Busquilla quadraticauda ( Fukuda, 1911 )

Ahyong, Shane T., 2004, New species and new records of stomatopod Crustacea from the Philippines, Zootaxa 793, pp. 1-28 : 12

Busquilla quadraticauda ( Fukuda, 1911)

Squilla quadraticauda Fukuda, 1911: 174 , fig. 1 [published Apr 15] [type locality: Tungkang, Pingtung County, Taiwan, by neotype designation (Ahyong, 2001)].

Squilla boopis Kemp, 1911: 97 [published May][type locality: Gulf of Martaban, Burma, 14°26’N, 96°23’E].

Anchisquilla punctata Blumstein, 1970: 218 , fig. 1 [type locality: Gulf of Tonkin, 17°48’N, 109°32’E, 102 m].

Alima guinotae Moosa, 1991: 186 –188, fig. 9 [type locality: St Vincent Bay, New Caledonia, 21°51’S, 165°45’E].

Busquilla quadraticauda . — Manning, 1995: 12, 23, 166, 170–171. — Ahyong, 2001: 205–207, fig. 99.

Material examined. ZRC 2001.0959, 1 male (TL 88 mm), Balicasag Island, P. Ng et al. from local fishermen, 28 Nov 2001.

Remarks. The specimen agrees well with the most recent published account (Ahyong 2001). Morphometric measurements are within the known range of this seldom reported species (CI 271, anterior carapace width 0.64 CL, A1 peduncle length 1.01 CL, A2 scale length 0.73 CL). Abdominal spination in the present specimen is as follows: submedian 5– 6, intermediate 1–6, lateral 1–6, marginal 1–5.

Distribution. Eastern Indian Ocean to Australia, New Caledonia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Taiwan, Japan, Hawaii and now from the Philippines; 42– 120 m.