Phylladiorhynchus australis Schnabel & Ahyong 2019, n. sp.
The squat lobster genus Phylladiorhynchus Baba, 1969 in New Zealand and eastern Australia, with description of six new species
FIGURE 2. Phylladiorhynchus australis n. sp., holotype female, 3.7 mm (NIWA 92587): A, carapace and abdomen, dorsal view. B, sternal plastron. C, anterior portion of pterygostomian flap, lateral view. D, telson. E, right antennal peduncle, ventral view. F, left cephalic region, showing antennular and antennal peduncles, ventral view. G, right Mxp3, lateral view. H, left cheliped, dorsal view. I, distal portion of right cheliped, dorsal view. J–L, left P2–4, lateral view. Scale bars: 2 mm.
FIGURE 3. Distribution records and bathymetric range (inset) for Phylladiorhynchus australis n. sp. (crossed circles and solid line) and P. nui n. sp. (white circles and broken line). Lines demarcating the EEZ for both Australia and NZ shown.
FIGURE 15. A, Phylladiorhynchus australis n. sp., ovigerous female (3.5 mm), NIWA 56096, Bay of Islands (Credit: Peter Marriott/ NIWA, Ocean Survey 20/20 Bay of Islands Coastal Biodiversity, Sediment and Seabed Habitat Project). B, P. nui n. sp., male (5.9 mm), NIWA 33682, Chatham Rise (Credit: Oceans Survey 20/20 Chatham-Challenger expedition).