no. 3641 STOMATOPOD CRUSTACEA — MANNING 15 



Harpiosquilla harpax (de Haan, 1884) 



Figure 4 



Squilla harpax de Haan, 1844, pi. 51 (fig. 1). — Tiwari and Biswas, 1952, p. 358, 

 figs. 3b, d, f — Barnard, 1955, p. 49.— Ingle, 1963, p. 18, figs. 9, 59.— Holthuis, 

 1964, p. 140 [description of Harpiosquilla]. 



Squilla raphidea. — Crosnier, 1965, p. 61 [listed]. 



Not Harpiosquilla harpax. — Manning, 1966, p. 87, fig. 1 [an undescribed species], 



Harpiosquilla harpax. — Manning, 1967, p. 103. 



Previous records. — Crosnier, 1965. 



Material. — 1 9, 118.2; Ambaro Bay, Nosy Be; trawl; 2-5 m; M. 

 Pichon; 8 September 1964; USNM. Id 1 , 171.0; Baie de Narendry, 

 northwestern coast of Madagascar; trawl; 6 m; mud; A. Crosnier; 

 February 1958; USNM. 1 9, 141.5; same; MNHNP. 



Description. — -Eye large, T-shaped, cornea bilobed, set almost 

 transversely on stalk; eyes not extending past end of first segment of 

 antennular peduncle; ocular scales truncate, situated laterally; an- 

 terior margin of ophthalmic somite rounded; corneal indices 269-358. 



Antennular peduncle slender, as long as or slightly shorter than 

 carapace; dorsal processes of antennular somite slender, tapered, 

 directed anterolaterally. 



Rostral plate triangular, longer than broad, without carinae; 

 lateral margins sinuous, convex posteriorly, convex anteriorly, con- 

 verging on short, blunt apex that extends just beyond edge of an- 

 tennular somite. 



Carapace narrowed anteriorly, anterior width less than one-half 

 median length; anterolateral spines strong but not extending to base 

 of rostral plate; median carina present, not bifurcate at either end; 

 intermediate carinae not extending to anterior margin. 



Mandibular palp and 5 epipods present. 



Raptorial claw large, propodus almost half again as long as cara- 

 pace; dactylus with outer margin evenly curved in female, with 

 proximal obtuse angle in male, inner margin with 8 teeth; propodus 

 with erect spines and tubercles on margin opposing dactylus; dorsal 

 ridge of carpus undivided. 



Exposed thoracic somites with, at most, vestiges of submedian 

 carinae, last three somites with prominent unarmed intermediate 

 carinae; lateral process of fifth somite rounded, obscure, a ventral 

 spine, with convex posterior lobe, present on each side; lateral process 

 of sixth somite bilobed, anterior lobe low, rounded, posterior tri- 

 angular, with spiniform apex; lateral process of seventh somite with 

 irregular margin, at most an anterior tubercle present, postero- 

 lateral^ spiniform; ventral keel on eighth somite rounded, inclined 

 posteriorly. 



