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Revision of the Australian Stomatopod Crustacea Revision of the Australian Stomatopod Crustacea by Shane T. Ahyong A M AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 26 (2001) ISBN 0 7347 2303 2 Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 26 (2001): 1–326. ISBN 0 7347 2303 2 Revision of the Australian Stomatopod Crustacea SHANE T. AHYONG Department of Marine Invertebrates, Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney NSW 2010, Australia [email protected] ABSTRACT. The Australian Stomatopod fauna is comprehensively revised. Two new genera, Belosquilla and Quollastria, are recognized. Seventy-two species are newly reported from Australia, of which 26 are described as new. Bathysquilloidea is represented by 2 genera and 3 species; Erythrosquilloidea by 1 genus and species; Eurysquilloidea by 5 genera and 8 species; Gonodactyloidea by 15 genera and 46 species; Lysiosquilloidea by 13 genera and 26 species; Parasquilloidea by 2 genera and 3 species; and Squilloidea by 25 genera and 59 species. Harpiosquillidae is synonymized with Squillidae. Gonodactylinus is synonymized with Gonodactylellus, Keijia with Carinosquilla, Raoulius with Odontodactylus, Laevosquilla with Siamosquilla and Toshimitsu with Lophosquilla. The results of the present study double the known stomatopod fauna of Australian waters, now totalling 146 species and 63 genera, in 7 superfamilies and 14 families—about 50% of species and almost 74% of genera from the Indo-West Pacific. Forty-six species (32% of the Australian fauna) are presently known only from Australia. Species richness and abundance of the Australian fauna is likely to be much greater than that implied by the composition of existing collections. Many habitats remain to be specifically targeted for stomatopods and future sampling will likely yield many more species from Australia. All Australian species are illustrated and diagnosed. Keys to the world genera and all species in Australian genera are provided. AHYONG, SHANE T., 2001. Revision of the Australian Stomatopod Crustacea. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 26: 1–326. 2 Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 26 (2001) Table of Contents BATHYSQUILLOIDEA Manning, 1967b ............................................................................................... 8 Bathysquillidae Manning, 1967b .............................................................................................................. 9 Altosquilla Bruce, 1985 ....................................................................................................................... 9 Bathysquilla Manning, 1963b ........................................................................................................... 10 Indosquillidae Manning, 1995................................................................................................................. 14 ERYTHROSQUILLOIDEA Manning & Bruce, 1984 .......................................................................... 14 Erythrosquillidae Manning & Bruce, 1984 ............................................................................................ 14 Erythrosquilla Manning & Bruce, 1984........................................................................................... 14 EURYSQUILLOIDEA Manning, 1977a ................................................................................................ 17 Eurysquillidae Manning, 1977a .............................................................................................................. 17 Coronidopsis Hansen, 1926............................................................................................................... 18 Eurysquilloides Manning, 1963b ...................................................................................................... 20 Manningia Serène, 1962 .................................................................................................................... 20 Raysquilla Ahyong, 2000a................................................................................................................. 29 Sinosquilla Liu & Wang, 1978 .......................................................................................................... 30 GONODACTYLOIDEA Giesbrecht, 1910 ............................................................................................ 32 Alainosquillidae Moosa, 1991................................................................................................................. 33 Gonodactylidae Giesbrecht, 1910 ........................................................................................................... 33 Gonodactylaceus Manning, 1995 ..................................................................................................... 34 Gonodactylellus Manning, 1995 ....................................................................................................... 44 Gonodactyloideus Manning, 1984a .................................................................................................. 64 Gonodactylus Berthold, 1827............................................................................................................ 65 Hemisquillidae Manning, 1980b ............................................................................................................. 75 Hemisquilla Hansen, 1895................................................................................................................. 75 Odontodactylidae Manning, 1980b ......................................................................................................... 78 Odontodactylus Bigelow, 1893a ....................................................................................................... 78 Protosquillidae Manning, 1980b ............................................................................................................. 85 Chorisquilla Manning, 1969d ........................................................................................................... 87 Echinosquilla Manning, 1969d ......................................................................................................... 99 Haptosquilla Manning, 1969d .......................................................................................................... 99 Siamosquilla Naiyanetr, 1989 ......................................................................................................... 110 Pseudosquillidae Manning, 1977a ........................................................................................................ 112 Pseudosquilla Dana, 1852 ............................................................................................................... 112 Pseudosquillana Cappola & Manning, 1995 ................................................................................. 115 Pseudosquillisma Cappola & Manning, 1995 ............................................................................... 116 Raoulserenea Manning, 1995.......................................................................................................... 117 Takuidae Manning, 1995........................................................................................................................ 125 Taku Manning, 1995......................................................................................................................... 125 LYSIOSQUILLOIDEA Giesbrecht, 1910 ............................................................................................ 127 Coronidae Manning, 1980b ................................................................................................................... 127 Lysiosquillidae Giesbrecht, 1910 .......................................................................................................... 128 Lysiosquilla Dana, 1852 .................................................................................................................. 129 Lysiosquillina Manning, 1995......................................................................................................... 137 Lysiosquilloides Manning, 1977a ................................................................................................... 139 Nannosquillidae Manning, 1980b ......................................................................................................... 142 Acanthosquilla Manning, 1963b ..................................................................................................... 143 Alachosquilla Schotte & Manning, 1993 ....................................................................................... 147 Austrosquilla Manning, 1966 .......................................................................................................... 147 Bigelowina Schotte & Manning, 1993 ........................................................................................... 159 Hadrosquilla Manning, 1966 .......................................................................................................... 161 Pullosquilla Manning, 1978c .......................................................................................................... 164 Tetrasquillidae Manning & Camp, 1993 .............................................................................................. 168 Acaenosquilla Manning, 1991 ........................................................................................................ 171 Heterosquilla Manning, 1963b ....................................................................................................... 172 Heterosquilloides
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