Stomatopod Crustacea Research Articles

Stomatopod Crustacea of Lord Howe Island

Prior to the present study, five species in four genera of the mantis shrimp superfamily Gonodactyloidea were known from Lord Howe Island, Australia. The 2017 Australian Museum expedition to Lord Howe Island made a small but significant collection of stomatopods, comprising four species: Chorisquilla tweediei (Serène, 1950), Gonodactylaceus falcatus (Forskål, 1775), Pseudosquilla ciliata (Fabricius, 1787) and a new species of Acaenosquilla, representing the first record of the superfamily Lysiosquilloidea from Lord Howe Island. The new species of Acaenosquilla is formally described and a key to the stomatopods of Lord Howe Island is provided.

Stomatopod Crustacea of the Austral and Gambier Islands, French Polynesia

The stomatopods from the Austral and Gambier Islands, southern French Polynesia, collected primarily by the BENTHAUS Expedition (2002) are reported herein. Prior to the present study, only one species of stomatopod, Bathysquilla microps (Manning, 1961), was known from the Austral Islands and two from the Gambier Islands, Gonodactylus chiragra (Fabricius, 1781) and Pseudosquilla ciliata (Fabricius, 1787). Seven of nine species in the present collection are reported for the first time from the area, of which Gonodactylellus rubriguttatus (Erdmann & Manning, 1998) and Odontodactylus hawaiiensis Manning, 1967, are reported for the first time from French Polynesia. The series of specimens of G. rubriguttatus includes the largest known of the species, which also shows significantly longer accessory median carinae of the telson than previously reported. Owing to previous taxonomic instability in Chorisquilla excavata (Miers, 1880), the type species of its genus, it is redescribed based on type and other material.

Notes on the genus Pterygosquilla Hilgendorf, 1890 (Stomatopoda: Squillidae) in Chile

Pterygosquilla is a large-size genus of the stomatopod family Squillidae. It contains four species of which two, P. armata (Milne Edwards H, Histoire naturelle des crustaces, comprenant l'anatomie, la physiologie et la classification de ces animaux 2, 1837) and P. gracilipes Miers, 1881, have been recorded in the Americas. Three subspecies of P. armata (P. armata armata, P. armata gracilipes, and P. armata capensis Manning, 1969 were recognised by Manning (Stomatopod Crustacea of the western Atlantic, 1969) but Ahyong (The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Mantis shrimps (Crustacea: Stomatopoda); 125: 1-111, 2012) showed they should be separate species. New material of Pterygosquilla armata was collected off the coast of Chile, in the eastern Pacific and was compared with previous descriptions available in the literature for P. armata, to the type material of Squilla gracilipes and to additional museum specimens of this species. Special attention was given to the lateral processes of the abdominal somites in both species. Four males and one female of P. armata collected off Quellon, Punta Lapa, Chile, were studied. They share several diagnostic characters with typical P. armata and also feature a previously unknown character: a remarkable, wing-like, thin lateral extension of abdominal pleura representing up to 50 % of the specimens total width. These extensions had been previously reported for the other American species, P. gracilipes, by Parisi (Elenco degli stomatopodi del Museo di Milano; 61:91-114, 1922). The type material of Squilla gracilipes, held at the Natural History Museum in London, however, lacks these lateral extentions, probably because it is a much smaller specimen. The material reported from off Chile represents a wing-like form of P. armata in which the lateral processes of the abdominal pleura are strongly expanded.

Stomatopod Crustacea of the KUMEJIMA 2009 Expedition, Japan

The stomatopod Crustacea collected during the KUMEJIMA 2009 expedition to Kume Island, Ryukyu Islands, southernJapan, are reported. The collection comprises 20 species from three superfamilies, six families and 15 genera. Of these 20species, 10 are new records for Japan, of which one species, Gonodactylellus kume, is new to science. The new speciesranges from Japan to northern Australia and is most similar to G. micronesicus (Manning, 1971), differing in the colour ofthe meral spot of raptorial claw and shape of the pleopod 1 endopod of adult males. The identities of Alima angusta Dana,1852, and A. gracilis H. Milne Edwards, 1837, as junior synonyms of A. neptuni Linneaus, 1758, are fixed by neotype selection. A checklist of the 68 species of Stomatopoda recorded from Japan is provided.

The names of decapod and stomatopod Crustacea from Tahiti, French Polynesia, established by Anthony Curtiss in 1938 and 1944

The names of decapod and stomatopod Crustacea from Tahiti, French Polynesia, established by Anthony Curtiss in 1938 and 1944

The names of decapod and stomatopod Crustacea from Tahiti, French Polynesia, established by Anthony Curtiss in 1938 and 1944

In two poorly known books published in 1938 and 1944, Anthony Curtiss described 21 species of decapod and stomatopod crustaceans from Tahiti. Of these, 20 are found to be junior synonyms of well-known shallow-water species. One species, however, Cancer raihoae Curtiss, 1938, is a possible senior synonym of Portunus hawaiiensis Stephenson, 1968 (Portunidae).

Biogeography of the Decapod and Stomatopod Crustacea of the Tropical Pacific: Issues and Prospects1

Biogeographic patterns of the Crustacea (Decapoda and Stomatopoda) are given for the tropical Pacific, based on recent taxonomic studies combined with emergence of regional databases. Conclusive results are still difficult to obtain due to incomplete regional inventories and existence of complexes of sibling species with unclear taxonomic status. A time-series graph of the number of new records plotted against time is computed for several central Pacific islands (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, and Clipperton). It demonstrates that the fauna is still insufficiently known in those places. A biodiversity gradient is calculated for several taxa between West and East Pacific. The traditional decrease between Australia and French Polynesia is confirmed for higher taxa (Brachyura, Anomura), but at lower taxonomic levels it is not always verified (e.g., hermit crabs, Calcinus; crabs, Trapezia). A map is presented illustrating the following provisional biogeographic results: (1) cryptic endemic species recognized in the Marquesas Islands; (2) presence of a distinct faunistic province in the South Pacific, along the 25° S parallel, including Rapa and Easter Islands; (3) theoretical position of the border between the Indo-West Pacific (IWP) and East Pacific (EP) faunistic provinces (84° W on the seamounts of Sala y Gómez/Nazca and 110° W on Clipperton); (4) differences between Clipperton, with a mixed IWP-EP fauna (43% IWP versus 57% EP species), and the Galápagos, with obvious EP affinities (10% IWP versus 90% EP species).

Stomatopod Crustacea from the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia

– The stomatopod Crustacea collected principally from the Dampier Archipelago, containing 14 species from four families and nine genera, are reported. Seven species arc newly recorded from the Dampier Archipelago and two species, GonodaetyleIlus dianae and AeanthosquiIIa melissae, are described as new.

New species and new records of stomatopod Crustacea from the Philippines

New species and new records of stomatopod Crustacea from the Philippines

New species and new records of stomatopod Crustacea from the Philippines

Twenty-one species of stomatopod Crustaceans are reported from Balicasag Island, Philippines, and from various Philippine localities visited by the 1907 1910 Albatross Expedition. Four superfamilies, six families and 15 genera are represented. One new genus and five new species are described: Gonodactyloideus rubrus sp. nov., Lysiosquilla isos sp. nov., Carinosquilla balicasag sp. nov., Cloridina albatrossae sp. nov. and Visaya lira gen. et sp. nov. Previous records of Odontodactylus brevirostris (Miers) and Quollastria imperialis (Manning) (as Oratosquilla imperialis) from the Philippines are based on O. hansensii (Pocock) and Q. capricornae Ahyong, respectively. Nine other previously described species are newly reported from the Philippines. Haptosquilla tuberosa (Pocock), Lysiosquilla sulcirostris Kemp, Lysiosquillina lisa Ahyong & Randall, Lysiosquilloides siamensis Naiyanetr, Faughnia formosae Manning & Chan, Busquilla quadraticauda (Fukuda), Carinosquilla carinata (Ser ne), Erugosquilla grahami Ahyong & Manning, and Quollastria kapala Ahyong are also reported herein. The known Philippine stomatopod fauna is increased from 70 to 85 species. A key to the species of Gonodactyloideus is also provided.

