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Paraphoxus sp., Flores Sea 



Pontharpinia rostrata, Pirlot 1932: 62, fig. 15 (in part) (not Dana 

 1853). 



Remarks. — The parts of the male specimen figured by Pirlot in 

 his fig. 15 appear not to correspond with his other material, both in 

 the slender fourth perasopod and in the lack of a well defined spine 

 on maxillipedal palp article 4. These characters are not represented as 

 sexual differences in species which the writer has examined. It would 

 be preferable to keep this material distinct from Pirlot's other spec- 

 imens of P. rostratus until further examination can be made. 



Distribution. — Flores Sea, plankton. 



Paraphoxus sp., South Africa 



Parharpinia villosa, Schellenberg 1926: 300-301 (not Haswell 1879). 

 Pontharpinia villosa, K. H. Barnard 1940: 442-443 (not Haswell 

 1879). 



Remarks. — Schellenberg compared his 3.5 mm juvenile with the 

 description of Tattersall 1922 (which is also not P. villosa) and noted 

 a few minor differences. Barnard 1940 says that Schellenberg's ma- 

 terial is probably Pontharpinia stimpsoni (which I removed to the 

 new genus Mandibulophoxus J. L. Barnard 1957) but if this were the 

 case Schellenberg undoubtedly would have noted the many distinctive 

 characteristics of stimpsoni not possessed by even Tattersall's villosa 

 and would have mentioned them. 



The writer prefers to keep these records in a separate category 

 until further exploration reveals what Schellenberg had. 



Distribution. — Simons Bay, South Africa. 



Dubious Species of Paraphoxus 



Phoxus grandis Stimpson 1857: 521. San Francisco Bay, California. 



Possibly P. milleri or P. obtusidens. 

 Phoxus geniculatus Stimpson 1856: 382; Bate 1862: 100. Japan. 

 Phoxus obtusus Stimpson 1856: 382; Bate 1862: 100. Japan. 

 Phoxus erythrophthalmus Catta 1875: 163. Mediterranean. 



