Odontodactylus hawaiiensis Manning, 1967

Ahyong, Shane T., 2017, Stomatopod Crustacea of the Austral and Gambier Islands, French Polynesia, Zootaxa 4286 (4), pp. 555-564 : 559-560

Odontodactylus hawaiiensis Manning, 1967

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Odontodactylus japonicus .— Bigelow 1893: 145, pl. 1, fig. 1; 1931: 145, pl.1 fig. 1 [not O. japonicus (De Haan, 1844) ]. Odontodactylus hawaiiensis Manning, 1967: 16 –18, fig. 4, pl. 1 [type locality: off Maui Island, Hawaiian Islands].— Moosa 1991: 161 –162.— Ahyong 2001: 79.— Retamal 2002: 73 –75, fig. 1.— Ahyong 2002b: 829 –830; 2012a: 36–39, fig. 16, 17, frontispiece 1C.

Odontodactylus brevirostris .— Manning 1991: 4.—Webber et al. 2010: 136, 218. [Not O. brevirostris ( Miers, 1884) ].

Material examined. AUSTRAL ISLANDS. Bass Islands: MNHN IU- 2016-9515, 2 females (TL 66–78 mm), Neilson Reef, 27°03.58'S, 146°03.84'W, 120–203 m, BENTHAUS stn CP 1920, 11 November 2002 ; MNHN IU- 2016-9516, 1 male (TL 77 mm), 1 female (TL 73 mm), Neilson Reef , 27°03.76'S, 146°03.81'W, 150–160 m, BENTHAUS stn CP 1921, 11 November 2002 ; MNHN IU- 2016-9517, 2 females (TL 76–80 mm), Neilson Reef , 27°03.67'S, 146°03.93'W, 150–163 m, BENTHAUS stn CP 1922, 11 November 2002.

Remarks. The specimens agree well with published accounts. The dactyli of the raptorial claws bear 7 or 8 teeth on the occlusal margin and a posterolateral spine is present on abdominal somite 5 and usually also on abdominal somite 4.

Distribution. Philippines, New Caledonia, the Kermadec Islands, Tonga, Hawaiian Islands, Easter Island, and for the first time from French Polynesia; 109– 276 m.

Figures

FIGURE 1. A, Bathysquilla microps (Manning, 1961), female, TL 86 mm, BENTHAUS stn CP 1891 (MNHN IU- 2016 - 9501). B, Odontodactylus hawaiiensis Manning, 1967, female, TL 80 mm, BENTHAUS stn CP 1922 (MNHN IU- 2016 - 9517). C, Chorisquilla excavata (Miers, 1880), female, TL 28 mm, BENTHAUS stn DW 1926 (MNHN IU- 2016 - 9518). (Photos: Laurent Albenga).