sole representative of Pomacuma recorded from New Zealand, and is unique within the New Zealand bodotriids in having a brush of long setae on the first pereopod.