Chlorotocella gracilis Balss, 1914

Li, Xinzheng & Komai, Tomoyuki, 2003, Pandaloid Shrimps From The Northern South China Sea, With Description Of A New Species Of Plesionika (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 51 (2), pp. 257-275 : 258

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13229438
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13229406
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scientific name	Chlorotocella gracilis Balss, 1914
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Chlorotocella gracilis Balss, 1914: 33 , figs. 16-22 [type locality: Sagami Bay, Japan]; De Man, 1920: 110, 180, pl. 15, fig. 45, 45a; Hayashi & Miyake, 1968: 12, figs. 1a-c, 4 a; Chace, 1985: 11; Hayashi, 1986: 114, 115, 266, fig. 72; Wang, 1987: 49; Liu & Zhong, 1994: 559.

Material examined. – 1 male (cl 4.2 mm), 1 female (cl 4.5 mm) ( IOCAS), CN X142 B-18, Beibu Bay , 18 30’N, 108 30’E, 29 m, sandy mud, AT, coll. F. Sun, 6 Jan.1962 GoogleMaps ; 1 male (cl 4.2 mm) ( IOCAS), CN N220 B-57, 18 15’N, 108 45’E, 38 m, sand and shells, AT, coll. J. Liu, 16 May.1960 GoogleMaps ; 1 female (cl 4.2 mm) ( IOCAS), CN 18-43 , 17 30’N, 109 00’E, 91 m, sandy mud, AT, coll. J. Liu, 30 Jan.1959 GoogleMaps ; 2 females (cl 3.5, 3.8 mm), 1 ovig. female (cl 3.9 mm) ( IOCAS), CN X224 B-65B, Beibu Bay , 18 30’N, 108 30’E, 26 m, sand, AT, 16 Aug.1962 GoogleMaps ; 1 ovig. female (cl 5.2 mm) ( IOCAS), CN N183 B-58, 20 15’N, 110 45’E, 55 m, sand, AT, coll. Wang, 9 Apr.1960 GoogleMaps .

Distribution. – Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, East and South China Seas, Japan; littoral to 91 m.

Remarks. – The present specimens from Chinese waters fit the previous accounts of Chlorotocella gracilis (cf. De Man 1920, Hayashi & Miyake 1968, Chace 1985) and agree with the comparative material from Japan. Other than C. gracilis , two nominal taxa known from Australia, Pandalus leptorhynchus Stimpson, 1860 , and Parapandalus leptorhynchus gibber Hale, 1924 , are referable to Chlorotocella as they possess the following generic features: the rostrum bears only one fixed dorsal tooth arising somewhat anterior to the orbital margin; a supraorbital spine is present; the suborbital lobe is well developed, longer than the antennal spine; the fourth and fifth abdominal somites are each armed with posterolateral tooth; and the carpus of the second pereopods consists of three articles (see Hale, 1927). However, the relationships of these three taxa are still not clear.