Species Pontocaris arafurae (Bruce, 1988)
- Pontocheras arafurae Bruce, A.J. 1988. A new crangonid shrimp Pontocheras arafurae gen. nov. et sp. nov., from the Arafura Sea. Zoologica Scripta 17(2): 213-221 figs 1-7 [219].
Type data:
Holotype NTM Cr.004127 ♀, off Orontes Reef, Port Essington, NT [11°4.5'S 132°40'E].
Paratype(s) RMNH D36756 ♀, Timor Sea, off Northern Territory.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Also Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
From 10–199 m depth.
General References
Chan, T.-Y. 1996. Crustacea Decapoda Crangonidae: Revision of the three closely related genera Aegaeon Agassiz, 1846, Pontocaris Bate, 1888 and Parapontocaris Alcock, 1901. pp. 269-336 in Crosnier, A. Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 15. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 168: 1-539 [297] (extended range)
History of changes
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |