Thalassocaris crinita ( Dana, 1852 )

Li, Xinzheng & Komai, Tomoyuki, 2003, Pandaloid Shrimps From The Northern South China Sea, With Description Of A New Species Of Plesionika (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 51 (2), pp. 257-275 : 258

Thalassocaris crinita ( Dana, 1852)

Regulus crinitus Dana, 1852: 27 [type locality: Sulu Sea ].

Thalassocaris crinita – De Man, 1920: 95, 100, pl. 9, figs. 22- 22o, pl. 10, figs. 23-23c; Kemp, 1925: 283; Menon & Williamson, 1971: 29, figs. 1b, 3, 5b, 6c, d, 10a, b, 11j-r, 13; Chace, 1985: 7, figs. 3-5; Liu & Zhong, 1994: 560.

Thalassocaris affinis Borradaile, 1915: 208 (part) [type locality: Maldive Islands and Saya de Malha Bank ].

Material examined. – 1 male (cl 3.5 mm) ( IOCAS), CN N219 B-178B, 18 15’N, 108 30’E, 54 m, muddy sand, AT, coll. J. Liu, 16 May.1960 .

Distribution. – Red Sea, Indian Ocean to Indonesia, Philippines, South China Sea, Japan, Marshall Islands; shallow waters to 100 m.

Remarks. – The present specimen is somewhat damaged: the rostrum and antennae are broken off, but the detached fragment of the rostrum is still preserved. It agrees well with the previous accounts of Thalassocaris crinita by De Man (1920), Menon & Williamson (1971) and Chace (1985).

FAMILY PANDALIDAE