Erugosquilla woodmasoni (Kemp, 1911)

Ahyong, Shane T. & Kumar, Appukuttannair Biju, 2018, First records of seven species of mantis shrimp from India (Crustacea: Stomatopoda), Zootaxa 4370 (4), pp. 381-394 : 388

Erugosquilla woodmasoni (Kemp, 1911)

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Squilla wood-masoni KEMP, 1911: 99; 1913: 74–76, PL. V: FIGS. 63–65 [ TYPE LOCALITY: MADRAS, INDIA, BY LECTOTYPE DESIGNATION; AHYONG 2001]; 1913: 74–76, PL. 5 FIGS 63–65 .

Oratosquilla wood-masoni.— SHANBOGUE 1969: 35.

Oratosquilla tweediei MANNING, 1971: 11–14, FIG. 4 [TYPE LOCALITY: SINGAPORE].

Oratosquilla jakartensis MOOSA, 1975: 13–17, FIG. 1 [TYPE LOCALITY: JAKARTA BAY, INDONESIA] .

Oratosquilla woodmasoni. —SHANBOGUE 1986: 559–560, PL. 6 FIGS. 36–37.—MOOSA 1986: 410.—MANNING 1978: 36–39, FIGS. 21–22.—GHOSH 1987: 312–313.—LYLA et al. 1997: 5, 9, 15, FIG. 16.—GHOSH 1998: 421, 432.

Oratosquilla Woodmasoni. —GHOSH 1995: 187–188.

Erugosquilla woodmasoni .— MANNING 1995: 203.—AHYONG 2001: 251–253, FIG. 123.—AHYONG & NAIYANETR 2002: 296.— AHYONG et al. 2008: 101–102, FIG. 77–78.

Material examined. Tamil Nadu: ZRC, 1 male (TL 89 mm), PaZhayar Fish Landing, Nagapattinam, TN 170911 /2, coll. R. Lasley, B.Y. Lee & N.K. Ng, 17 Sep 2011 ; AM P 100652, 1 male (TL 127 mm), 1 female (TL 131 mm), Tuticorin, 22 March 2017; ZRC, 1 male (TL 120 mm), 2 females (TL 106–111 mm), Tuticorin, 22 March 2017.

Remarks. Morphological Variation in the present series of E. woodmasoni is within the reported range (Manning 1978b; Ahyong 2001; Ahyong et al. 2008). The abdominal carinae are spined as follows: submedian 5– 6, intermediate 3–6, lateral (1)2–6, marginal 1–5. The lobe between the terminal spines of the uropodal protopod is usually rounded (pointed on one side in one specimen), the anterior lobe of thoracic somite 6 is usually slender, and the anterior lobe of thoracic somite 7 is blunt (angular in one specimen). As reported for Taiwanese specimens (Ahyong et al. 2008), the oVerall colour pattern ranges from uniform to diffusely banded.

Erugosquilla woodmasoni has been widely reported from India, along both eastern and western coasts (Kemp 1913; Manning 1978b; Shanbogue 1969, 1986; Ghosh 1987; Lyla 1997; Ahyong 2001).

Distribution. India to Australia, the South China Sea and Japan; intertidal to at least 70 m (Ahyong & Naiyanetr 2002).

Figures

FIGURE 2. A, Carinosquilla multicarinata (WHITE, 1849), FEMALE, TL 90 MM, TUTICORIN, ZRC; B, Carinosquilla spinosa (AHYONG & NAIYANETR, 2002), FEMALE, TL 92 MM, TUTICORIN, DABFUK; C, Erugosquilla woodmasoni (KEMP, 1911), FEMALE, TL 111 MM, TUTICORIN, ZRC; D, Harpiosquilla indica MANNING, 1969, FEMALE, TL 150 MM, TUTICORIN, ZRC; E, Harpiosquilla melanoura MANNING, 1968, MALE, TL 120 MM, MUTTOM, ZRC; F, Oratosquillina inornata (TATE, 1883), MALE, TL 150 MM, TUTICORIN,ZRC.

FIGURE1. A–B, Lysiosquillina lisa AHYONG &RANDALL,2001,ANTERIOR CEPHALOTHORAx AND DORSAL HABITUS,MOULT,MALE,TL 280 MM, TUTICORIN, DABFUK; C, Odontodactylus cultrifer (WHITE, 1851), MALE, TL 90 MM, MUTTOM, DABFUK; D, Odontodactylus japonicus (DE HAAN,1844), FEMALE,TL 84 MM, MUTTOM,DABFUK; E, Faughnia formosae MANNING & CHAN, 1997, MALE,TL 103 MM,MUTTOM, DABFUK.