Revision of the Australian Stomatopod Crustacea

The Australian Stomatopod fauna is comprehensively revised. Two new genera, Belosquilla and Quollastria, are recognized. Seventy-two species are newly reported from Australia, of which 26 are described as new. Bathysquilloidea is represented by 2 genera and 3 species; Erythrosquilloidea by 1 genus and species; Eurysquilloidea by 5 genera and 8 species; Gonodactyloidea by 15 genera and 46 species; Lysiosquilloidea by 13 genera and 26 species; Parasquilloidea by 2 genera and 3 species; and Squilloidea by 25 genera and 59 species. Harpiosquillidae is synonymized with Squillidae. Gonodactylinus is synonymized with Gonodactylellus, Keijia with Carinosquilla, Raoulius with Odontodactylus, Laevosquilla with Siamosquilla and Toshimitsu with Lophosquilla. The results of the present study double the known stomatopod fauna of Australian waters, now totalling 146 species and 63 genera, in 7 superfamilies and 14 families—about 50% of species and almost 74% of genera from the Indo-West Pacific. Forty-six species (32% of the Australian fauna) are presently known only from Australia. Species richness and abundance of the Australian fauna is likely to be much greater than that implied by the composition of existing collections. Many habitats remain to be specifically targeted for stomatopods and future sampling will likely yield many more species from Australia. All Australian species are illustrated and diagnosed. Keys to the world genera and all species in Australian genera are provided.

1008 Shako, a new Miocene stomatopod Crustacea from Japan

1008 Shako, a new Miocene stomatopod Crustacea from Japan

Stomatopod Crustacea From the Island of Crete

Foster, B. A. (prepared). Dispersion of early-stage phyllosoma larvae of the spiny lobster, Jasus edwardsii, after hatching in a marine reserve in New Zealand. (MS to A. B. MacDiarmid). Foster, B. A. (prepared). Barnacles indicate direction of drift of wrecked trimaran (the Rose Noelle incident). (MS to M. R. Gregory). Foster, B. A. (prepared). New species of barnacles (Cirripedia, Thoracica) of the subfamily Scalpellinae and family Verrucidae for the New Zealand region. (MS to New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research). Foster, B. A., S. Schmidt & L. Carr (prepared). Winter occurrence of Zooplankton in surface waters of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. (MS to S. Schmidt). Foster, B. A. (in preparation). Tesseropora atl?ntica (Cirripedia: Thoracica) insular in Pacific. (MS to W. A. Newman, 1993). Foster, B. A. (in preparation). Contributions to the Ross Sea Ecosystem. (MS to S. Schmidt).

Distribution, Abundance, and Sexual Composition of Stomatopods in the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica

ABSTRACT Stomatopod Crustacea were collected by trawling in the Gulf of Nicoya on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica. Abundances, size-frequency distributions, and sexual composition were measured at 12 stations. Eight stations in the upper, more estuarine regions of the Gulf were sampled monthly, while the 4 stations in the lower Gulf were sampled approximately weekly. Four species of Squilla were identified: S. parva Bigelow, S. aculeata Bigelow, S. mantoidea Bigelow, and S. panamensis Bigelow. However, only S. parva and S. aculeata were abundant at the stations sampled. Distribution and abundance differed between the two common species. Squilla parva was restricted to the lower Gulf, whereas S. aculeata was found both in the upper and lower Gulf. In contrast to S. parva, S. aculeata was significantly more abundant in the upper Gulf than in the lower Gulf. In both species the population was dominated by females. Nevertheless, the relative abundance of males of S. aculeata varied with location in the Gulf. Size distribution of both species varied significantly among months. Although the population was dominated by larger individuals, juveniles were frequent during most of the year.

