First record of the deep-sea caridean shrimp genus Psathyrocaris Wood-Mason and Alcock, 1893 (Decapoda : Pasiphaeidae) from Taiwan

Authors
Lin, CW Chan, TY
Citation
Cw. Lin et Ty. Chan, First record of the deep-sea caridean shrimp genus Psathyrocaris Wood-Mason and Alcock, 1893 (Decapoda : Pasiphaeidae) from Taiwan, RAFFL B ZOO, 49(1), 2001, pp. 51-56
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Animal Sciences
Journal title
RAFFLES BULLETIN OF ZOOLOGY
ISSN journal
02172445 → ACNP
Volume
49
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
51 - 56
Database
ISI
SICI code
0217-2445(20010715)49:1<51:FROTDC>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
The deep-sea pasiphaeid genus Psathyrocaris Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1893, is r eported for the first time in Taiwanese waters and is represented in the re gion by two species, P. fragilis Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1893, and P. hawaiien sis Rathbun, 1906. Just two specimens of P. hawaiiensis have been previousl y cited from Hawaii and the Coral Sea while this new record of P. fragilis is only the second for the Western Pacific.