Acanthosquilla multifasciata ( Wood-Mason, 1895 )

Ahyong Kumejima, Shane T., 2012, Stomatopod Crustacea of the KUMEJIMA 2009 Expedition, Japan *, Zootaxa 3367, pp. 232-251 : 244

Acanthosquilla multifasciata ( Wood-Mason, 1895) #

Lysiosquilla multifasciata Wood-Mason, 1895: 1–2 , figs. 22–24 [type locality: Bombay, India]. — Komai 1927: 332–333.

Lysiosquilla Valdiviensis Jurich, 1904: 372 , pl. 26: fig. 2 [type locality unknown].

Lysiosquilla biminiensis var. pacificus Borradaile, 1900: 395 , 398, 403 [type locality: Blanche Bay , New Britain, 4°16'S 152°13'E].

Acanthosquilla multifasciata .— Manning 1995: 143–147, pls. 25, 26, figs. 78b, 80b, 81a,b,e,f, 82a,b, 83–86. — Ahyong 2001: 144–146, fig. 71. — Hamano 2005: 13, 43, fig. 2-11e–j. — Ahyong 2007: 334.

Material. RUMF-ZC-01282, 1 female (broken; CL 8.7 mm), 26° 19.838 –19.725´N, 126° 52.013 –51.670´E, 10.4–13.6 m, dredge 65, 18 Nov 2009.

Remarks. The specimen, the first record of A. multifasciata from the Ryukyus, lacks the body posterior to abdominal somite 1. The dactyli of both raptorial claws are armed with 6 teeth.

Distribution. Red Sea to Vietnam, Australia, Japan and Hawaii; intertidal to 73 m ( Ahyong 2001).