The Leopard Mantis Shrimp, Ankersquilla pardus, a New Genus and Species of Eurysquillid from Indo-West Pacific Coral Reefs
Author
Ahyong, Shane T.
Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, 1 William Street, Sydney NSW 2010, Australia; and School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales NSW 2052, Australia
Author
Porter, Megan L.
Department of Biology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, United States of America
Author
Caldwell, Roy L.
Department of Integrative Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 - 3140, United States of America
text
Records of the Australian Museum
2020
2020-03-11
72
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journal article
10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1758
2201-4349
4654284
72036D6B-5E5E-4E76-B397-F543A09EEF32
Ankersquilla
gen. nov.
http: //zoobank.org/NomenclaturalActs/
3724004A-0FF7-41CC-8CB3-6A213641E825
Type
species
.
Ankersuilla pardus
sp. nov.
Diagnosis
. Cornea bilobed, set transversely on stalk, with 6 mid-band rows of ommatidia. Rostral plate simple, apex rounded. Antennular somite not elongated, shorter than twice length of rostral plate. Raptorial claw dactylus with 3 teeth on occlusal margin; propodus occlusal margin fully pectinate; carpus with single dorsal spine. Pleopod 1 endopod with lateral lobe on distal ‘endite’. Body dorsoventrally flattened. Abdominal somites 5–6, telson and proximal surface of uropodal protopod densely spinose, obscuring dorsal sculpture. Telson transversely ovate, wider than long, primary spines short, acute, dorsal outline obscured by dorsal spination of telson; submedian denticles absent; intermediate and lateral denticles without dorsal lobe. Uropodal protopod inner primary spine longer than outer; inner margin spinose.
Etymology
. Named after Arthur Anker, our friend and colleague who collected the
type
material. Gender: feminine.