Neocallichirus manningi Kazmi and Kazmi, 1992

Poore, Gary C. B., 2023, New records and one new species of Callichiridae (Crustacea, Axiidea) from the Indo-West Pacific, with keys to species of Corallianassa, Lepidophthalmus and Neocallichirus, Memoirs of Museum Victoria (Mem. Mus. Vic.) 82, pp. 71-95 : 87

Neocallichirus manningi Kazmi and Kazmi, 1992

Neocallichirus manningi Kazmi and Kazmi, 1992: 296 , fig. 1.—

Sakai, 2011: 460.— Sepahvand et al., 2018: 247–251, figs 5–7. Neocallichirus indicus . — Sakai, 1999: 99.

Diagnosis. Antenna peduncle exceeding antennule peduncle by one-third of article 5. Eyestalk distal lobes tapered, often truncate, with denticulate distal margin. Major cheliped merus lower margin evenly convex, smooth (female); gape simple; fixed finger cutting edge denticulate over most of length; dactylus cutting edge with 2 obscure teeth (female). Uropodal endopod posterior margin decidedly oblique, curving continuously to convex anterior margin. Telson clearly tapering from subproximal width to rounded corner between well-defined posterolateral margin and convex-straight posterior margin. Maximum cl. 9 mm.

Distribution. Somali/Arabian (Gulf of Oman, Pakistan [type locality: Karachi]).

Remarks. The species has erroneously been synonymised with N. indicus , a synonym of N. jousseaumei (cf. Sakai, 1999; Sepahvand et al., 2018).