Stomatopod Crustacea of Lord Howe Island
Author
Ahyong, Shane T.
text
Zootaxa
2022
2022-10-04
5194
1
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150
journal article
158410
10.11646/zootaxa.5194.1.9
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Chorisquilla tweediei
(
Serène, 1950
)
Gonodactylus tweediei
Serène, 1950: 571
;
1952: 16–19
, fig. 33, pl. 3: figs. 1–5, 8 [
type
locality: Elizabeth Reef,
Tasman
Sea,
restricted by
lectotype
designation (
Ahyong 2001
)].—
Stephenson 1953: 13
.—
Stephenson & McNeill 1955: 252
.
Chorisquilla tweediei
.—
Moosa 1991: 164–165
.—
Ahyong 2001: 97–99
, fig. 47.
Material examined
.
AM
P101263
,
1 female
(TL
11 mm
), N of moorings on N side of
Blackburn
(Rabbit) Island,
31.53389°S
,
159.0575°E
,
4 m
, lagoon, coral rubble
,
LHI
2017Mar29
_054, coll. S. Keable & K. Layton,
29 March 2017
.
Remarks
.
Chorisquilla tweediei
was first recorded from Lord Howe Island as part of the original
type
material of the species, which included material also from Elizabeth Reef (
Tasman
Sea) and Northwest Islet,
Queensland
(
Serène 1950
). The present specimen constitutes only the second record of the species from Lord Howe Island.
Distribution
. Coral Sea to northern Tasman Sea from the northern Great Barrier Reef and
New Caledonia
to Lord Howe Island, including Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs; intertidal to
21 m
(
Ahyong 2001
).