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Philocheras lowisi

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Description

Philocheras lowisi (Kemp, 1916)

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Pontophilus lowisi Kemp, 1916: 361, pl. 8 fig. 2.

Philocheras lowisi. — Bruce 1994: 752, fig. 2.

Material examined. Australia, WA, Northwest Shelf, between Port Hedland and Dampier, 19°05'S, 117°26.00–46.23'E, 120 m, 12. VI.1983 (stn NWA 52), J40944 (5 specimens, pocl 1.3–1.8 mm); 19°38–37'S, 118°06–05'E, 49 m, 13. VI.1983 (stn NWA 56), J58874 (3 specimens, pocl 0.8–1.7 mm); 20°01–00'S, 117°17– 18'E, 46 m, 02. VI.1983 (stn NWA 5), J58875 (1 specimen, pocl 1.6 mm).

Other material. Australia, WA, (stn SO283), NTM Cr16608 (22 specimens).

Type locality. Port Blair, Andaman Islands; 4–20 m.

Distribution. Andaman Sea, Hong Kong to Japan; Australia: Timor Sea; Western Australia. Depth: sublittoral to 120m.

Remark. See remarks for P. japonicus.

Notes

Published as part of Taylor, Joanne, 2010, The sand shrimp genus Philocheras (Caridea: Crangonidae) from the continental margin of Western Australia including the description of a new species and a key to Australian species *, pp. 157-168 in Zootaxa 2372 (1) on page 165, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2372.1.16, http://zenodo.org/record/5305091

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Biodiversity

Collection code
NTM , NWA , VI
Family
Crangonidae
Genus
Philocheras
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
NWA 5 , NWA 52 , NWA 56
Order
Decapoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Kemp
Species
lowisi
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Philocheras lowisi (Kemp, 1916) sec. Taylor, 2010

References

  • Kemp, S. (1916) Notes on Crustacea Decapoda in the Indian Museum. VI. Indian Crangonidae. Records of the Indian Museum, 12, 355 - 384.
  • Bruce, A. J. (1994) Shrimps from flat-top bank, Timor Sea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 42, 743 - 756.