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Figure 11. Podocerus dentatus (Haswell, 1879) male AM R86162, 6.6 mm, Batemans Bay, New South Wales (scales represent 0.1 mm). 
the length of inner ramus. Uropod 3 uniramus; rami with 
row of slender setae. Telson dorsal lobe with 2 apical setae; 
lower margin without lateral or apical setae. 
Female (sexually dimorphic characters) based on 1 b 
female, AM P. 86163. Gnathopod 1 basis anterior margin 
without robust setae; carpus rectolinear, 2.2 times as long as 
broad; propodus subtriangular, 1.9 times as long as broad, 
palm straight, defined by comer with 5 robust setae; dactylus 
with 4 serrate teeth. Gnathopod 2 basis anterodistal corner 
rounded, with short robust seta; mems posterior margin lobe 
broad, 1.1 times as broad as long, apically rounded, with 4 
robust setae; propodus subovate, 1.6 times as long as broad, 
anterior margin with clusters of long slender setae, palm 
convex, % length of propodus, palm defining corner with 
tooth and 2 robust setae. 
Variation. Male gnathopod 1 propodus palm robust setae: 
male 5.0 mm, AM P.86164, 6 robust setae; male 5.1 mm, 
AM P.86165, 5 robust setae; male 5.1 mm, AM P.86166, 9 
robust setae. 
Remarks. Podocerus dentatus , from Port Jackson, Sydney, 
was removed from the synonymy of P. cristatus, from New 
Zealand, by Lowry & Stoddart, 2003 based on the assessment 
of probable Haswell syntypes in the Australian Museum 
collection. Haswell’s syntype series was assessed herein 
and confirmed as a distinct species. Syntype material is in a 
fragile condition and therefore specimens from a more recent 
collection are illustrated and described here. 
The carination pattern along the dorsal margin of P. 
dentatus is shared by a group of four species, P crenulatus 
