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Vol. 92 Washington : 1942 No. 31 38 
A NEW STOMATOPOD CRUSTACEAN FROM THE WEST 
COAST OF MEXICO 
By Steve A. GuasseLn 
Trove the kindness of Capt. Fred E. Lewis, of Balboa, Calif., 
I received an interesting stomatopod that he collected on a recent 
expedition to the west coast of Mexico in his yacht, the M. S. 
Stranger. This crustacean proved to be a new and unusual member 
of the genus Squilla. In order to call attention to the peculiar eyes 
of this new species, I have named it Squilla oculinova: 
Order STOMATOPODA: Family SQUILLIDAE 
Genus SQUILLA Fabricius, 1787 
SQUILLA OCULINOVA, new species 
FIGURE 7 
Holotype.—Female, U. S. N. M. No. 79380, from Santiago Bay, 
near the port of Manzanillo, state of Colima, Mexico, 10-13 fathoms; 
March 24, 1939; collected by Capt. Fred E. Lewis. 
Diagnosis —No median carina on carapace or rostrum. Raptorial 
dactylus with four teeth, including the terminal one. No mandibular 
palp. Epipodites on first three thoracic limbs only, accessory 
branches of last three pairs of thoracic legs 1-jointed. On the ab- 
dominal segments intermediate, lateral, and marginal carinae are 
discernible; on fifth and sixth the intermediates are more plainly 
marked than on proximal somites; the sixth somite is the only one 
with submedian carinae. Cornea emarginate, with a scalloped an- 
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