Comprehensive Description
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Chernocaris placunae Johnson, 1967
Chernocaris placunae Johnson, 1967:500, figs. 1–12 [type locality: Telok Paku, Singapore, in Placuna sella at low spring tide level].
DIAGNOSIS.—Characters of genus; maximum postorbital carapace length 7.2 mm.
RANGE.—Singapore and Arafura Sea; living in mantle cavity of bivalve mollusk, Placuna occurring from low spring tide level to 27 meters.
- bibliographic citation
- Chace, Fenner Albert, Jr. and Bruce, A. J. 1993. "The caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Albatross Philippine Expedition 1907-1910, Part 6: Superfamily Palaemonoidea." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-152. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.543