taxonID	type	description	language	source
0398EB1B2B06FF85FA0421669C10EF4E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Eye with cornea bilobed; cornea broader than and set obliquely on stalk, width less than 1 I 3 CL. Ophthalmic somite with rounded anterior margin. Al somite not extending anteriorly beyond rostral plate. Carapace anterolateral angles armed; MD and IM carinae absent; LT carinaindistinct, indicated posteriorly only; with indistinct reflected MG carina. Raptorial claw dactylus with more than 6 teeth; carpus dorsal carina undivided; merus outer inferodistal angle unarmed. Mandibular palp 3 - segmented. MXPI- 4 each with epipod. TS 5 - 7 lateral processes single. TS 5 - 8 and AS 1 - 5 each lacking SM carinae. Telson SM teeth with movable apices; prelateral lobe present; dorsolateral surface with numerous supplementary longitudinal carinae or rows of tubercles. Uropodal protopod innermargin armed with slender spines.	en	Ahyong, Shane T. (1998): Review of Neoanchisquilla Moosa, 1991 and Neclorida Manning, 1995 (Crustacea: Stomatopoda: Squilloidea), with descriptions of two new species of Neoanchisquilla from the Indian Ocean. Records of the Australian Museum 50 (2): 217-229, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.50.1998.1281, URL: https://journals.australian.museum/ahyong-1998-rec-aust-mus-502-217229/
0398EB1B2B06FF85FA0421669C10EF4E.taxon	description	Description. Total length of adults less than 100 mm. Dorsal integument smooth. Eye with cornea bilobed; cornea broader than and set obliquely on stalk, width less than 1 I 3 CL. Ophthalmic somite withrounded anterior margin. Ocular scales broad, subtruncate, rounded laterally; separate. Al somite not extending anteriorly beyond rostral plate; dorsal processes produced to a slender spine, apices directed anterolaterally. A 2 scale slender; entire margin setose. Rostral plate lacking dorsal carinae. Carapace anterolateral angles armed; lacking dorsal carinae except for indistinct LT and reflected MG carinae indicated posteriorly; lacking posterior median projection. Raptorial claw dactylus with more than 6 teeth, outer margin broadly curved; proximal margin with distinct basal notch and blunt lobe proximally; carpus dorsal carina undivided; merus outer inferodistal angle unarmed; propodus opposable margin pectinate, with 3 movable spines proximally, distal margin lacking stout tooth; merus outer inferodistal angle unarmed; basis lacking ventrally directed mesial spine. Mandibular palp 3 - segmented. MXPI- 4 each with epipod. MXP 5 basal segment lacking ventrally directed spine. Pereiopods 1 - 3 basal segment unarmed; endopod segments fused, slender, entire margin setose. TS 6 - 8 each with IM carinae, lacking SM carinae. TS 5 lateral process a single, short spine, directed anterolaterally, inclined ventrally; ventral spine slender, directed ventrally. TS 6 - 7 lateral processes single. TS 8 anterolateral margin obtusely rounded. ASI- 5 each lacking SM carinae; with distinct IM, LT and MG carinae. AS 6 with SM, IM and LT carinae; sternum posterior margin unarmed. Telson broader than long, flattened, trianguloid, with 3 pairs of primary marginal teeth (SM, IM, LT), each with dorsal carina; SM teeth with minute movable apices; prelateral lobe present; SM, IM and LT denticles spiniform, lacking dorsal tubercle; MD carina low, interrupted proximally, armed posteriorly with apical spine overhanging blunt tubercle; dorsolateral surface with numerous supplementary longitudinal carinae or tubercles. Telson ventral surface with long postanal carina; ventrolateral carina extending posteriorly to base of lateral tooth. Uropodal protopod terminating in 2 slender spines, inner longer; dorsally and ventrally carinate; unarmed dorsally excepting dorsal spine above proximal exopod articulation; protopod inner margin armed with slender spines; with rounded, flattened ventral lobe anterior to endopod articulation. Uropodal exopod proximal segment unarmed