Gonodactylus childi Manning, 1971

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

Gonodactylus childi Manning, 1971 #

Gonodactylus childi Manning, 1971: 75–77 [type locality: Runit (Yvonne) Island, Eniwetak Atoll, 11°32'47"S 162°21'56"E]. — Ahyong 2001: 67, fig. 33. — Osawa et al. 2004: 5–6, fig. 3A–D. — Hamano 2005: 12, 23, fig. 2-5k–m.

Gonodactylus chiragra . — Fukuda 1908: 510 (part); 1910: 141 (part); 1913: 72 (part). — Komai 1927: 338 [part] [Not G. chiragra ( Fabricius, 1781) ].

Not Gonodactylus childi Manning, 1971 : fig. 1 [paratypes = Gonodactylellus incipiens ( Lanchester, 1903) ].

Material. RUMF-ZC-01275, 1 female (TL 26 mm), Ishidatami, Oh-jima Islet, 26°20'09.6" N, 126°49'29.2" E, intertidal stn 5, 18–19 Nov 2009.

Remarks. Gonodactylus childi was reported from the Ogasawara Islands (Chichi-jima) and Izu Islands (Miyake-jima or Nii-jima) by Osawa et al. (2004), so the present record is the first for the Ryukyus.

Distribution. Australia to Indonesia, Taiwan, Japan, Enewetak Atoll and French Polynesia; intertidal to shallow subtidal ( Ahyong et al. 2008).