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JOURNAL OF CRUSTACEAN BI()L(X;Y, VOL. :(l. SPECfAL NO. 2. 21X10 RAYMOND B. MANNING: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH AND BIBLIOGRAPHY October 1934-18 January 2000 The Crustacean Society organized a sym- Excellence in Research Award in recognition posium honoring the contributions of Dr. of the quality and impact of his many con- Raymond B. Manning during its annual sum- tributions published over a span of more than mer meeting in Lafayette, Louisiana, 26-30 four decades. The award also served to rec- May 1999. The symposium consisted of pa- ognize the critical role he played in the pers devoted to aspects of "Systematics and founding of the Society and its early devel- biology of Stomatopod and Decapod Crus- opment during his tenure as first President taceans," and took place Friday, May 28, and (1981-1983). the morning of Saturday, May 29. This issue Raymond Brendan Manning was born in contains studies presented at this symposium Brooklyn, New York. Before he was a year or submitted by those who for various rea- old, his mother, Elizabeth Smith, moved with sons could not attend the meeting. Unfortu- him to Haiti where they lived until the be- nately, Dr. Manning passed away at Arling- ginning of World War 11 when the family ton Hospital, Virginia, while this issue was moved to Bethesda, Maryland, near Wash- about to be sent to the printer. ington, D.C. After the war, the family again During an honorary banquet on the moved to Haiti where his adoptive father. evening of Saturday, May 29, Dr. Manning Franklin Brown Manning, inherited a house was presented with The Crustacean Society's overlooking Port-au-Prince. When he was 12 PREFACE years of age, he was placed in St. Leo, a PUBLICATIONS OF RAYMOND B. MANNING Catholic Benedictine boarding school in 1958. Robins, C. R.. and R. B. Manning. The status and Tampa, Florida. From 1952-1954 he attended distribution of the fishes of the family Microdesmidae the University of Florida, Gainesville, where in the western Atlantic.—Journal of the Washington he met Lilly King, who was to become his Academy of Sciences 48(9): 301-304. wife and life-long illustrator. He received his 1959a. Iversen, E. S., and R. B. Manning. A new mi- BS (1956), MS (1959), and PhD (1963) from crosporidian para.site of the pink shrimp (Penaeus duo- rarum).—Transactions of the American Fisheries So- the University of Miami and was immediately ciety 88: 130-132. hired in 1963 as Associate Curator by the 1959b. A checklist of the stomatopod crustaceans of the Smithsonian Institution. Florida-Gulf of Mexico area.—Quarterly Journal of the Dr. Manning had an extraordinarily pro- Florida Academy of Sciences 22(1): 14-24. ductive and distinguished career at the Smith- 1959c. Manning, R. B., and H. E. Kumpf. Preliminary in- vestigation of the fecal pellets of certain invertebrates sonian Institution where he excelled in every of the South Florida area.—Bulletin of Marine Sci- aspect of curatorial responsibility. He was a ence of the Gulf and Caribbean 9(3): 291-309. leader in the development of innovative tech- 1960. A useful method for collecting Crustacea.—Cnis- niques for sampling specimens and study lit- taccana 1(4): 372-373. 1961a. A new Lysiosquilla (Crustacea: Stomatopoda) erature and was energetic in the promotion from the Gulf of California, with a redescription of L. of carcinological research and zoological decemspinosa Rathbun.—Proceedings of the Biologi- nomenclature at a national and international cal Society of Washington 74: 29-35. level. Two aspects of his career are most im- 1961b. Stomatopod Crustacea from the Atlantic coast of pressive: 1) the penetration of his papers in northern South America.—Allan Hancock Atlantic Ex- pedition, Report 9: 1-46. other fields of research and reputation on the 1961c. A new deep-water species of Lysiosquilla (Crus- international level—largely due to his mono- tacea, Stomatopoda) from the Gulf of Mexico.