dorsally; exopod distal segment ovate, elongate. Uropodal exopod proximal segment with inner margin lacking prominent, rounded distal lobe; outer margin with graded movable spines; distal margin with slender ventral spine. Uropodal exopod proximal segment unarmed dorsally; endopod unarmed dorsally, entire margin setose. Included species. Neoanchisquilla australiensis n. sp., N. semblatae Moosa, 1991 and N. tuberculata n. sp.	en	Ahyong, Shane T. (1998): Review of Neoanchisquilla Moosa, 1991 and Neclorida Manning, 1995 (Crustacea: Stomatopoda: Squilloidea), with descriptions of two new species of Neoanchisquilla from the Indian Ocean. Records of the Australian Museum 50 (2): 217-229, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.50.1998.1281, URL: https://journals.australian.museum/ahyong-1998-rec-aust-mus-502-217229/
0398EB1B2B06FF85FA0421669C10EF4E.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Both cladistic analyses, including and excluding uninformative characters, found a single, identical tree (Fig. 1) supporting monophyly of Neoanchisquilla. The only synapomorphy of Neoanchisquilla identified here is the rounded anterior margin of the ophthalmic somite (1 [1]). Neoanchisquilla, however, also differs from Anchisquilla in bearing indistinct lateral carinae on the carapace, there are more than six teeth on the dactylus of the raptorial claw, the proximal margin of the dactylus is distinctly notched and the SM teeth of the telson bear movable apices. Most of these characters distinguishing Neoanchisquilla from Anchisquilla are plesiomorphies (4 [1], 9 [0], 12 [0]). Phylogenetic relationships within Neoanchisquilla correlate with known geographical distributions. Hence, the two Indian Ocean species, N. australiensis and N. tuberculata, are more closely related to each other than either is to N. semblatae from the western Pacific. In contrast, AnchisquillaJasciata, occurs throughout the Indo­ West Pacific (Manning, 1995). Future sampling, nevertheless, may show vastly different distribution patterns for species of Neoanchisquilla which are presently known only from type material.	en	Ahyong, Shane T. (1998): Review of Neoanchisquilla Moosa, 1991 and Neclorida Manning, 1995 (Crustacea: Stomatopoda: Squilloidea), with descriptions of two new species of Neoanchisquilla from the Indian Ocean. Records of the Australian Museum 50 (2): 217-229, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.50.1998.1281, URL: https://journals.australian.museum/ahyong-1998-rec-aust-mus-502-217229/
0398EB1B2B04FF82FE572F7999B4EEEC.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. HOLOTYPE: NTM Cr 012355, female (TL 25 mm), Northwest Shelf, Western Australia, 19 ° 58.6 - 59. l'S 117 ° 49.0 - 49.4 ' E, 43 m, beam trawl, FRV Soela, 25 June 1983. Diagnosis. Rostral plate slightly longer than broad; triangular; apex narrow, blunt. Raptorial claw dactylus with 7 teeth. TS 6 - 7 lateral processes broadly rounded. Abdominal carinae spined as follows: SM 6, IM 6, LT 6, MG 2 - 5. Telson dorsal surface with median carina and numerous undivided carinae; ventral surface lacking rows of tubercles lateral to postanal carina. Description of hoiotype. TL 25 mm. Eye small; stalk moderately inflated; cornea bilobed, extending slightly beyond A 1 peduncle segment 1; Cl 421. A 1 peduncle O. 85 CL. Al somite dorsal processes with acute apices. Antennal scale length 0.48 CL. Rostral plate slightly longer than broad; triangular; apex rounded. Carapace anterior width O. 50 CL; anterolateral spines small, not extending to base of rostral plate. Raptorial claw dactylus with 7 teeth. TS 6 - 7 lateral processes broadly rounded. TS 8 sternal keel subtruncate. AS 6 with blunt tubercle anterior to uropodal articulation. Abdominal carinae spined as follows: SM 6, IM 6, LT 6, MG 2 - 5. Telson prelaterallobe faintly indicated, longer than margin of lateral tooth; denticles 7, 12 - 14, 1. Dorsolateral surface lacking accessory median carina; with