Stomatopod Crustacea of the Austral and Gambier Islands, French Polynesia
Author
Ahyong, Shane T.
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-07-04
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10.11646/zootaxa.4286.4.8
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Gonodactylellus micronesicus
(
Manning, 1971
)
Gonodactylus micronesica
Manning, 1971
: 77
–79, fig. 2, tab. 1 [
type
locality: W of
Parry (Elmer) Island
,
Enewetak Atoll
,
Marshall Islands
,
11°24'05"S
,
162°19'05"E
].
Gonodactylellus micronesicus
.—
Manning 1995
: 56
.—
Ahyong 2001
: 56
(part,
holotype
only); 2002a: 350–352, fig. 3.—
Ahyong & Erdmann 2003
: 322
–323.
Material
examined.
AUSTRAL ISLANDS.
Tubuai Islands
:
MNHN
IU-
2016-9502, 2
females (TL
12–16 mm
),
Arago Bank
,
23°26.37'S
,
150°43.91'W
,
40 m
, BENTHAUS stn DW1984,
21 November 2002
.
GAMBIER ISLANDS: AM P98495,
1 male
(TL
12 mm
),
Taravai
,
23°07.85'S
,
135°02.08'W
,
10–16 m
, from
Halimeda
sp., SFP
2014-66
-3, coll. M. Reid
et al.
,
10 October 2014
;
AM P98498,
1 male
(TL
12 mm
),
Morane
,
23°09.99'S
,
137°09.27'W
,
19 m
, rubble, SFP
2014-64
-2, coll. C. Bedford
et al.
,
10 October 2014
;
AM P98499,
1 male
(TL
9 mm
),
Morane
,
23°08.090'S
,
137°08.214'W
,
8–15 m
, coarse sand and rubble, SFP
2014-56
-002, coll. S. Ullrich
et al.
,
9 October 2014
;
AM P98492,
1 male
(TL
9 mm
),
Morane
,
23°08.090'S
,
137°08.214'W
,
8–15 m
, coarse sand and rubble, SFP
2014-56
-002, coll. S. Ullrich
et al.
,
9 October 2014
;
FLMNH
UF35414,
1 female
(
17 mm
), off Mangareva
Island
,
23°03.396'S
,
134°59.934'E
, 30.1 m, leeward fore reef, TUG-360, GAMG-37, coll.
J. Moore
,
30 January 2013
;
FLMNH
UF35420,
1 female
(
12 mm
), off Mangareva
Island
,
23°03.396'S
,
134°59.934'E
, 30.1 m, leeward fore reef, TUG-367, GAMG-37, coll.
J. Moore
,
30 January 2013
;
FLMNH
UF35421,
1 male
(
17 mm
), off Taravai
Island
,
23°08.64'S
,
134°05.808'E
, 13.7 m, submerged barrier reef, TUG-368, GAMG-38, coll.
J. Moore
, 30
Januaru
2013.
Remarks.
Gonodactylellus micronesicus
has been accorded a wide range extending from the eastern Indian Ocean to
French Polynesia
(
Ahyong 2001
,
2002a
).
Ahyong (2012b)
, however, showed that records of
G. micronesicus
from the eastern Indian Ocean and western margins of the western Pacific (including
Australia
and
New Caledonia
) are referrable to a separate species,
Gonodactylellus kume
Ahyong, 2012b
. The Austral specimens agree well with the
holotype
of
G. micronesicus
from Enewetak Atoll,
Marshall Islands
, and specimens reported from the
Marquesas
(
Ahyong 2002a
), though the accessory median carinae in the
9 mm
specimens are still relatively indistinct.
Distribution.
Guam
, Enewetak Atoll (
Marshall Islands
), the
Marquesas
and now from the Austral and Gambier islands;
3–62 m
(
Ahyong 2002a
;
Ahyong & Erdmann 2003
).