Anchisquilla fasciata (De Haan, 1844)

Squilla fasciata DE HAAN, 1844: PL. 51: 4 [TYPE LOCALITY: JAPAN]. —KEMP 1913: 34–36, PL. 1 FIGS. 21–23. Anchisquilla fasciata .— SHANBOGUE 1969: 35; 1986: 535–536, PL. 3 FIG 15.—MOOSA 1986: 390–391.—MANNING 1995: 169.— LYLA et al. 1997: 5, 7, 13, FIG. 11.—AHYONG et al. 2008: 69–70, FIG. 48–49.

Material examined. Tamil Nadu: ZRC, 1 male (TL 76 mm), PaZhayar Fish Landing, Nagapattinam, TN 170911 /2, coll. R. Lasley, B.Y. Lee & N.K. Ng, 17 September 2011.

Remarks. Anchisquilla fasciata has been reported from the eastern coast of India including Mandapam and Parangipettai.

Distribution. Western Indian Ocean to India, the South China Sea, Taiwan and Japan; shallow subtidal to about 50 m (Ahyong et al. 2008).