six, well-developed supplementary longitudinal carinae; proximally with short, irregular carina and tubercles adjacentto median carina. Carinae of primary teeth sinuous, irregular. Telson ventral surface with long, smooth postanal carina, lacking carinae or tubercles laterally, extending about 0.8 distance between anal pore and posterior margin. Uropodal protopod inner margin armed with 11 slender spines; with rounded, flattened ventral lobe anterior to endopod articulation. Terminal spines of uropodal protopod with lobe on outer margin of inner spine rounded, broader than adjacent spine, proximal margin concave. Uropodal exopod proximal segment with 6 graded movable spines on outer margin, distal 2 flattened with acute apices, distalmost slightly exceeding midlength of distal segment. Exopod distal segment shorter than proximal segment. Uropodal exopod proximal segment lacking tubercles ventrally, adjacent to articulation with protoPQd. Measurements. Holotype female: TL 25 mm, CL 5.9 mm, CW lA mm, Al peduncle length 5.0 mm. Colour in alcohol. Almost completely faded. Dark pigmentation around reflected marginal carina of the carapace; occasional scattered chromatophores laterally. A 2 scale with black apex. Remarks. The similarities and differences between N. australiensis and N. tuberculata are outlined under the account of the latter. Neoanchisquilla australiensis differs from N. semblatae in bearing seven instead of eight teeth on the dactylus of the raptorial claw; the rostral plate is triangular with a blunt, narrow apex, fewer intermediate carinae on the abdominal somites are armed, and the prelateral lobe of the telson is relatively longer. Distribution. Known only from the type locality, the Australian Northwest Shelf.	en	Ahyong, Shane T. (1998): Review of Neoanchisquilla Moosa, 1991 and Neclorida Manning, 1995 (Crustacea: Stomatopoda: Squilloidea), with descriptions of two new species of Neoanchisquilla from the Indian Ocean. Records of the Australian Museum 50 (2): 217-229, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.50.1998.1281, URL: https://journals.australian.museum/ahyong-1998-rec-aust-mus-502-217229/
0398EB1B2B02FF81FE9F2D039C73E57E.taxon	materials_examined	Material. HOLOTYPE: MNHN Sto 1626, male (TL 26 mm), Chesterfield Islands, New Caledonia, 20034.37 ' S 160051.80 ' E, 74 m, CORAIL 2 stn DW 30, mud and calcareous sediment with Halimeda, July to August 1988. Diagnosis. Rostral plate with broadly rounded apex. Raptorial claw dactylus with 8 teeth. TS 6 - 7 lateral processes flattened, margin slightly sinuous. Abdominal carinae spined as follows: SM 6, IM 6, LT 4 - 6, MG 1 - 5. Telson dorsal surface with median carina and numerous undivided curved carinae, lacking accessory median carina; ventral surface lacking rows of tubercles either side of postanal carina. Description of holotype. TL 26 mm. Eye small; stalk moderately inflated; cornea bilobed, extending slightly beyond Al peduncle segment 1; Cl 446. Al peduncle 0.97 CL. Al dorsal processes slender, apices blunt, directed anterolaterally. A 2 scale length 0.53 CL. Rostral plate ovoid; slightly longer than broad; apex broadly rounded. Carapace anterior width 0.51 CL; carapace anterolateral spines slender, extending to base of rostral plate. Raptorial claw dactylus with 8 teeth. TS 6 - 7 lateral processes flattened, margin slightly sinuous. TS 8 sternal keel rounded. AS 6 with ventrolateral spine anterior to uropodal articulation. Abdominal carinae spined as follows: SM 6, IM 6, LT 4 - 6, MG 1 - 5 (AS 2 unarmed on left side). PLPl endopod in male with slender, curved hook process and broad, flattened tube process; apex of hook process blunt, exceeding apex of distal endite. Telson prelateral lobe length subequal to or slightly longer than margin of lateral tooth; denticles 7, 12 - l 3, 1. Dorsolateral surface lacking accessory median carina; with 5 - 6 supplementary longitudinal carinae, several sinuous proximally. Carinae of primary