Pontocaris major Chan, 1996

Han, Qingxi & Li, Xinzheng, 2008, Records of the crangonid shrimp genus Pontocaris Bate, 1888 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) from Chinese waters, with notes on biology of P. pennata Bate, 1888, Zootaxa 1807, pp. 47-62 : 49

Pontocaris major Chan, 1996

Pontocaris major Chan, 1996: 304 , fig. 13.

Material examined. South China Sea. 1 male (cl 14.3 mm), MBM228666, CN 30, 5°35'N, 114°51'E, 206 m, mud, AT, 29 Jul 1988; 1 female (cl 16.9 mm), MBM228649, CN 32, 5°40'04'N, 112°05'99'E, 170 m, muddy sand, AT, 31 Jul 1988.

Distribution. South China Sea, Philippines, at depths of 116–457 meters.

Remarks. The present specimens agree well with the original descriptions and illustrations by Chan (1996). The body is large and robust, the dactylus of the fifth pereiopod is strongly modified, the sixth thoracic sternite bears a large median tooth, the second abdominal tergite has the lateral sinuous ridges interrupted, the third abdominal tergite has the lateral sinuous ridges continuous, the sixth abdominal somite has two pairs of dorsolateral spines, the fifth abdominal somite lacks a dorsolateral spine, the abdominal pleura are all ventrally acute and elongate. The species has not been previously recorded from the South China Sea.