Pontarachna australis Smit, 2003

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Pontarachna australis Smit, 2003

Report found in seagrass habitats – This species was reported from Mindanao Island, Philippines, north-eastern coast of Pujada Bay among Thalassia hemprichii (Pešić et al. 2009) .

Remarks – This species was also reported from Australia, Watering Cove, Burrup Peninsula, Western Australia ( Smit, 2003); from He-Ping-Dao, NE Taiwan, intertidal, among coralline algae ( Pešić et al. 2008) and Mahatma Gandhi National Park (Marine Park), Wandoor, Port Blair, South Andaman, Andaman Islands, India among sediments of macroalgae Padina sp. (Pešić et al. 2009).