Gonodactylellus annularis Erdmann & Manning, 1998

Ahyong Kumejima, Shane T., 2012, Stomatopod Crustacea of the KUMEJIMA 2009 Expedition, Japan *, Zootaxa 3367, pp. 232-251 : 235

Gonodactylellus annularis Erdmann & Manning, 1998 *#

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Gonodactylellus annularis Erdmann & Manning, 1998: 617–618 , fig. 1b [type locality: Kapoposang, Spermonde, Indonesia]. — Ahyong 2001: 48–49, fig. 22. — Ahyong & Naiyanetr 2002: 283.

Material. RUMF-ZC-01255, 1 male (TL 14 mm), 1 female (TL 16 mm), 26° 19.789 –19.733´N, 126° 52.103 –52.070´E, 18.7–20.5 m, rubble, dredge 61, 18 Nov 2009; RUMF-ZC-01256, 1 female (TL 9 mm), 26° 19.517 –19.513´N, 126° 45.797 –45.782´E, 9.6–13.2 m, dead coral branches, rubble, dredge 50, 16 Nov 2009; RUMF-ZC-01257, 1 male (TL 9 mm), 26° 19.456 –19.400´N, 126° 49.450 –49.182´E, 4.5–9.0 m, dead coral blocks, trawl 54, 17 Nov 2009.

Remarks. The specimens agree well with published accounts and represent the first record from Japanese waters. The ocular scales are partially fused, having a small median emargination. The 9 mm male (RUMF-ZC- 01257) is a juvenile, having short penes and an unmodified pleopod 1 endopod.

Distribution. Andaman Sea, Thailand to Indonesia, northern Australia and now from Kume, southern Japan; 4.5–20.5 m.