no. 3G4i STOMATOPOD CRUSTACEA — MANNING 23 



denticles rounded, 4-5, 8-9, 1; ventral surface of telson with postanal 

 keel flanked by numerous longitudinal carinae; uropod slender, 

 elongate, all segments longitudinally carinate; penultimate segment 

 of exopod with 11 graded, movable spines, last not extending to mid- 

 length of distal segment; basal prolongation of uropod with series of 

 short spines on inner margin, lobe on outer margin of inner spine 

 small, acute. 



Color. — Posterior margin of carapace, last 3 thoracic and first 5 

 abdominal somites lined with black; body carinae with faint traces of 

 longitudinal lines of dark pigment; telson with bases of intermediate, 

 lateral, and marginal teeth dark, dark pigment on telson terminating 

 anteriorly at a line across level of posterior spine of median carina; 

 uropodal exopod with distal fourth of proximal segment and most of 

 distal segment black, apex clear; distal third of uropodal endopod 

 black. 



Size. — Male, TL 88.4; female, TL 65.1. Other measurements of 

 male: carapace length 19.8; cornea width 4.4; rostral plate length 3.0, 

 width 2.6; telson length 17.2, width 14.8. 



Discussion. — The description given above is based on the two 

 specimens reported herein. Judging from other accounts in the litera- 

 ture, this species exhibits some variation in ornamentation and sina- 

 tion of the body carinae. Dollfus (1938, fig. 7) showed that in one 

 specimen from the Gulf of Suez several of the body carinae, other 

 than those reported here, terminated in spines. 



The present material agrees with Serene's account in having carinae 

 on the eyestalks, bifurcate ocular scales, and a mandibular palp. 

 Serene did not go into any detail on the other features of his material 

 but did mention that the first two of these characters would differenti- 

 ate this species from others. The Madagascar specimens agree well 

 with the accounts of the species given by Gravier (1938), Dollfus 

 (1938), and Ingle (1963). 



Distribution. — Indo-West Pacific, from the Gulf of Suez, Mada- 

 gascar, and Viet Nam; the species has not been recorded previously 

 from Madagascar. 



Squilla gonypetes Kemp, 1911 



Figure 7 



Squilla gonypetes. — Kemp, 1913, p. 54, pi. 4 (figs. 42-44). — Ingle, 1963, p. 15, 

 figs. 1, 5, 14. — Manning, 1965, p. 250, pi. xi (fig. b) [older references]. 



Previous records. — None. 



Material. — 1 cf, 53.1; 1 9, 45.2; Banc de Pracel, western coast of 

 Madagascar; 55 m; muddy sand; A. Crosnier; June 1959; USNM. 

 1 d\ 51.4; 1 9, 38.8; same; MNHNP. 1 cf postlarva, 14.8; Large Baie 