—An- graphic works and collaborations with scien- nals and Magazine of Natural History, series 13 3: tists worldwide; and 2) his accomplishments 693-697. 1961d. Sexual dimorphism in Lysiosquilla scabricauda as a tireless collector (notably in Florida, As- (Lamarck), a stomatopod crustacean.—Quarterly Jour- cension Island, and the Mediterranean re- nal of the Rorida Academy of Sciences 24(2): 101-107. gions) leading to the accumulation of over 196le. Observations on Microprosthema semilaeve (von 50,000 decapod and stomatopod specimens. Martens) (Decapoda. Stenopodidae) from Florida.— Dr. Manning's research focused primarily Crustaceana 2(1): 81-82. 1961f. Manning, R. B., and A. J. Provenzano, Jr. The oc- on the systematics of stomatopods and deca- currence of Ucides cordatus (Linnaeus, 1763) in the pods. His contributions to our basic knowl- United States.—Crusuceana 2(2): 158-159. edge of these two groups stand out in the I%lg. Some growth changes in the stone crab, Menippe modem era of taxonomy. He described solely, mercenaria (Say).—Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 23(4): 273-277. or jointly with co-authors, 279 species, 138 1961h. Notes on the caridean shrimp, Rhynchocinetes genera, 5 subfamilies, 19 families, and 3 su- rigens Gordon (Crustacea, Decapoda) in the western perfamilies of extant decapods and sto- Atlantic.—Notulae Naturae, Philadelphia 348: 1-7. matopods, and at least 15 genera and 27 species 1962a. A new species of Parasquilla (Stomatopoda) from of fossil decapods. During his career his re- the Gulf of Mexico, with a redescription of Squilla ferussacii Roux.—Crustaceana 4(3): 182-190. search philosophy was always that knowledge 1962b. A striking abnormality in Squilla bigelowi Schmitt of species and the characters that define them (Stomatopoda).—Crustaceana 4(3): 243-244. must be solidly grounded in order for evolu- 1962c. A redescription of Lysiosquilla biminiensis paci- tionary studies to have any meaning. He ficus Borradaile (Stomatopoda).—Crustaceana 4(4): 301-306. proudly viewed his role primarily as a deci- 1962d. Seven new species of stomatopod crustaceans pherer of this most basic of zoological infor- from the northwestern Atlantic.—Proceedings of the mation and made no apologies for concen- Biological Society of Washington 75: 215-222. trating his energy almost exclusively at the 1962e. Alima hyalina Leach, the pelagic larva of the sto- alpha-level of systematic studies. There can matopod crustacean Squilla alba Bigelow—Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean 12(3): be no better proof of the rightness of his 496-507. thinking than the papers on phylogeny and di- 1962f. Stomatopod Crustacea collected by the Yale Sey- verse biological aspects presented at the sym- chelles Expedition, 1957-1958.—Postilla (Yale Uni- posium and included in this number, which versity) 68: 1-15. 1962g. A redescription of the palaemonid shrimp, Lean- were inspired or based largely on the knowl- der paulensis Ortmann, based on material from edge of species that he helped solidify in the Florida.—Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and 278 studies he published during his lifetime. Caribbean II (4): 525-536. iv JOURNAL OF CRUSTACEAN BIOLOGY, VOL. 20, SPEOAL NO. 2.2000 1962h. Tabb, D. C, and R. B. Manning. A checklist of 1967d. Notes on the demanii section of genus Gon- the flora and fauna of northern Florida Bay and adja- odactylus Berthold with descriptions of three new cent brackish waters of the Florida mainland collected species (Crustacea: Stomatopoda).—Proceedings of the during the period July, 1957 through September, United States National Museum 123: 1-27. 1958.—Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and 1967e. Nannosquilla anomala, a new stomatopod crus- Caribbean 11(4): 552-649. tacean from California.