Type localities of Podarkeopsis species around the world (red spots and numbers, data from Read and Fauchald 2023) and records of Podarkeopsis from the China seas (blue triangles and letters). Numbers next to the red circles represent 1 P. arenicolus (La Greca, 1946), Gulf of Naples 2 P. brevipalpa (Hartmann-Schröder, 1959), El Salvador EEZ 3 P. galangaui Laubier, 1961, Banyuls, France 4 P. glabrus (Hartman, 1961), Southern California 5 P. capensis (Day, 1963), South Africa 6 P. helgolandicus (Hilbig & Dittmer, 1979), Helgoland, Germany 7 P. levifuscina Perkins, 1984, North Carolina, USA 8 P. guadalupensis Amoureux, 1985, Caribbean Costa Rica 9 P. perkinsi Hilbig, 1992, California, US 10 P. chinensis sp. nov., Daya Bay, Guangdong, China (this study). Letters corresponding to the blue triangles along southeastern China represent a P. sp. A & B, Hong Kong (Shin 1998) b P. sp., Beibu Gulf (Wang 2008) c P. galangani, Daya Bay, Guangdong (Li 2010) d P. sp., Daya Bay, Guangdong (Du et al. 2011) e P. sp., Hong Kong (Wang et al. 2017) f P. sp., Daya Bay, Guangdong (Zhang 2017) g P. chinensis sp. nov., Daya Bay, Guangdong and ZhaoAn Bay, Fujian (this study). Source of map: No. GS(2016)1563.