Haptosquilla tuberosa ( Pocock, 1893 )

Ahyong, Shane T., 2004, New species and new records of stomatopod Crustacea from the Philippines, Zootaxa 793, pp. 1-28 : 7

Haptosquilla tuberosa ( Pocock, 1893)

Gonodactylus tuberosus Pocock, 1893: 476 , pl. 20B, fig. 2 [type locality: Macclesfield Bank, South China Sea, 15°50’S, 114°20’E].

Gonodactylus nefandus Kemp, 1911: 93 [type localities: Andaman Islands, Cheduba, and the Straits of Malacca].

Haptosquilla tuberosa . — Manning, 1995: 21, 99, 105–106, pl. 19, figs. 9k, 43e, 55–58. — Ahyong, 2001: 109–110, fig. 53.

Material examined. USNM 306024, 1 male (TL 29 mm), 3 females (TL 30–32 mm), NE of Linao Point, Gulf of Davao, Philippines, 7°04’48”N, 126°34’38”E, from coral, 51 m, Albatros s, stn D5253, 18 May 1908.

Remarks. The present specimens agree well with the type material from the South China Sea. The mid­dorsal surface of AS 5 is smooth or bears shallow pits, the dorsal bosses of the telson bear a covering of fine setae, and the posterior margin of the telson is sparsely lined with minute setae.

Distribution. Andaman Sea, Western Australia, Indonesia, the South China Sea (Ahyong 2001) and now the Philippines; 30–82 m depth.