WoRMS taxon details
Philocheras chiltoni (Kemp, 1911)
515622 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:515622)
accepted
Species
Pontophilus chiltoni Kemp, 1911 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Pontophilus chiltoni Kemp, 1911) Kemp, S. (1911). Notes on Decapoda in the Indian Museum. II. Descriptions of two new Crangonidae with observations on the mutual affinities of the genera <i>Pontophilus</i> and <i>Philocheras</i>. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 6: 5-12, pl. 2., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.21326 [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Philocheras chiltoni (Kemp, 1911). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=515622 on 2026-09-26
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pontophilus chiltoni Kemp, 1911) Kemp, S. (1911). Notes on Decapoda in the Indian Museum. II. Descriptions of two new Crangonidae with observations on the mutual affinities of the genera <i>Pontophilus</i> and <i>Philocheras</i>. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 6: 5-12, pl. 2., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.21326 [details]
basis of record De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 85(9): 195-589. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 85(9): 195-589. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors 
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
