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Pontoniopsis comanthi Borradaile, 1915
Pontoniopsis comanthi Borradaile, 1915:213 [type locality; Mabuaig, Torres Straits, on Comanthus].—Holthuis, 1952c: 153, figs. 70, 71—Bruce, 1981h:396, figs. 3D, 4, 5.
DIAGNOSIS.—Rostrum lanceolate, compressed; antennal scale with distolateral tooth not reaching level of distal margin of blade; 3rd maxilliped without arthrobranch; 3rd pereopod distinctly biunguiculate; maximum postorbital carapace length about 1.2 mm.
RANGE.—Gilbert, Marianna, and Fiji islands.
*Thaumastocaris Kemp, 1922
Thaumastocaris Kemp, 1922:244 [type species, by monotypy: Thaumastocaris streptopus Kemp, 1922:244; gender: feminine].
DIAGNOSIS.—Rostrum overreaching anteriorly extended eyes, compressed laterally, armed dorsally throughout length and ventrally, lateral carina not expanded into broad supraocular or postocular eave; carapace slightly compressed laterally, dorsal profile nearly straight, 3 teeth of dorsal rostral series arising from gastric region, anterior margin not produced anteroventrally as prominent convex lobe and not deeply concave (notched), without longitudinal branchiostegal suture, with antennal spine, without hepatic spine, orbital margin not interrupted posteriorly; abdomen with pleuron of 5th somite rounded; telson not curving ventrad, posterior margin not incised, median and submedian pairs of posterior spines not curving ventrad, dorsolateral spines long and strong; epistome not bearing paired, horn-like processes; antennal scale well developed; mandible without palp; 3rd maxilliped with exopod; 4th thoracic sternite without slender median process; 1st pereopod with carpus subdivided; 2nd pereopods subsimilar but usually unequal, fingers not provided with socket and plunger closure, movable finger normal, not semicircular; 3rd pereopod composed of 7 segments, merus and ischium not fused, dactyl biunguiculate but not bearing hoof-shaped protuberance; uropod with lateral branch bearing 1 movable spine flanked by immovable tooth.
RANGE.—Red Sea and eastern Africa, Philippines, Indonesia. sia, New Caledonia, and Caroline and Marshall islands; associated with sponges.
MATERIAL.—PHILIPPINES. Off Jolo Island, Sulu Archipelago: sta 5136; 6°04′20″N, 120°59′20″E; 40 m; sand, shells; 14 Feb 1908 (0907–0927); 12′ Agassiz beam trawl, 2 mud bags: 1 male [7.1]; sta 5145; 6°04′30″N, 120°59′30″E; 42 m; coral sand, shells; 15 Feb 1908 (1344–1359); 12′ Agassiz beam trawl, mud bag: 1 ovig female [8.4].—Near Siasi, Sulu Archipelago; 5°41′ 40″N, 120°47′10″E; 38 m; coral sand, shells; 16 Feb 1908 (1127–1147); 12′ Agassiz beam trawl, mud bag: 1 female [5.2].
RANGE.—See “Range” of genus.
- 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
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Hosts include Tropiometra carinata (Lam.).
Fransen, C.H.J.M. (1994). Marine palaemonoid shrimps of the Netherlands Seychelles Expedition 1992 1993. Zoologische Verhandelingen. 297: 85-152.
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