Philocheras Stebbing, 1900

Taylor, Joanne, 2010, The sand shrimp genus Philocheras (Caridea: Crangonidae) from the continental margin of Western Australia including the description of a new species and a key to Australian species *, Zootaxa 2372 (1), pp. 157-168 : 158

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2372.1.16
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5312776
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CD1387F0-B114-1E64-FF44-F1C6FAF4295A
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scientific name	Philocheras Stebbing, 1900
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Philocheras Stebbing, 1900 View in CoL

Philocheras Stebbing, 1900: 48 View in CoL . — Chace, 1984: 38.

Type species. Selected by Holthuis, 1955: 138: Crangon nanus Krøyer, 1842 View in CoL (= Pontophilus bispinosus Hailstone, 1835: 271 View in CoL ).

Diagnosis. Rostrum without teeth in basal half of length, carapace without postorbital longitudinal suture; eye with well developed cornea, pigmented; antennal scale with well developed blade; pereopod 1 without trace of exopod; pereopod 2 chelate, usually overreaching merus of anteriorly extended pereopod 1.