Chorisquilla pococki Manning, 1975

Ahyong Kumejima, Shane T., 2012, Stomatopod Crustacea of the KUMEJIMA 2009 Expedition, Japan *, Zootaxa 3367, pp. 232-251 : 242

Chorisquilla pococki Manning, 1975 #

( Fig. 4D–E)

Gonodactylus excavatus . — Odhner 1923: 15 [not G. excavatus Miers, 1880 ].

Chorisquilla pococki Manning, 1975: 256–258 , fig. 1b, 2 [type locality: Macclesfield Bank, South China Sea]. — Ahyong 2001: 91. — Hamano 2005: 13, 29–30, fig. 2-7a–b. — Ahyong 2007: 334.

Chorisquilla excavata . — Moosa 1986: 383–384, fig. 4; 1991: 163 [not C. excavata ( Miers, 1880) ].

Material. RUMF-ZC-01277, 2 females (TL 10, 45 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; AM P87568 , 1 male (TL 21 mm), 26° 19.449 –19.478´N, 126° 45.748 –45.800´E, 8.9–9.3 m, dead coral branches, rubble, dredge 51, 16 Nov 2009.

Remarks. The specimens agree well with published accounts ( Manning 1975; Moosa 1986). Odhner (1923) first reported C. pococki from Japanese waters (Ogasawara Islands), and the present specimens are the first records for the Ryukyus.

Distribution. South China Sea including the Philippines to Japan; 8.9– 76 m.