Neogonodactylus stanschi ( Schmitt, 1940 )

Salgado-Barragán, José, Hendrickx, Michel E. & Galván-Villa, Cristian M., 2013, New records of gonodactylids (Crustacea: Stomatopoda: Gonodactylidae) from the Pacific Coast of Mexico with remarks on the morphology of Neogonodactylus lalibertadensis (Schmitt, 1940), Zootaxa 3681 (2), pp. 155-162 : 156

Neogonodactylus stanschi ( Schmitt, 1940)

Gonodactylus stanchi Schmitt, 1940: 215 , text fig. 30 a, b; Manning, 1972: 110; Hendrickx & Salgado-Barragán, 1991: 36, figs. 17, 18, Plate 2.

Neogonodactylus stanchi .— Manning, 1995: 80 (list); Salgado-Barragán & Hendrickx, 1998: 47; Murillo-Bohórquez & Álvarez-León, 2004: 3.

Material examined. Oaxaca. Playa Arrocito, Huatulco (15°45’40”N; 96°06’00”W), Apr 4, 1998, 1–2 m, rocks, algae, sand, 1 male (TL 14.1 mm) and 7 juveniles (TL 7.5– 10 mm) (EMU 8951). Playa La Entrega, La Crucecita (15°44’36”N; 96°07’41”W), Apr 8, 1998, 2–3 m, rocks, algae, sand, 2 males (TL 19.0 and 29.6 mm), 4 females (TL 10.4–16.5 mm), and 1 juvenile (TL 9.6 mm) (EMU 8952). Puerto Angel (15°39’50”N; 96°29’40”W), 3–4 m, Apr 10, 1998, 2–3 m, rocks, algae, sand, 1 female (TL 21.2 mm) and 3 juveniles (TL 8.9–11.7 mm) (EMU 8953). Zapotengo (15°41’35”N; 96°24’30”W), Apr 15, 2008, subtidal, rocks, algae, sand, 1 male (TL 27.2 mm) and 1 female (TL 38 mm) (EMU 8954).

Colima. Manzanillo; La Audiencia (19°06’11”N; 104°21’01”W), May 15, 2006, 2–3 m, rocks, algae, sand, 4 males (TL 23.8–38.1 mm) and 1 female (TL 29 mm) (EMU 8955). La Boquita de Miramar (19°06’19”N; 104°23’53”W), May 16, 2006, 1–3 m, rocks, algae, sand, 5 males (TL 11.2–28.6 mm) and 2 females (TL 25.2 and 37 mm) (EMU 9269). Isla Isabela, Bahía Tiburón (21°50’40” N; 105°52’56”W), Nov 24, 2010, subtidal, coral, algae, 2 females (TL 15.6 and 24.7 mm) (EMU 9270 A). Same locality, Jun 29, 2011, 2 m, 1 female (TL 30 mm) (EMU 9270 B).

Jalisco. Puerto Vallarta; Los Arcos (20°32’38”N; 105°17’15”W), Jan 22, 2001, 3 m, rocks, algae, 3 males (TL 12.1–17.5 mm), 2 females (TL 23.0 and 24.9 mm), and 1 juvenile (TL 7.9 mm) (EMU 9271). Bahía Chamela; Isla San Agustín (15°41’11”N; 96°14’15”W), Apr 11, 1998, 2–3 m, rocks, algae, sand, 2 males (TL 10.8 and 14.7 mm), 1 female (TL 12.2 mm), and 3 juveniles (TL 7.4–8.2 mm) (EMU 9272). Isla Cocinas (19°32’47”N; 105°06’33”W), Jun 26, 2009, 10 m, rocks, 1 female (TL 38 mm) (EMU 9273). San Andrés (19°32’47”N; 105°06’33”W), Apr 24, 2009, 3 m, rocks on sand, SCUBA diving, 1 male (TL 13 mm) (EMU 9274). Canal de San Agustín (19°32’01”N; 105°05’19”W), Oct 0 5, 2010, 4 m, rocks, SCUBA diving, 1 male (TL 27.8 mm) and 1 female (TL 42.1 mm).

Nayarit. Punta Mita; El Anclote (20°46’15”N; 105°31’10”W), May 15, 2006, 1–2 m, rocks, 1 female (TL 12.0 mm) (EMU 9275).

Distribution. Isla Ángel de la Guarda and Guaymas, Gulf of California, Mexico, to Isla Gorgona, Colombia ( Salgado-Barragán & Hendrickx 2002; Murillo-Bohórquez & Álvarez-León 2004).

Remarks. Among the diagnostic characters of this species, the absence of spines in the intermediate accessory carinae of the telson is noteworthy. However, the largest male collected in La Audiencia, Colima, features one distal spine on the right carina and it is considered an anomaly. Neogonodactylus stanschi is probably the most common species of stomatopod of the intertidal and shallow subtidal along the Pacific coast of Mexico.