Chlorotocoides spinicauda (De Man, 1902 )

Grave, Sammy De & Chan, Tin-Yam, 2010, The Caridean Shrimps Of The Family Thalassocarididae Bate, 1888 (Crustacea: Decapoda) From The Philippine Panglao 2004 Expedition, With A Note On The Ecology Of Thalassocaris Crinita (Dana, 1852), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 58 (2), pp. 189-192 : 189

Chlorotocoides spinicauda (De Man, 1902)

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Material examined. – Stn. T 4, Panglao Is., Bolod, 9°33.0'N 123°48.5'E, 82 m, 1 Jun.2004, 1 male 9.0 mm ( NTOU) .

Remarks. – The single specimen has a rostral dentition of 8/2 and agrees well with previous descriptions by De Man (1902) and Chace (1985). The species has been previously recorded from the Andaman and Maldive Islands, the South China Sea, Indonesia, and the Philippines ( Chace, 1985; Li, 2006) at depths of 15– 141 m.

Colouration. – Body overall pinkish translucent and covered with minute red dots ( Fig. 1A ). Rostrum with alternating, incomplete orange-pink bars. Eyes dark brown. A distinctive yellowish ring visible inside the anterodistal part of the carapace.

Figures

Fig. 1. A, Chlorotocoides spinicauda (De Man, 1902), stn. T4, male 9.0 mm; B, Thalassocaris crinita (Dana, 1852), stn. B4, female 4.5 mm.