Alima neptuni ( Linnaeus, 1768 )

Ahyong, Shane T., 2002, Stomatopoda (Crustacea) from the Marquesas Islands: results of MUSORSTOM 9, Zoosystema 24 (2), pp. 347-372 : 362

Alima neptuni ( Linnaeus, 1768)

Cancer neptuni Linnaeus, 1768: 45 . Type locality: Bimini, Bahamas, by neotype designation ( Holthuis 2000).

Alima neptuni – Manning & Lewinsohn 1986: 13.

Alima hyalina Leach in Tuckey, 1817: unnumbered plate in appendix IV to Tuckey ( Cape Verde Islands, 07°37’00”N, 17°34’15”W).

Squilla alba Bigelow, 1893: 103 . Type locality: Bimini, Bahamas.

Alima alba – Poupin 1998: 37.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Ua Huka, stn 24, Haahue Bay, NW coast, Ua Huka, 8°53.60’S, 139°37.00’W, fine sand with some silt, 9-15 m, X.1997, 1 postlarva tl 19 ( MNHN). — Hiva Oa, stn CP1195, 9°02.5’S, 139°58’W, 800 m, 27.VIII.1997, 1 final pelagic larva tl 40 ( MNHN).

MEASUREMENTS. — Male postlarva (n = 1) tl 19 mm, female final pelagic larva (n = 1) tl 40.

DISTRIBUTION. — All tropical oceans except the eastern Pacific. The present record is new for the Marquesas.

REMARKS

The postlarva and pelagic larva agree well with the accounts of Manning (1962) (as Squilla alba ). The postlarva differs from Manning’s (1962) account only in bearing more intermediate denticles on the telson (13-15) and six instead of five movable spines on the outer margin of the proximal segment of the uropodal exopod.