New and notable stomatopods (Crustacea, Stomatopoda) from Mozambique Author Brokensha, Rouane FD3DAA64-8008-445B-BD30-A0B26442862A Department of Biological Sciences and Marine Research Institute, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa. & Sea-Change Trust, 6 Buxton Ave., Oranjezicht, 8001, Cape Town, South Africa. rouaneb@gmail.com Author Landschoff, Jannes 10E62F8E-9036-4588-8EED-0CAB4A970C7F Sea-Change Trust, 6 Buxton Ave., Oranjezicht, 8001, Cape Town, South Africa. jannes@landschoff.net Author Griffiths, Charles 502DBCD2-2011-49C2-9C90-8194367D9490 Department of Biological Sciences and Marine Research Institute, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa. charles.griffiths@uct.ac.za text European Journal of Taxonomy 2023 2023-11-01 900 1 148 179 https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2309/10029 journal article 276642 10.5852/ejt.2023.900.2309 135bf156-f4ae-4b13-b08b-558f5c589215 2118-9773 10082989 ABAF299C-BD0F-4A22-98E6-E5ECE63CFBC4 Gonodactylus botti Manning, 1975 new record Fig. 8 Gonodactylus botti Manning, 1975: 289 , fig. 1 [ type locality Jakarta , Indonesia ]. Gonodactylus botti – Manning & Lewinsohn 1986: 5 , 15 (list), fig. 3. — Manning 1990: 97 , 104 (key). — Cappola & Manning 1995: 274–275 . — Ahyong 2005: 159 . non Gonodactylus chiragra – Holthuis 1967: 26 , 41 (list), fig. 7a. — Tirmizi & Manning 1968: 21 , fig. 7. [not G. chiragra ( Fabricius, 1781 ) ]. non Gonodactylellus affinis – Moosa 1991: 155 . [not Gonodactylellus affinis ( de Man, 1902 ) ]. Diagnosis Ocular scales broad, flattened, separate, together slightly broader than 0.50 rostral plate width, anterior margins transverse. Rostral plate basal portion with anterior margins slightly concave; anterolateral angles rounded; lateral margins divergent anteriorly; apical spine just longer than base. Lateral margin of TS6 broader than TS7. Telson with LT tooth indicated by shallow notch in margin of telson between anterolateral angle and apex of IM tooth; mid-dorsal carinae blunt, neither sharp nor crested dorsally and strongly inflated in adults; MD carina unarmed posteriorly; accessory MD carinae forming ‘anchor’; with 8–13 SM denticles. Uropodal exopod distal segment outer margin with 12 movable spines. Material examined MOZAMBIQUE • 1 ♁ (TL 53 mm ), 1 ♀ (TL 40 mm ); Coconut Bay ; 24°00′21.6″ S , 35°30′28.7″ E ; depth unknown; 17 May 1973 ; event no. 19730517; SAMC – A019434 . SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♂ (TL 63 mm ), 8 ♀♀ (TL 10–66 mm ); Jesser Point , Sodwana Bay ; 27°32′33″ S , 32°40′50.0″ E ; rock pool at 13.5 m depth ; 2Aug. 1976 ; event no. RW 26; R . Winterbottom leg; S.Ahyong det.; SAMC – A015632 . Colour in alcohol Faded yellow, but with scattered blue pigment on all limbs and uropods. Dactylus of raptorial claw white. Raptorial claw with ‘meral spot’ also white. Colour in life unknown. Measurements Male (n = 1) TL 53 mm . A1 peduncle 6.0CL. A2 scale 0.58CL. AWCLI 755. Distribution and habitat Indonesia to Western Indian Ocean from Pakistan , Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Somalia , South Africa and now Mozambique [ Inhambane ]. Found in southern Africa by Ahyong (2005) from the coral reef systems in both sandy and rocky tidal pools at the base of dead coral in shallow water; shore to 13.5 m depth. Remarks As G. botti is presently understood, historical species records are restricted to localities west of Pakistan ( Ahyong 2005 ). It was first recorded from southern Africa by Ahyong (2005) in the coral reefs of Sodwana Bay, South Africa . This single male specimen from Coconut Bay is the first account of the species from Mozambique .