DISTRIBUTION, ABUNDANCE, AND SEXUAL COMPOSITION OF STOMATOPODS IN THE GULF OF NICOYA, COSTA RICA

Stomatopod Crustacea were collected by trawling in the Gulf of Nicoya on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica. Abundances, size-frequency distributions, and sexual composition were measured at 12 stations. Eight stations in the upper, more estuarine regions of the Gulf were sampled monthly, while the 4 stations in the lower Gulf were sampled approximately weekly. Four species of Squilla were identified: S. parva Bigelow, S. aculeata Bigelow, S. mantoidea Bigelow, and S. panamensis Bigelow. However, only S. parva and S. aculeata were abundant at the stations sampled. Distribution and abundance differed between the two common species. Squilla parva was restricted to the lower Gulf, whereas S. aculeata was found both in the upper and lower Gulf. In contrast to S. parva, S. aculeata was significantly more abundant in the upper Gulf than in the lower Gulf. In both species the population was dominated by females. Nevertheless, the relative abundance of males of S. aculeata varied with location in the Gulf. Size distribution of both species varied significantly among months. Although the population was dominated by larger individuals, juveniles were frequent during most of the year.

Stomatopod Crustacea collected by the Galathea Expedition, 1950-1952,with a list of Stomatopoda known from depths below 400 meters

Stomatopod Crustacea collected by the Galathea Expedition, 1950-1952,with a list of Stomatopoda known from depths below 400 meters

Biogeography of deep-sea stomatopod Crustacea, family Bathysquillidae

One family of stomatopod crustaceans, the Bathysquillidae, occurs exclusively on outer shelf and upper slope habitats, in depths between about 200 and 1500m. Stomatopoda otherwise are largely restricted to shallow water habitats. The bathysquillids include four species in three genera. Bathysquilla microps occurs in both Atlantic and Pacific oceans, B. crassispinosa is found across the Indo-West Pacific from Japan to South Africa, Altosquilla soelae is known only from the northwestern coast of Australia, and Indosquilla manihinei, originally reported from the western Indian Ocean, is here reported from the Mariana Islands in the Pacific Ocean. The bathysquillids, with a fossil species in the Eocene, represent the oldest extent stock of Stomatopoda. The structure of the uropod in Indosquilla manihinei is intermediate between that of the fossil family Sculdidae and the Recent stomatopods.

Distribution, population structure and biology of stomatopod Crustacea off the west coast of South Africa

Stomatopods recovered during two trawling surveys off the west coast of South Africa during July 1985 and January 1986 consisted exclusively of the endemic subspecies Pterygosquilla armata capensis. The population was concentrated along a narrow inshore strip, in water > 300 m deep, between St Helena Bay and the border of South West Africa/Namibia. Females from the July 1985 cruise were considerably smaller (100 ± 15,5 mm) and less numerous (1:2,2) than males (115 ± 19,8 mm), males growing to a maximum size of over 200 mm total length. The mean sizes of both sexes from the January 1986 cruise were similar, females being 99 ± 11,4 mm and males 113 ± 19,8 mm. However, the sex ratio in the catches then was quite different at 1:1. Both surveys revealed a marked decline in density with water depth, the population being concentrated in areas where the sediment consists of terrigenous muds. Data on length:mass and wet mass:dry mass ratios, organic content and calorific value are provided, and the diet is shown t...

87:6535 The significance of body size, dispersal potential, and habitat for rates of morphological evolution in stomatopod Crustacea: Reaka, M.L. and R.B. Manning, 1987. Smithson. Contr. Zool., 448:46pp

87:6535 The significance of body size, dispersal potential, and habitat for rates of morphological evolution in stomatopod Crustacea: Reaka, M.L. and R.B. Manning, 1987. Smithson. Contr. Zool., 448:46pp

Biogeographic patterns of body size in stomatopod Crustacea: ecological and evolutionary consequences : Reaka, M.L., 1986. Crustacean Issues, 4:209–236

Biogeographic patterns of body size in stomatopod Crustacea: ecological and evolutionary consequences : Reaka, M.L., 1986. Crustacean Issues, 4:209–236