Two deep-sea shrimps new to the Australian fauna, Psathyrocaris hawaiiensis Rathbun (Pasiphaeidae) and Bresilia antipodarum, sp.nov. (Bresiliidae), with remarks on Encantada spinoculata Wicksten (Bresiliidae)

Abstract

Information is provided on two deep-sea shrimps new to the Australian fauna. One, Psathyrocaris hawaiiensis Rathbun, 1906 (Pasiphaeidae), is previously known only from the incomplete holotype specimen from Hawaii, and is redescribed. The second, Bresilia antipodarum, sp. nov. (Bresiliidae), represents the first occurrence of this genus in the Southern Hemisphere, the two other species being known only from the north-west Atlantic and Mediterranean. Further information is also provided on Encantada spinoculata Wicksten, 1989 (Bresiliidae), which has a characteristic first pereiopod chela very similar to that of Bresilia spp., and a key to the Bresilia-group of genera of the Bresiliidae is provided.