Neocallichirus frouini, Nguyen Ngoc-Ho, 2005

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 : 86

Neocallichirus frouini Ngoc-Ho, 2005

Neocallichirus frouini Ngoc-Ho, 2005: 74–77 , fig. 14.

Diagnosis. Antenna peduncle exceeding antennule peduncle by half of article 5. Eyestalk distal lobes triangular, rounded, diverging. Major cheliped merus lower margin with triangular blade tapering distally, more strongly dentate proximally; gape with shallow notch; fixed finger cutting edge smooth; dactylus cutting edge with notch at midpoint (male). Uropodal endopod posterior margin moderately oblique, angle with anterior margin about 30°. Telson tapering from base to continuous rounded posterolateral margin. Maximum cl. 5.3 mm.

Distribution. Southeast Polynesia (known only from type locality: French Polynesia, Tahiti).

Remarks. The species has not been recorded since its description.