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Figure 21. Podocerus lobatus (Haswell, 1885) male, AM R86187, 4.0 mm, Fremantle, Western Australia (scales represent 0.1 mm). 
Female (sexually dimorphic characters) based on 
female specimen, 4.9 mm, dissected, 1 slide, AM P.86176. 
Gnathopod 1 basis anterior margin without robust setae; 
carpus rectolinear, twice as long as broad; propodus 
rectolinear, 2.1 times as long as broad, palm straight, define 
by corner, without robust setae; dactylus with 4 serrate 
teeth. Gnathopod 2 basis anterodistal corner rounded; merus 
posterior margin with broad lobe, as long as broad, posterior 
margin apically rounded; propodus spherical, as broad as 
long, palm convex, about half length of propodus, without 
distal shelf, palm margin lined with humps, palm defined by 
tooth and 2 robust setae. 
Remarks. See also remarks for C. minutum. Neotype 
material is from the type locality, Port Jackson. Material 
examined here provides a large range extension for this 
species across the southern coast of Australia. Podocerus 
lobatus has also been reported from the Aru Islands in 
Sulawesi, Indonesia (Pirlot, 1938). The limited illustrations 
of a male specimen from Sulawesi agree with the neotype 
drawn here. However, the Sulawesi material requires further 
consideration with Podocerus cuspiclunis Horton, 2008 from 
Hong Kong, which clearly represents a species very similar 
to P. lobatus. Podocerus lobatus can be differentiated from P. 
cuspiclunis by only two characters. In P. lobatus the maxilla 
palp has 4 robust setae while P. cuspiclunis has 6 robust setae. 
In females the gnathopod 2 propodus palm is crenulated in 
P. lobatus, as opposed to smooth in P. cuspiclunis. Further 
collections of both species, particularly from areas between 
tropical Hong Kong, Sulawesi and temperate southern 
Australia are needed to better understand this relationship. 
Distribution. New South Wales. Port Stephens (Haswell, 
1885); Port Jackson; Clovelly (current study). Western 
Australia. Fremantle; Dongara (current study). ? Sulawesi: 
Aru Islands (Pirlot, 1938). 
Podocerus manawatu J. L. Barnard, 1972 
Figs 22-24 
Podocerus manawatu J. L. Barnard, 1972: 150-152, figs 811, 
82-84.—Lowry, 1974: 127, fig. 11 (key). 
Type locality. Eve Bay, Wellington, New Zealand. 
Material examined. Victoria. 1 male specimen, 5.5 mm, dissected, 2 slides, 
NMV J62400, off Eagles Nest, Bunurong (38°40'40''S 145°38’46"E), small 
plastic artificial substrate, 10-11 m, 1 April 1997, coll. T. O’Hara (Bun 3); 
1 male specimen, SEM pin mount, AM P.85675, off Eagles Nest, Bunurong 
(38°40'40"S 145°38'46"E), small plastic artificial substrate, 10-11 m, 
1 April 1997, coll. T. O’Hara (Bun 3); 2 specimens, NMV J57230, off 
Eagles Nest, Bunurong (38°40'40"S 145°38'46"E), small plastic artificial 
substrate, 10-11 m, 1 April 1997, coll. T. O’Hara (Bun 3); 1 female, 4.2 mm, 
dissected, 1 slide, NMV J57233, off Eagles Nest, Bunurong (38°40'40"S 
145°38’46"E), small plastic artificial substrate, 10-11 m, 1 April 1997, coll. 
T. O’Hara (Bun 3); 2 specimens, NMV J57232, off Eagles Nest, Bunurong 
(38°40'40"S 145°38'46"E), small plastic artificial substrate, 10-11 m, 1 
April 1997, coll. T. O’Hara (Bun 3); 2 specimens, NMV J57234, off Eagles 
Nest, Bunurong (38°40’40"S 145°38'46"E), 5-11 m, 1 April 1997, coll. T. 
O’Hara (Bun 4); 1 specimen, NMV J57235, off Eagles Nest, Bunurong 
(38°40’40"S 145°38’46''E), 5-11 m, 1 April 1997, coll. T. O’Hara (Bun 4); 
20 specimens, NMV J56859, Beware Reef, near Cape Conran (37°49’21 "S 
148°47'23"E), 5-6 m, 15 April 1998, coll. T. O’Hara (WV 11); 1 specimen, 
NMV J56860, Beware Reef, near Cape Conran (37°49'21 "S 148°47’23"E), 
5-6 m, 15 April 1998, coll. T. O’Hara (WV 11); 4 specimens, NMV J56861, 
Schomberg Reef, near Peterborough, (38°36'49"S 142°53'19"E), 3.5-5 m, 
19 May 1998, coll. T. O’Hara (WV 2). 
Diagnosis. Head dorsally smooth; eyes not bulging from 
head. Gnathopod 1 propodus subrectangular, with 5 robust 
setae near corner of palm. Gnathopod 2 basis 1.2 times as 
long as broad; propodus subovate, palm without distal shelf, 
lined with 8 humps, defined by 3 robust setae. 
Female. Gnathopod 1 carpus rectolinear, 1.5 times as 
long as broad; propodus subovoid, twice as long as broad. 
Gnathopod 2 propodus 1.2 times as long as broad. 
Description. Based on 1 male specimen, 5.5 mm, dissected, 
2 slides, NMV J62400. Body cuticle dorsally smooth, without 
lateral and ventral carina. Head dorsally smooth; eyes 
not bulging from head; lateral cephalic lobe subquadrate; 
anteroventral corner subquadrate. Mandible accessory setal 
row with 4 setae. Maxilla 1 palp distal margin broken. 
Coxae 1-3 discontiguous, coxae 4-7 contiguous. 
