Species Philocheras lowisi (Kemp, 1916)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pontophilus lowisi Kemp, S. 1916. Notes on Crustacea Decapoda in the Indian Museum. VI. Indian Crangonidae. Records of the Indian Museum 12(8): 355-384 figs 1-7 pl. 8 [361 pl. 8 fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) IM 9074/10, Port Blair, Andaman Islands.

  Secondary source:

   Taylor, J. 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: 157-168 [165, fig. 3].

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Andaman Islands, Hong Kong to Japan, Australia (Timor Sea, Western Australia); sublittoral to 120 m depth.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Reef, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 30 m.

 

General References

Bruce, A.J. 1994. Shrimps from Flat-Top Bank, Timor Sea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 42(4): 743-756 [752] (Australian record)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Jul-2013		22-Jul-2013	MODIFIED
10-May-2012		10-May-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)