To date, only 16 species of the very diverse family Parastenocarididae have been reported from the Indian subcontinent. This paper gives an illustrated description of three new species, viz. Parastenocaris edakkal n. sp., Proserpinicaris corgosinhoi n. sp., and Proserpinicaris karanovici n. sp., and discusses their position in the respective genera. While the first two species were found sympat...

Three species of Parastenheliidae were found at a sampling site around low tide level on St Martin’s Flat in the Isles of Scilly. The most abundant species in the community was identified as Parastenhelia ornatissima but detailed study, particularly of the previously unknown male, indicates that this species has a sexually dimorphic antenna and belongs in the genus Karllangia as K. ornatissima ...