Lissosabinea ecarina Komai, 2006

Taylor, Joanne & Collins, David J., 2009, New records of the shrimp genus Lissosabinea (Caridea: Crangonidae) from Australia including descriptions of three new species and a key to world species., Memoirs of Museum Victoria 66 (1), pp. 175-187 : 177

Lissosabinea ecarina Komai, 2006

Figure 7 .

Lissosabinea ecarina Komai, 2006: 49 , figs. 10–12.

Sabinea indica – Chace, 1984: 59 (part).

Material examined. Australia, WA, north-western Australia, Mermaid L 24 transect (17°45.63' S – 120°42.66' E), 110 m, 19 Jun 2007 (stn SS05-2007 089), NMV J46722 (female specimen, cl. 6.0 mm) .

Type locality. Kai Islands , Indonesia, 336–346 m.

Distribution. Australia, Western Australia. Western Pacific: Philippines and Indonesia; 246– 472 m.

Remarks. The weakly elevated third abdominal somite and lack of a distinctly delineated median carina distinguishes L. ecarina from other species of the genus found in Australian waters. See Komai (2006) for further discussion on differences between L. ecarina and L. indica .

Colour. Unknown in life, faded in ethanol.

Figures

Figure 7. World species of Lissosabinea. Carapace and abdomen (lateral view, setae on abdomen omitted). L. armata redrawn from Komai, 2006 (fig. 7); L. ecarina redrawn from Komai, 2006 (fig. 10); L. tridentata redrawn from Dardeau & Heard, 1983 (fig. 15); L. unispinosa redrawn from Komai, 2006 (fig. 13); L. indica redrawn from Komai, 2006 (fig 1).