Odontodactylus cultrifer (White, 1851)

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 : 384

Odontodactylus cultrifer (White, 1851)

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Gonodactylus cultrifer WHITE, 1851: 96, PL. 16: FIGS. 1 , 2 [TYPE LOCALITY: CHINA] .

Gonodactylus carinifer POCOCK, 1893: 478, PL. 20B, FIG. 4 [TYPE LOCALITY: HOLOTHURIA BANK, 13°25’S, 126°00’E].

Odontodactylus cultrifer .— KEMP 1913: 137–138.—MOOSA 1986: 382; 1991: 162.—AHYONG 2001: 79–81, FIG. 38; 2010: 110.

Odontodactylus carinifer .— KEMP 1913: 138–139.

Odontodactylus mindanaoensis ROxAS & ESTAMPADOR, 1930: 94, 115, PL. 4: FIGS. 1–3 [TYPE LOCALITY: COTABATO, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES, 7°13’S, 124°15’E] .

Odontodactylus cultrifer VAR. tridentata SERENE, 1954: 6, 7, 8, 72, PL. 6: FIGS. 7, 8 [TYPE LOCALITY: NHATRANG BAY, VIETNAM] .

Material examined. Tamil Nadu: DABFUK, 1 male (TL 82 mm), Arabian Sea off Muttom, 7 October 2016 ; DABFUK, 1 male (TL 90 mm), Arabian Sea off Muttom, 7 October 2016.

Remarks. The present specimens represent the first records of O. cultrifer from India and the westernmost record of the species. The dactyli of the raptorial claws haVe three teeth on the occlusal margin.

Distribution. Japan to the South China Sea, Australia, the Andaman Sea, and now from India; 7–51 m (Ahyong 2001).

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.