Pullosquilla thomassini Manning, 1978

Ahyong Kumejima, Shane T., 2012, Stomatopod Crustacea of the KUMEJIMA 2009 Expedition, Japan *, Zootaxa 3367, pp. 232-251 : 244

Pullosquilla thomassini Manning, 1978 #

Lysiosquilla n. sp. — Odhner 1923: 7.

Pullosquilla thomassini Manning, 1978: 20–21 , fig. 9 [type locality: Grand Recif, Tuléar, Madagascar]. — Ahyong 2001: 168, fig. 84.

Material. RUMF-ZC-01283, 1 female (TL 11 mm), 26° 19.054 –18.958´N, 126° 48.702 –48.724´E, 5.6–13.1 m, mud, dredge 69, 18 Nov 2009; AM P87571 , 1 male (TL 12 mm), 1 female (TL 12 mm), Koukou-mae (in front of high school), 26°19.885´N, 126°45.616´E, <4 m, mud, dead coral rubble, yabby pump, dive 16, 14 Nov 2009; RUMF-ZC-01284, 1 male (TL 10 mm), 1 female (TL 10 mm), 26° 19.442 –19.378´N, 126° 49.211 –49.198´E, 4.7–9.5 m, dredge 55, 17 Nov 2009.

Remarks. Pullosquilla thomassini ranges widely in the Indo-West Pacific, including southern Japan (Ogasawara Islands) ( Ahyong 2001). The present specimens are the first records for the Ryukyu Islands. The armature of the false eave (16–20 spines) and dactyli of the raptorial claws (12–16 teeth) are within the documented range ( Manning 1978; Ahyong 2001).

Distribution. Widespread throughout the Indo-West Pacific, from Madagascar and the Red Sea to Australia, southern Japan (Ogasawara and Ryukyu Islands) and French Polynesia; intertidal to 40 m ( Ahyong 2001).