FURTHER RECORDS OF DEEP-SEA SHRIMPS OF THE GENUS GLYPHOCRANGON A. MILNE-EDWARDS, 1881 (CRUSTACEA: DECAPODA: CARIDEA) FROM THE PHILIPPINES, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THREE NEW SPECIES

Abstract

The deep-water shrimps of the genus Glyphocrangon A. Milne-Edwards, 1881, collected from recent deep-sea expeditions in the Philippines, i.e., the 1995 FAO Western Central Pacifi c Species Identifi cation Guide Workshop (east of Luzon), PANGLAO 2005 (around the Bohol Sea) and AURORA 2007 (east of Luzon), contains 13 species: G. chacei Komai, 2004; G. faxoni De Man, 1918; G. formosana Komai, 2004; G. grandis, new species; G. hakuhoae Takeda & Hanamura, 1994; G. isos, new species; G. panglao, new species; G. proxima Komai, 2004; G. pugnax De Man, 1918; G. richeri Komai, 2004; G. robusta Komai, 2004; G. spinossisima Brand & Takeda, 1996; and G. unguiculata Wood-Mason, 1891. Four species, G. faxoni, G. formosana, G. hakuhoae and G. richeri, are recorded for the fi rst time from the Philippines. Affi nities of the three new species are discussed and colour photographs are provided for all the 13 species.