Gonodactylellus viridis ( Serène, 1954 )

Ahyong Kumejima, Shane T., 2012, Stomatopod Crustacea of the KUMEJIMA 2009 Expedition, Japan *, Zootaxa 3367, pp. 232-251 : 240

Gonodactylellus viridis ( Serène, 1954)

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Gonodactylus chiragra var. viridis Serène, 1954: 6 , 7, 10, 74, 75, 76, 87, fig. 13–3 (type locality: Cauda Bay, Vietnam). Gonodactylus viridis . — Manning 1978: 4, fig. 2a–c. — Moosa 1989: 226.

Gonodactylellus incipiens . — Manning 1995: 63: fig. 24 [TL 30 mm female only, not G.incipiens ( Lanchester, 1903) ]. Gonodactylinus viridis . — Ahyong & Norrington 1997: 100. — Manning 1995: 66–68, figs. 8c, d, 9c, 10e, 11c, 25a. Gonodactylellus viridis . — Ahyong 2001: 63–64, fig. 31. — Hamano 2005: 12, 23, fig. 2-5h–j.

Material. RUMF-ZC-01273, 1 male (TL 18 mm), Ara Beach, 26°18'58.9" N, 126°46'26.0"E, intertidal stn 01, 16 Nov 2009; RUMF-ZC-01270, 1 female (TL 37 mm), Shinri Beach, 26°21'13.4" N, 126°42'59.6" E, intertidal stn 3, 18 Nov 2009; RUMF-ZC-01271, 2 males (TL 21–24 mm), 4 females (TL 17–27 mm), Ishidatami, Oh-jima Islet, 26°20'09.6" N, 126°49'29.2" E, intertidal stn 5, 18–19 Nov 2009; AM P87566 , 1 female (TL 25 mm), Ishidatami, Oh-jima Islet, 26°20'09.6" N, 126°49'29.2" E, intertidal stn 5, 18–19 Nov 2009.

Remarks. Gonodactylellus viridis as currently understood represents a species complex, but the present specimens represent G. viridis sensu stricto. Moosa (1989) first recorded G. viridis from the Ryukyus.

Distribution. Andaman Sea and northwestern Australia eastwards to Taiwan and Japan; intertidal to shallow subtidal.