Pontocaris arafurae ( Bruce, 1988 )

Han, Qingxi & Keesing, John K., 2018, A new species of Philocheras (Decapoda: Caridea: Crangonidae) from Western Australia, with a key to all species of this genus worldwide, Zootaxa 4382 (1), pp. 175-184 : 182

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4382.1.7

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2B297D32-8E1E-4D55-99EE-A45CB00640A6

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5971920

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BA1887F6-E744-FFF4-FF01-A3FE2EECA18A

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Plazi

scientific name

Pontocaris arafurae ( Bruce, 1988 )
status

 

3. Pontocaris arafurae ( Bruce, 1988) View in CoL

Pontocheras arafurae Bruce, 1988: 213 View in CoL , pl. 86, figs. 1–6, 7A–E (type locality: Arafura Sea) Pontocaris arafurae View in CoL .— Holthuis, 1993: 377, 298, fig. 295.— Chan, 1996: 297, fig. 9.

Material examined. Western Australia: 1 female CL= 8.8 mm, North West Cape, 21°32.17′S, 114°03.72′E, stn.: 103501, depth: 100 m, date: 15 Mar 2001, WAM reg. no. C28780 GoogleMaps .

Distribution. Previously known from Arafura Sea of Australia to Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore. The present records: Western Australia; at depths of 10–199 meters.

Remarks. This record is the first record from Western Australia. The present material agrees well with the description of and illustrations by Bruce (1988) and Chan (1996), including lateral carina on carapace armed with only 1 tooth; lateral ridges on pleonal somite 2 interrupted and sinuous, pleonal somite 3 lacking anterdorsal tooth; branchiostegal spine moderately long; pleonal somite 4 without distinct posteromedian tooth.

WAM

Western Australian Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Crangonidae

Genus

Pontocaris

Loc

Pontocaris arafurae ( Bruce, 1988 )

Han, Qingxi & Keesing, John K. 2018
2018
Loc

Pontocheras arafurae

Bruce, 1988 : 213
Holthuis, 1993 : 377
Chan, 1996 : 297
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