Philocheras lowisi ( Kemp, 1916 )

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 : 165

Philocheras lowisi ( Kemp, 1916)

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Pontophilus lowisi Kemp, 1916: 361 , pl. 8 fig. 2.

Philocheras lowisi . — Bruce 1994: 752, fig. 2.

Material examined. Australia, WA, Northwest Shelf , between Port Hedland and Dampier, 19°05'S, 117°26.00–46.23'E , 120 m, 12. VI .1983 (stn NWA 52 ), J40944 (5 specimens, pocl 1.3–1.8 mm); 19°38–37'S, 118°06–05'E , 49 m, 13. VI .1983 (stn NWA 56 ), J58874 (3 specimens, pocl 0.8–1.7 mm); 20°01–00'S, 117°17– 18'E , 46 m, 02. VI .1983 (stn NWA 5 ), J58875 (1 specimen, pocl 1.6 mm) .

Other material. Australia, WA, (stn SO283), NTM Cr16608 (22 specimens) .

Type locality. Port Blair , Andaman Islands ; 4–20 m.

Distribution. Andaman Sea, Hong Kong to Japan; Australia: Timor Sea; Western Australia. Depth: sublittoral to 120m.

Remark. See remarks for P. japonicus .

Figures

FIGURE 3. Carapace (dorsal view) of Philocheras species reported from Australian waters: P. angustirostris redrawn from De Man (1918: pl. 22 fig. 67); P. anthonyi reproduced from type illustration herein (fig. 1B); P. brucei redrawn from Komai (2004: fig. 1); P. flindersi redrawn from Poore (2004: fig. 36g); P. incisus redrawn from Kemp (1916: pl. 8 fig. 1); P. intermedius redrawn from Poore (2004: fig. 36h); P.japonicus redrawn from De Man (1918: pl. 23 fig. 69); P. lowisi redrawn from Kemp (1916: pl. 8 fig. 2).