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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11755326
169642
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Busquilla quadraticauda
(
Fukuda, 1911
)
Squilla quadraticauda
Fukuda, 1911
: 174
, fig. 1 [published
Apr 15
] [
type
locality: Tungkang, Pingtung County,
Taiwan
, by
neotype
designation (Ahyong, 2001)].
Squilla boopis
Kemp, 1911
: 97
[published May][
type
locality: Gulf of Martaban,
Burma
,
14°26’N
,
96°23’E
].
Anchisquilla punctata
Blumstein, 1970
: 218
, fig. 1 [
type
locality: Gulf of
Tonkin
,
17°48’N
,
109°32’E
,
102 m
].
Alima guinotae
Moosa, 1991
: 186
–188, fig. 9 [
type
locality: St Vincent Bay,
New Caledonia
,
21°51’S
,
165°45’E
].
Busquilla quadraticauda
.
—
Manning, 1995
: 12
, 23, 166, 170–171. — Ahyong, 2001: 205–207, fig. 99.
Material examined.
ZRC
2001.0959,
1 male
(TL
88 mm
),
Balicasag
Island, P. Ng
et al.
from local fishermen,
28 Nov 2001
.
Remarks.
The specimen agrees well with the most recent published account (Ahyong 2001). Morphometric measurements are within the known range of this seldom reported species (CI 271, anterior carapace width 0.64 CL, A1 peduncle length 1.01 CL, A2 scale length 0.73 CL). Abdominal spination in the present specimen is as follows: submedian 5– 6, intermediate 1–6, lateral 1–6, marginal 1–5.
Distribution.
Eastern Indian Ocean to
Australia
,
New Caledonia
,
Indonesia
,
Vietnam
,
Taiwan
,
Japan
, Hawaii and now from the
Philippines
;
42–
120 m
.