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Paraphoxus barnardi (Pirlot), new combination 



Pontharpinia rostrata, K. H. Barnard 1931: 119, fig. 1 (not Dana 



1853). 

 Pontharpinia barnardi Pirlot 1932: 62 (new name). 



Distribution. — Low Isles, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. 



Paraphoxus capillatus (K. H. Barnard), new combination 



(Plate 41) 



Trichophoxus capillatus Barnard 1930: 336-337, fig. 13, 



Remarks. — The syntypes of this species were examined for me by 

 Dr. Isabella Gordon in the British Museum of Natural History. Her 

 notes indicate to me that Trichophoxus and Metharpinia are congeneric, 

 the first name having priority and retained as a subgenus under Para- 

 phoxus, serving to segregate those species with narrowed rostrums. 



Additional descriptive details. — Epistome with a rounded cone shaped 

 process in front; maxilliped palp article 4 long, slender, simple; uropods 

 1-2 typical of the genus, each ramus bearing a small distal claw and no 



PLATE 41 



Paraphoxus capillatus (K. H. Barnard), type. 



Figs. A,B, peraeopods 3, 4; C, epistome; D, upper lip; E, maxillipedal 

 palp article 4. 



distal spines. Figures in Plate 41 are tracings of camera lucida sketches 

 supplied by Dr. Gordon. 



Distribution. — New Zealand, North Cape, 3 m, night. 



Paraphoxus centralis (Schellenberg), new combination 



Pontharpinia centralis Schellenberg 1938: 15-17, fig. 8. 

 Distribution. — Hawaii. 



