Cloridina chlorida ( Brooks, 1886 )

Ahyong Kumejima, Shane T., 2012, Stomatopod Crustacea of the KUMEJIMA 2009 Expedition, Japan *, Zootaxa 3367, pp. 232-251 : 245

Cloridina chlorida ( Brooks, 1886) *#

Squilla chlorida Brooks, 1886: 21 , 40, pl. 2, figs. 1–5 [type locality: Amboina , Indonesia, 3°43'S 128°12'E, 27 m].

Cloridina chlorida . — Manning 1995: 24, 192. — Ahyong 2001: 232–233, fig. 113; 2007: 335.

Material. RUMF-ZC-01286, 1 juvenile male (TL 17 mm), 26° 19.581 –19.409´N, 126° 44.271 –44.607´E, 60–94 m, sand, dredge 39, 14 Nov 2009.

Remarks. The specimen is a juvenile, having a partially modified pleopod 1 endopod and no armed carinae on abdominal somites 1–5. The dorsal processes of the antennular somite are acutely angular rather than spinular as in adults, and the postanal carina is absent as is usually the case in adults. As in adults, the raptorial claws have five teeth on the dactylus and thoracic somite 5 has a spiniform lateral spine and a small ventral spine. The dorsally mottled colour pattern is similar to that of adults.

Distribution. Madagascar to Australia, Indonesia, Vietnam, New Caledonia and now from Japan; 10–108 m ( Ahyong 2001).