Neocallichirus vaugelasi Dworschak, 2011

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Neocallichirus vaugelasi Dworschak, 2011

Callianassa jousseaumei .— Dworschak, 1992: 198, figs 5a–d, 6a–c. Neocallichirus vaugelasi Dworschak, 2011b: 10–18 , figs 7–10.

Diagnosis. Antenna peduncle exceeding antennule peduncle by half of article 5. Eyestalk distal lobes elongate, longer than precorneal length, tapering, diverging, distally transparent. Major cheliped merus lower margin with convex dentate blade except over distal quarter; gape simple; fixed finger cutting edge denticulate over most of length; dactylus cutting edge with molar-like tooth in proximal half, separated by deep notch from broad subtriangular tooth distally. Uropodal endopod posterior margin moderately oblique, angle with anterior margin about 30°. Telson tapering from base to continuous rounded posterolateral margin. Maximum cl. 29.8 mm.

Distribution. Red Sea and Gulf of Aden ( Jordan [type locality:, Aqaba]).

Remarks. The species description was based on material reported by de Vaugelas (1984) and has been found only once since ( Dworschak, 1992).