Breocecdings of 
the United States 
National Museum 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION «© WASHINGTON, D.C. 
Volume 125 1968 Number 3666 
Stomatopod Crustacea from West Pakistan 
By Nasima M. Tirmizi and Raymond B. Manning? 
Introduction 
As part of a broad program of studies on the larger Crustacea of 
West Pakistan and the Arabian Sea, one of us (N.T.) initiated a 
survey of the Stomatopoda occurring off the coast of West Pakistan. 
Analysis of preliminary collections indicated that the stomatopod 
fauna of this area is richer in numbers of species than is evident 
from the literature. Through correspondence in 1966, we decided to 
collaborate on a review of the Pakistani stomatopods; this report is 
the result of that collaboration. 
This paper is based primarily on collections made by and housed 
in the Zoology Department, University of Karachi. Specimens in the 
collections of the Central Fisheries Department, Karachi, and the 
Zoology Department, University of Sind, were also studied. Unfortu- 
nately, only a few specimens from the more extensive stomatopod 
collections of the Zoological Survey Department, Karachi, were 
available for study. Material from Pakistan in the collection of the 
Division of Crustacea, Smithsonian Institution (USNM), material 
from two stations made off Pakistan by the International Indian 
1 Tirmizi: Reader, Zoology Department, University of Karachi, Pakistan; 
Manning, Chairman, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Smithsonian Institu- 
tion. 
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