Kempina mikado ( Kemp & Chopra, 1921 )

Ahyong, Shane T., 2004, New species and new records of stomatopod Crustacea from the Philippines, Zootaxa 793, pp. 1-28 : 20

Kempina mikado ( Kemp & Chopra, 1921)

Squilla mikado Kemp & Chopra, 1921: 301 , fig. 2 [type locality: Misaki, Japan]. Squilla zanzibarica Chopra, 1939: 143 –148, figs. 2, 4 [type locality: off Zanzibar, 5°38’54”S, 39°15’42”E to 5°40’18”S, 39°17’36”E].

Kempina mikado . — Moosa, 1986: 400 –402, fig. 10; 2000: 411, 443.— Ahyong, 2001: 267–268, fig. 130.

Material examined. ZRC 2001.0958, 2 males (TL 115–128 mm), 3 females (TL 129–168 mm), Balicasag Island, P. Ng et al. from local fishermen, 28 Nov 2001; ZRC, 1 male (TL 90 mm), 1 female (TL 128 mm), Balicasag Island, P. Ng et al. from local fishermen, 2002; ZRC 2003.0305, 1 male (TL 107 mm), 1 female (TL 88 mm), Balicasag Island, P. Ng et al. from local fishermen, Jan–Jul 2003; ZRC 2004.0614, 1 male (TL 123 mm), 1 female (TL 69 mm), Balicasag Island, P. Ng et al. from local fishermen, 2 Mar 2004.

Remarks. Kempina mikado was reported from the Philippines by Moosa (1986). The spination of the abdominal carinae in the present specimens (submedian 5–6, intermediate 3–6, lateral 1–6, marginal 1–5) is within the range reported by Ahyong (2001).

Distribution. Western Indian Ocean including the Red Sea to Australia, the South China Sea, New Caledonia and Japan; 58– 804 m.