Gonodactylellus rubriguttatus Erdmann & Manning, 1998

Ahyong Kumejima, Shane T., 2012, Stomatopod Crustacea of the KUMEJIMA 2009 Expedition, Japan *, Zootaxa 3367, pp. 232-251 : 239-240

Gonodactylellus rubriguttatus Erdmann & Manning, 1998 *#

( Fig. 2G–H)

Gonodactylus incipiens . — Moosa, 1991: 158 [part].

Gonodactylellus rubriguttatus Erdmann and Manning, 1998: 619–620 , fig. 1d [type locality: Tanjung Torosie, Komodo/Rinca, Indonesia]. — Ahyong 2001: 60–61, fig. 29; 2007: 334.

Material. RUMF-ZC-01264, 1 male (TL 18 mm), 26° 23.090 –22.966´N, 126° 47.832 –47.937´E, 82.0– 81.3 m, rubble, trawl 7, 10 Nov 2009; RUMF-ZC-01265, 1 female (TL 13 mm), 26° 22.806 –22.670´N, 126° 48.035 –48.327´E, 68 m, dredge 11, 10 Nov 2009; RUMF-ZC-01266, 1 female (TL 24 mm), 26° 16.961 –17.028´N, 126° 52.508 –51.952´E, 136– 126 m, trawl 27, 12 Nov 2009; RUMF-ZC-01268, 1 female (TL 19 mm), 26° 16.775 –16.759´N, 126° 48.050 –47.810´E, 67.3–73.3 m, iron anchor, dead coral blocks, rubble, trawl 32, 13 Nov 2009; AM P87565 , 2 males (TL 17–23 mm), 1 female (TL 23 mm), 26° 19.907 –20.056´N, 126° 43.191 –42.622´E, 67.5–76 m, dead coral blocks, rubble, trawl 45, 16 Nov 2009; ZRC 2011.0821 , 1 male (TL 24 mm), 26° 19.553 –19.463´N, 126° 49.510 –49.491´E, 9.1–13.3 m, sand, dredge 58, 17 Nov 2011; ZRC 2011 . 0822, 1 female (TL 16 mm), 26° 19.672 –19.698´N, 126° 43.328 –42.957´E, 101– 93.2 m, rubble, dredge 76, 19 Nov 2009; RUMF-ZC-01269, 1 female (TL 14 mm), 26° 15.271 –15.475´N, 126° 47.659 –47.224´E, 116–125 m, shells, rubble, dredge 81, 20 Nov 2009.

Remarks. The present specimens are the first record of G. rubriguttatus from Japanese waters. The lateral lobe of the distal endite of pleopod 1 is well-developed in all males examined.

Distribution. Northern Australia, Indonesia, New Caledonia and now from Japanese waters; 6– 136 m.