A new species of Philocheras (Decapoda: Caridea: Crangonidae) from Western Australia, with a key to all species of this genus worldwide
Author
Han, Qingxi
Author
Keesing, John K.
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-02-20
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Philocheras obliquus
(
Fulton & Grant, 1902
)
Pontophilus obliquus
Fulton & Grant, 1902
: 63
, pl. X, fig. 1 (type locality: off Shoreham, Western Port, Victoria, Australia).—
De Man 1920
: 261
(key).
Philocheras obliquus
.
—
Poore, 2004
: 140
, fig.
36i.
—
Komai, 2008
: 395
(list).—
Philocheras obliquus
Taylor, 2010
: 166
, fig. 4.—
Taylor & Komai, 2011
: 4
, fig. 4.
Material
examined.
Western Australia
:
1 female
, CL
2.3 mm
,
Dampier Archipelago Expedition
,
Dolphin Island
,
20°30.25′S
,
116°49.34′E
, stn. DA
1/98/11
, intertidal sand flat with patches of sponge and scattered rocks, rising to a narrow beach backed by a narrow mangrove of
Avicennia marina
, coll.:
M. Hewitt
et al
., date:
21 Oct 1998
,
WAM
reg. no
.
C25709; 1 ovig. female (CL=
3.9 mm
),
Western Australia
,
32°15.9′S
,
115°27.91′E
, depth:
34.2 m
, coll.:
R.W. George
, date:
29/06/1977
,
WAM
reg. no. c40385.
Queensland
:
2 ovig. females (CL=3.0–
3.1 mm
),
5 females
(CL=
2.3–2.9 mm
), Tangalooma, station F64, further detailed information unavailable, depth:
34.2 m
, coll.:
R. Rose
, date:
10 Jul 1972
,
WAM
reg. no.C40386.
Distribution.
Previously known from:
Victoria
, Southern
Australia
, and
Tasmania
(
Fulton & Grant, 1902
;
Poore, 2004
;
Taylor, 2010
;
Taylor & Komai, 2011
); the present records:
Queensland
and
Western
Australia
; subtidal and shelf sediments,
0–34.2 m
.
Remarks.
The present material agrees well with the descriptions and illustrations of
Fulton & Grant (1902)
and
Poore (2004)
, including middorsal carina with anterior and posterior halves, each defined anteriorly by tooth; submedian tooth strong and oblique; dorsolateral carina unarmed; hepatic spine present; lateral carina without teeth. This is the first report of this species from
Western
Australia
and
Queensland
.