—Proceedings of the Biologi- l%2i. Tabb, D. C, D.L. Dubrow, and R. B. Manning. cal Society of Washington 80: 147-150. The ecology of northern Florida Bay and adjacent es- 1967f. Preliminary account of a new genus and a new tuaries.—Florida State Board of Conservation, Tech- family of Stomatopoda.—Crustaceana 13(2): 238-239. nical Series 39: 1-81. 1968a. Stomatopod Crustacea from Madagascar.—Pro- 1963a. The east American species ot Gnathophyllum (De- ceedings of the United States National Museum 124: capoda, Gnathophyllidae), with the description of a new 1-61. species.—Crustaceana 5(1): 47-63. 1968b. Correction of the type-locality of Squilla man- 1963b. The occurrence of Pachygrapsus corrugatus (von toidea Bigelow.—Crustaceana 14(1): 107. Martens) (Decapoda, Grapsidae) in the Bahamas.— 1968c. A revision of the family Squitlidae (Crustacea, Crustaceana 5(2): 159-160. Stomatopoda), with the description of eight new gen- 1963c. A new species of Lysiosquilla (Crustacea, Sto- era.—Bulletin of Marine Science 18(1): 105-142. matopoda) from the northern Straits of Florida.—Bul- 1968d. Jones, M. L., R. B. Manning, D. L. Pawson, J. letin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean Rosewater, and K. Ruetzler. Review of poisonous and 13(1): 54-57. venomous marine animals of the world.—Science 1963d. Preliminary revision of the genera Pseudosquilla 156(3776): 795. and Lysiosquilla with descriptions of six new genera 1968e. Three new stomatopod crustaceans from the Indo- (Crustacea, Stomatopoda).—Bulletin of Marine Sci- Malayan area.—Proceedings of the Biological Society ence of the Gulf and Caribbean 13(2): 308-328. of Washington 81: 241-250. l%3e. Notes on the embryology of the stomatopod crus- 1968f. Tirmizi, N. M., and R. B. Manning. Stomatopod tacean, Gonodactylus oerstedii Hansen.—Bulletin of Ma- Crustacea from West Pakistan.—Proceedings of the rine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean 13(3): 422-432. United States National Museum 125: 1-48. l%3f. Manning, R. B., and A. J. Provenzano, Jr. Early 1968g. Manning, R. B., and R. Serene. Stomatopoda. Pp. larval stages of Gonodactylus oerstedii Hansen.
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    73 (3): 401 – 437 23.12.2015 © Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, 2015. Systematics, phylogeny, and taphonomy of ghost shrimps (Decapoda): a perspective from the fossil record Matúš Hyžný *, 1, 2 & Adiël A. Klompmaker 3 1 Geological-Paleontological Department, Natural History Museum Vienna, Burgring 7, 1010 Vienna, Austria; Matúš Hyžný [hyzny.matus@ gmail.com] — 2 Department of Geology and Paleontology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina, Ilkovičova 6, SVK-842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia — 3 Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, 1659 Museum Road, PO Box 117800, Gaines- ville, FL 32611, USA; Adiël A. Klompmaker [[email protected]] — * Correspond ing author Accepted 06.viii.2015. Published online at www.senckenberg.de/arthropod-systematics on 14.xii.2015. Editor in charge: Stefan Richter. Abstract Ghost shrimps of Callianassidae and Ctenochelidae are soft-bodied, usually heterochelous decapods representing major bioturbators of muddy and sandy (sub)marine substrates. Ghost shrimps have a robust fossil record spanning from the Early Cretaceous (~ 133 Ma) to the Holocene and their remains are present in most assemblages of Cenozoic decapod crustaceans. Their taxonomic interpretation is in flux, mainly because the generic assignment is hindered by their insufficient preservation and disagreement in the biological classification. Fur- thermore, numerous taxa are incorrectly classified within the catch-all taxonCallianassa . To show the historical patterns in describing fos- sil ghost shrimps and to evaluate taphonomic aspects influencing the attribution of ghost shrimp remains to higher level taxa, a database of all fossil species treated at some time as belonging to the group has been compiled: 250 / 274 species are considered valid ghost shrimp taxa herein.