Nikoides gurneyi Hayashi, 1975

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Nikoides gurneyi Hayashi, 1975

Nikoides gurneyi Hayashi, 1975: 58 , figs. 3–4.—Chace, 1997: 36.

Material examined. Singapore: 4 ov. females (pocl 8.6-8.7), ZRC 2012.0974, Pulau Ubin, Chek Jawa, leg. N. Sivasothi et al., 24.07.2001. Malaysia: 1 ov. female (pocl 5.0), ZRC 2012.0975, Pulau Tioman, Paya Beach, leg. NUS Honours Field Class, 07– 12.09.2002. Taiwan: 2 females (pocl 4.2, 4.5), OUMNH.ZC.2010-02-072, Houpihu Village, Pingtung County, 21.935843 120.746527, night dive, leg. C.W Lin & T. Naruse, 25.07.2009.

Colour pattern. Not recorded.

Remarks. The specimens assigned herein to N. gurneyi have the pleuron of the fifth abdominal somite acutely pointed and the stylocerite mesially and laterally pointed, thus fitting the diagnosis of the species in Hayashi (1975). It is acknowledged, however, that Noël (1986) suggested that N. gurneyi may be synonymous with N. danae , a taxonomic subject beyond the scope of the present study.

Ecology. According to Ledoyer (1984), N. gurneyi co-occurs with N. danae in shallow seagrass beds. As with that species, other records (see Hayashi 1975) suggest the species is not restricted to seagrass beds, and equally deeper water records are known, down to 27 m (Hayashi 1975).

Distribution. The distribution of the species is unclear, due to confusion in older literature with the closely related N. danae . According to Hayashi (1975), the species is known from Sumatra ( Indonesia), Egypt (Red Sea), Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique. The only further records are by Ledoyer (1984) from New Caledonia and the present records from Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan.