Heterosquilloides insignis ( Kemp, 1911 )

Ahyong, Shane T., 2002, Stomatopoda (Crustacea) from the Marquesas Islands: results of MUSORSTOM 9, Zoosystema 24 (2), pp. 347-372 : 361

Heterosquilloides insignis ( Kemp, 1911)

Lysiosquilla insignis Kemp, 1911: 94 ; 1913: 126, pl. 9, figs 99-102. Type locality: off North Andaman Island , 14°27’N, 93°50’E .

Heterosquilloides insignis – Moosa, 1986: 386, pl. 1, fig. c.

Heterosquilla (Heterosquilloides) insolita – Manning 1969: 58, 60 (Galapagos specimen only; non H. insolita [Manning, 1963]).

Heterosquilla (Heterosquilloides) zarenkovi Makarov, 1978: 179 , fig. 2.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Ua Pou, stn DR1150, 9°18’S, 140°05’W, 450-480 m, 22.VIII.1997, 1 broken, cl 5.7 ( MNHN).

MEASUREMENTS. — Male (n = 1) cl 5.7.

DISTRIBUTION. — Widely distributed in the Indo- Pacific, from the western Indian Ocean, from South Africa to Australia, the Philippines, Vietnam, the Galapagos Islands and now from the Marquesas.

REMARKS

The present specimen agrees well with published accounts ( Kemp 1911, 1913; Manning 1991; Moosa 1991; Ahyong 2001) and represents the first record of the species from the Marquesas. The raptorial claws bear seven teeth and AS 4-5 bear a posterolateral spine. Manning (1969) reported a fragmented specimen from the Galapagos Islands tentatively identified as H. insolita (Manning, 1963) , but as indicated by Ahyong (2001), the specimen is referable to H. insignis . H. insignis , Pontiosquilla mauiana ( Bigelow, 1931) and Tetrasquilla mccullochae (Schmitt, 1940) are the only stomatopod species known from both the Eastern and Indo-West Pacific.

Superfamily SQUILLOIDEA Latreille, 1802 Family SQUILLIDAE Latreille, 1802