Pontocaris hilarula ( De Man , 1918 )

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 : 48

Pontocaris hilarula ( De Man, 1918)

Aegeon propensalata var. hilarula De Man, 1918: 301 . — De Man, 1920: 296, pl. 24, figs. 71– 71f. Pontocaris hilarula – Chan, 1996: 299, fig. 10.

Material examined. South China Sea. 1 female (cl 7.0 mm), MBM228652, CN SSB10-80, 3°58'N, 112°17'E, 53 m, coral, AT, 4 Jun 1985.

Distribution. South China Sea, Philippines, Indonesia, New Caledonia, at depths of 34–70 meters.

Remarks. The single female specimen agrees well with the descriptions and illustrations of De Man (1918, 1920) and Chan (1996). The tip of rostrum is distinctly cleft, the dactylus of the fifth pereiopod is strongly modified, the sixth thoracic sternite has distinct low triangular median carina, the second abdominal tergite has the lateral sinuous ridges interrupted, the third abdominal tergite has the lateral ridges dorsally continuous but interrupted near lateral ends, the sixth abdominal somite bears two dorsolateral spines, the fifth abdominal somite lacks a dorsolateral spine, the abdominal pleura are truncate ventrally. This is the first record of the species from the Nansha Islands. The present specimen extends the range of the species to the southern part of the South China Sea.