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Distribution. Smenispa irregularis (Bleeker, 1857) was 
recorded from Ambon Island (Bleeker, 1857), Singapore and 
Thailand (Schioedte & Meinert, 1884), Jakarta Bay (Trilles, 
1979), Arafura Sea, Northern Territory (Bruce, 1990) and 
present material is from Carnarvon, Western Australia (Fig. 1). 
Remarks. Our current female and male specimens differ 
from each other in the female having indistinct eyes, the 
cephalon deeply immersed in pereonite 1; pereonite 1 
anterolateral margin well produced and posterior margin of 
pereonite 7 well developed. 
