Thor amboinensis (De Man, 1888 )

Grave, De, Chan, Tin-Yam & Okuno, Junji, 2012, Hippolytidae and Barbouriidae (Decapoda: Caridea) collected during the Ryukyu “ KUMEJIMA 2009 ” expedition *, Zootaxa 3367, pp. 95-102 : 99

Thor amboinensis (De Man, 1888)

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Material examined. 1 ov. female (pocl 1.4), Stn. Dive 6, near Aka-todai, 26°21.225´N 126°49.628´E, depth 15–30 m, 10 Nov. 2009, NTOU M1160; 2 females (pocl 1.2, 1.7), Stn. Dive 16, Koukou-mae (in front of high school), 26°19.885´N 126°45.616´E, depth <4 m, 14 Nov. 2009, NTOU M01150 ; 1 female (pocl 1.4), Stn. Dive 35, Akatodai, 26°19.251´N 126°45.354´E, depth 15 m, 18 Nov. 2009, NTOU M01151 ; 1 female (pocl 1.1), Stn. Dive 42, Ara, 26°19.00´N 126°46.50´E, depth 18 m, 20 Nov. 2009, RUMF-ZC-1530; 1 female (pocl 1.3), Stn. Intertidal 2, Ifu Beach, 26°20'08.0" N 126°48'57.5" E, 17–18 Nov. 2009, night collecting, RUMF-ZC-1531; 1 ov. female (pocl 1.3), 1 female (pocl 1.1), 1 damaged specimen (pocl 0.9), Stn. Dredge 52, 26°20.409´N 126°49.675´E – 26°20.018´N 126°49.224´E, depth 4.5–5.1 m, 17 Nov. 2009, NTOU M01152 .

Distribution. Widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific and parts of the West Atlantic. Previously reported from Kumejima by Kawamoto & Okuno (2001).

Figures

FIGURE 3. A, Thor amboinensis (De Man, 1888), ov. female (pocl 1.4 mm), NTOU M 1160; B – C; Tozeuma armatum Paul’son, 1875, B, male (pocl 7.0 mm), NTOU M 01153; C, female (pocl 7.2 mm), NTOU M 00154; D, Parhippolyte misticia (Clark, 1989), ov. female (pocl 11.4 mm), NTOU M 01155.