New species and new records of stomatopod Crustacea from the Philippines
Author
Ahyong, Shane T.
text
Zootaxa
2004
793
1
28
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.169642
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169642
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Quollastria capricornae
Ahyong, 2001
Oratosquilla imperialis
. —
Moosa & Cleva, 1984
: 79
. —
Moosa, 1986
: 409
–410; 2000: 411, 448 (part,
Philippine
records). [Not
O. imperialis
(
Manning, 1965
)
].
Quollastria capricornae
Ahyong, 2001: 302
–304, fig. 146 [
type
locality: E of Mooloolaba, Queensland,
Australia
,
26°52.74’S
,
153°35.34’E
].
Material examined.
ZRC
,
1 female
(TL
89 mm
),
Balicasag
Island, P. Ng
et al.
from local fishermen, 2002;
ZRC
2003.0304,
1 female
(TL
90 mm
),
Balicasag
Island, P. Ng
et al.
from local fishermen,
Jan–Jul 2003
;
ZRC
2004.0617,
2 females
(TL
79–81 mm
),
Balicasag
Island, P. Ng
et al.
from local fishermen,
2 Mar 2004
Remarks.
Quollastria capricornae
was recently described from
Australia
(Ahyong 2001). Specimens from the
Philippines
and
Indonesia
identified as
Q. imperialis
(
Manning, 1965
)
by
Moosa & Cleva (1984)
and
Moosa (1986)
respectively were reexamined at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris; all are referable to
Q. capricornae
. Thus,
Q. imperialis
has a narrower known range than previously thought, being restricted to the northwestern Pacific Ocean in the vicinity of
Japan
and
Taiwan
. Apparently,
Q. imperialis
is replaced by
Q. capricornae
in waters between the
Philippines
and
Australia
. The spination of the abdominal carinae of the present
Philippine
specimens of
Q. capricornae
(submedian 5–6, intermediate 3–6, lateral 1–6, marginal 1–5) is within that reported by Ahyong (2001).
Distribution.
Australia
,
New Caledonia
, and now from
Indonesia
and the
Philippines
;
71–
212 m
.