Thalassocaris crinita ( Dana, 1852 )

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 : 362

Thalassocaris crinita ( Dana, 1852)

Regulus crinitus Dana, 1852: 27 [type locality: Sulu Sea ].

Thalassocaris crinita . – De Man, 1920: 95, 100, Pl. 9 fig. 22-22o, Pl. 10 fig. 23-23c; Chace, 1985: 7, Figs. 3-5 ; Li & Komai, 2003: 258.

Material examined. – 1 male, 3 ovigerous females, CN SSBIII3- 15 , Nansha Islands (Zengmuansha), 3º54.81'N 112º14.86'E, 36 m, coral reef, 0.25 m 2 grabber, coll. Chen, 26 Apr.1986 .

Distribution. – Red Sea, Indian Ocean to Indonesia, Philippines, South China Sea, Japan, Marshall Islands; shallow waters to 100 m.

Remarks. – Not previously reported from the Nansha Islands.

PANDALIDAE HAWORTH, 1825

Figures

Fig. 3. Heterocarpus chani, new species: a, third maxilliped; b, same, antipenultimate segment and exopod; c, chela of first pereiopod; d, right second pereiopod; e, dactylus of third pereiopod. Male, paratype (cl 18.5 mm), South China Sea: a-d; Male, paratype (cl 19.6 mm), South China Sea: e. Scale bars: a, d, e = 5 mm; b, c = 1 mm.

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

Fig. 5. Relationships between the postorbital carapace length and the ratio of exopod/antipenultimate segment of third maxilliped in Heterocarpus chani, new species, and H. gibbosus Bate, 1888.