Pseudosquillana richeri ( Moosa, 1991 )

Ahyong Kumejima, Shane T., 2012, Stomatopod Crustacea of the KUMEJIMA 2009 Expedition, Japan *, Zootaxa 3367, pp. 232-251 : 243

Pseudosquillana richeri ( Moosa, 1991)

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Pseudosquilla richeri Moosa, 1991: 175–176 , fig. 5 [type locality: New Caledonia, 18°27.2'S 163°02.3'E].

Pseudosquillana richeri . — Ahyong et al. 2000: 306–310, figs. 2, 3. — Ahyong 2001: 115, fig. 56; 2007: 334.

Material. RUMF-ZC-01280, 1 female (TL 15 mm), 26° 18.330 –18.351´N, 126° 49.730 –49.734´E, 27–28 m, 27–28 m, trawl 15, 11 Nov 2009; RUMF-ZC-01281, 1 juvenile male (TL 16 mm), Nanguchi, 26°18.536´N, 126°50.402´E, <25 m, dead coral rubble, reef-end, dive 8, 11 Nov 2009.

Remarks. The specimens have the banded colour pattern characteristic of juvenile P. richeri . Ahyong et al. (2000) first recorded P. richeri from the Ryukyus (Amami-oshima Island).

Distribution. Red Sea to Australia, New Caledonia, the Philippines, Oceania, French Polynesia and from Japan; intertidal to at least 15 m ( Ahyong 2001).