Raoulserenea hieroglyphica ( Manning, 1972 )

Ahyong, Shane T., 2017, Stomatopod Crustacea of the Austral and Gambier Islands, French Polynesia, Zootaxa 4286 (4), pp. 555-564 : 562

Raoulserenea hieroglyphica ( Manning, 1972)

Pseudosquilla ornata .— Bigelow 1894: 500.— Kemp 1915: 172.— Bigelow 1931: 160.— Moosa 1991: 174 (not P. ornata Miers, 1880 ).

Pseudosquilla hieroglyphica Manning, 1972: 2 –6, 9, fig. 1 [type locality: Latoback Island, Rongerik Atoll, Pacific Ocean].

Raoulserenea hieroglyphica .— Manning 1995: 21, 116.— Ahyong 2001: 119 –121, fig. 58; 2012b: 247.— Ahyong & Erdmann 2003: 334.

Raoulserenea pygmaea Caldwell & Manning, 2000: 101 –106, fig. 1 [type locality: Moorea, Society Islands, French Polynesia].

Material examined. AUSTRAL ISLANDS: Tubuai Islands: MNHN IU- 2016-9519, 1 female (TL 33 mm), N of Raivavae, 23°49.67'S, 147°41.62'W, 100 m, BENTHAUS stn DW1939, 15 November 2002 ; MNHN IU- 2016- 9520, 1 male (TL 32 mm), Lotus Bank , 23°49.24'S, 147°41.25'W, 100–200 m, BENTHAUS stn DW1946, 17 November 2002 ; MNHN IU- 2016-9521, 1 male (TL 30 mm), Président Thiers Bank , 24°39.71'S, 145°57.09'W, 80–100 m, BENTHAUS stn DW1936, 14 November 2002 ; MNHN IU- 2016-9522, 2 females (TL 36 mm; 1 broken), Rimatara , 22°38.57'S, 152°49.73'W, 80–93 m, BENTHAUS stn DW2013, 25 November 2002 .

GAMBIER ISLANDS: AM P99964, 5 male postlarvae (TL 27 mm), 3 female postlarvae (TL 25–27 mm), Taravai, 23°08.563'S, 135°02.986'W, 15 m, nightlight and dip net, SFP 2014-71, coll. S. Reader et al., 12 October 2014.

Remarks. Most specimens have the distinctive body pattern of light and dark spots, spots and pale lines on the carapace, and pale spots on the raptorial claws; the 30 mm male from station DW1936 differs in the having a uniformly coloured body.

Distribution. Western Indian Ocean to Australia, New Caledonia, the Philippines, Japan, Guam and French Polynesia; a new record for the Austral and Gambier islands; intertidal to 100– 200 m.