Abstract:
A provisional key to the 38 known species of
Glyphocrangon is offered and particulars are given of the 14 species recognized
from the Philippines and Indonesia, including two new species: G. juxtaculeata
from the Banda Sea, Indonesia, and, possibly, the Sulu Sea, Philippines, and
G. stenolepis from the South China Sea southeast of Hong Kong and southern
Tablas Strait off northwestern Panay, Philippines. The crangonid genus
Parapontocaris Alcock, 1901, is reestablished for the more elongate species
that nave customarily been assigned to Pontocaris Bate, 1888, and Philocheras
Stebbing, 1900, is treated as a genus distinct from Pontophilus Leach, 1817.
Keys are included to (1) the six crangonid genera known from the Philippines
and Indonesia; (2) the six species of Parapontocaris, including two new Philippine species (P. aspera and P. levigata); (3) the six Philippine-Indonesian
species of Philocheras; (4) the seven species of Pontocaris; (5) trie 11 species of
Pontophilus, including one new species (P. demani from the Lesser Sunda
Islands, Indonesia); (6) the four species of Prionocrangon; and (7) the five
species of Sabinea.
