no. 3606 ODONTODACTYLUS — MANNING 7 



Odontodactylus japonicus (de Haan, 1844) 

 Figure 2 



Gonodactylus japonicus de Haan, 1844, pi. 51 (fig. 7); 1S49, p. 225 [text]. — Miers, 

 1880, p. 116.— Gee, 1925, p. 163 [listed]. 



Gonodactylus Edwardsii Berthold, 1845, p. 48; 1847, p. 30, pi. 3 (fig. 6). 



Odontodactylus japonicus. — Bigelow, 1894, p. 496 [key]. — Borradaile, 1907, 

 p. 212.— Kemp, 1913, p. 139.— Alexander, 1916, p. 10.— Parisi, 1922, p. 110, 

 fig. 5.— Komai, 1922, p. 102, figs. 1-2.— Kemp and Chopra, 1921, p. 297 

 [listed].— Komai, 1927, p. 336, pi. 13 (figs. 3-4) [part].— Komai, Akatsuka, 

 and Ikari, 1927, p. 295 [listed].— Komai and Ikari, 1929, p. 121.— Schmitt, 

 1929, p. 147 [listed].— Komai, 1938, p. 272.— Holthuis, 1941, p. 276.— 

 Anonymous, 1945, p. 845, fig. 2428, pi. 7 [color]. — Stephenson and McNeill, 

 1955, p. 248.— Utinomi, 1956, p. 92, pi. 46 (fig. 8) [color]; 1960, p. 114, pi. 57 

 (fig. 2) [color].— Stephenson, 1960, p. 61; 1962, p. 35.— Shiino, 1964, p. 291 

 [discussion]. — Manning, 1965, p. 260. 



Gonodactylus edwardsii. — Gee, 1925, p. 163 [listed]. 



Not Odontodactylus japonicus. — Bigelow, 1931, p. 145, pi. 1 (fig. 1). — Edmondson, 

 1946, p. 243. [— O. hawaiiensis, new species.] 



Material.— 19, 82.2; Saya del Malha Bank, Seychelle Us., W. 

 Indian Ocean; 100 m; June 9, 1905; J. S. Gardiner, M. A. Caius; 

 UMZ. — 19, 117.0; Ambovombe, south coast of Malagasy Republic; 

 60 m; Oct. 28, 1958; A. Crosnier, col; USNM 120343— l&, 142.0; 

 Swatow, China; BMNH 84.2.-2 dry spec; China; no. 167b, c; BMNH 

 40.3.7.17-18.— 1 dry spec, CL 30.0; same; BMNH 46.114.— 1 dry 

 spec, CL 31.5; same; BMNH 49.55.— 19, 107.0; Japan; type; RMNH 

 32.— 19, ca. 141.0; Japan; Oct. 3-12, 1904; Doflein, col.; BMNH 

 1910.9.30.10.— lc?; Tokyo, Japan; 1906; M. Harmand; MNHNP.— 

 2 spec; Yokahama, Japan; 1902; Boucard; MNHNP.— 1 dry d 1 , 

 ca. 125.0; 1 broken 9; Japan; October 1901; UZM.— 19, 109.0; 

 Nagasaki, Japan; May 1909; J. Jordan, col.; UZM.— 1 d\ 150.0; 19, 

 132.5; no locality; BLIH 134. — 1 d 1 , 130.0; Hayama, Sagami Bay; 

 Feb. 20, 1920; BLIH 135— ld% 115.3; off Hayama, Sagami Bay; 

 55 m; Feb. 2, 1952; BLIH 658. 



Description. — Eyes subglobular, length of cornea greater than 

 width; eyes extending beyond end of first segment of antennular 

 peduncle; anterior margin of ophthalmic somite truncate, not notice- 

 ably projecting; ocular scales truncate, oblique to body line, appressed 

 along midline. 



Antennular peduncle about half as long as carapace. 



Antennal scale large, ovate, longer or slightly shorter than carapace; 

 anterior margin not setose, posterior margin lined with short setae; 

 anterior margin of dorsal plate of antennal peduncle rounded. 



Rostral plate triangular, appearing trapezoidal in dorsal view; 



