Australian Museum Journal Typton australissp. nov., a new pontoniinid shrimp from The Great Barrier Reef, Australia
- Shortform:
- Bruce, 1973, Rec. Aust. Mus. 28(12): 253–263
- Author(s):
- Bruce, A. J.
- Year published:
- 1973
- Title:
- Typton australissp. nov., a new pontoniinid shrimp from The Great Barrier Reef, Australia
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 28
- Issue:
- 12
- Start page:
- 253
- End page:
- 263
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.28.1973.409
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 24 January 1973
- Cover date:
- 24 January 1973
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- CRUSTACEA: DECAPODA; TAXONOMY
- Digitized:
- 02 February 2009
- Available online:
- 03 March 2009
- Reference number:
- 409
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (81kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (1149kb PDF)
Abstract
A new species of pontoniinid shrimp from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, is described and illustrated. The new species shows several morphological features intermediate between species of Typton and another spongicolous genus Onycocaris Nobili. The systematic affinities of the new species are discussed and the features which distinguish it from other species from the Pacific and western Indian Oceans and from the single American species, to which it is most closely similar, are noted.