Pontocaris arafurae ( Bruce, 1988 )
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 |
treatment provided by |
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 |
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
Kingdom |
|
Phylum |
|
Class |
|
Order |
|
Family |
|
Genus |
Pontocaris arafurae ( Bruce, 1988 )
Han, Qingxi & Keesing, John K. 2018 |
Pontocheras arafurae
Bruce, 1988 : 213 |
Holthuis, 1993 : 377 |
Chan, 1996 : 297 |