Squilloides leptosquilla ( Brooks, 1886 )

Ahyong, Shane T., 2002, Stomatopoda (Crustacea) of the KARUBAR Expedition in Indonesia, Zoosystema 24 (2), pp. 373-383 : 382

Squilloides leptosquilla ( Brooks, 1886)

Squilla leptosquilla Brooks, 1886: 30-34 , pl. 1, figs 1, 2. Type locality: Celebes Sea, Philippines, 12°46’N, 122°10’E. — Jurich 1904: 370-372, pl. 25 (I), fig. 1- 1b. — Kemp 1913: 46-48. — Hansen 1926: 10.

Squilloides leptosquilla – Moosa 1986: 410, 411, pl. I, figs D, E. — Ahyong 2001: 310-312, fig. 150.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Tanimbar Islands, stn CP84, 09°23’S, 131°09’E, 275- 246 m, 4.XI.1991, 1 tl 58 ( MNHN). — Stn DW44, 07°52’S, 132°48’E, 291- 295 m, 29.X.1991, 1 broken cl 7.5 ( MNHN). — Kai Islands, stn DW24, 05°32’S, 132°51’E, 230-243 m, 26.X.1991, 1 tl 33 ( MNHN). — Stn 10/81, 10.X.1991, 1 tl 87 ( MNHN). — Stn CP16, 05°17’S, 132°50’E, 315-349 m, 24.X.1991, 1 tl 62 ( MNHN).

DISTRIBUTION. — The Philippines, the Andaman Islands, Australia, the Banda Sea, and now from Kai and Tanimbar, Indonesia at depths between 170 and 754 m ( Ahyong 2001).

REMARKS

The specimens in the present series generally agree well with the holotype and published accounts ( Brooks 1886; Kemp 1913; Moosa 1986; Ahyong 2001). Variation in the Indonesian specimens resembles that reported by Ahyong (2001) for Australian material. In the smaller specimens, the eye is more triangular, and the median carina on the carapace and rostral plate is less distinct than in the largest specimen. The lateral process of TS5 is directed laterally in the smallest specimen, and anterolaterally in the largest specimen.