teeth sinuous, irregular. Telson ventral surface with long, smooth postanal carina, lacking carinae or tubercles laterally, extending about 0.8 distance between anal pore and posterior margin. Uropodal protopod inner margin armed with 10 - 12 slender spines. Terminal spines of uropodal protopod with lobe on outer margin of inner spine rounded, broader than adjacent spine, proximal margin concave. Uropodal exopod proximal segment with 6 graded movable spines on outer margin, distal 2 flattened with acute apices, distalmost slightly exceeding midlength of distal segment. Exopod distal segment with length subequal to proximal segment. Uropodal endopod lacking tubercles ventrally, adjacent to articulation with protopod. Colour in alcohol. Al and A 2 peduncles pale. A 2 scale with dark posterior margin and apex. Carapace with dark anteriormargin and four, broad, diffuse, irregulartransverse bands; reflected marginal carinae enclosing black patch withdiffusemargins. Thoracicandabdominalsomiteseach with broad, diffuse submedian patches, with darker distal patch between intermediate and lateral carinae extending onto following somite. Telson with broad, diffuse, dark patch covering intermediate and lateral teeth; with broad, diffuse longitudinal median band extending from anterior margin to apices of SM teeth, excepting a short, unpigmented area distally. Raptorial claw, maxillipeds, pereiopods and pleopods unpigmented. Uropodal protopod inner margin and endopod dark; exopod proximal segment dark on outer distal half and articulation with distal segment; exopod distal segment with diffuse pigmentation on proximal and outer margin. Measurements. Holotype male: TL 26 mm, CL 5.8 mm, CW 1.3 mm, Al peduncle length 5.6 mm. Remarks. In N. semblatae the apically rounded hook process of the male PLPl endopod (15 [1]) is unusual, because it is produced to a sharp point in N. tuberculata, A. fasciata and other Clorida-like genera such as Cloridina, Neclorida, Lenisquilla and Levisquilla. The condition of the hook-process inN. semblatae is unlikely to be size related because the penes are well developed,	en	Ahyong, Shane T. (1998): Review of Neoanchisquilla Moosa, 1991 and Neclorida Manning, 1995 (Crustacea: Stomatopoda: Squilloidea), with descriptions of two new species of Neoanchisquilla from the Indian Ocean. Records of the Australian Museum 50 (2): 217-229, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.50.1998.1281, URL: https://journals.australian.museum/ahyong-1998-rec-aust-mus-502-217229/
0398EB1B2B02FF81FE9F2D039C73E57E.taxon	description	the male PLP 1 endopod is fully formed and the sharp apex of the hook process is well developed even in juveniles of A. jasciata and species of other Cloridalike genera. The hook process in N. semblatae is also distinctly longer than in N. tuberculata n. sp., exceeding the distal margin of the distal endite (16 [[ 1]). Male PLP 1 characters should readily distinguish N. semblatae from N. tuberculata, but unfortunately the male PLP 1 of N. australiensis is unknown. Richer de Forges & Moosa (1992) noted that the habitats around the Chesterfield Islands, the type locality of N. semblatae, are principally coralline, with fine sediments and carbonatedmud. Collection data inMoosa (1991) show that no other stomatopods were collected from the same station as N. semblatae.	en	Ahyong, Shane T. (1998): Review of Neoanchisquilla Moosa, 1991 and Neclorida Manning, 1995 (Crustacea: Stomatopoda: Squilloidea), with descriptions of two new species of Neoanchisquilla from the Indian Ocean. Records of the Australian Museum 50 (2): 217-229, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.50.1998.1281, URL: https://journals.australian.museum/ahyong-1998-rec-aust-mus-502-217229/
0398EB1B2B02FF81FE9F2D039C73E57E.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Known only from the type locality, Chesterfield Islands, New Caledonia.	en	Ahyong, Shane T. (1998): Review of Neoanchisquilla Moosa, 1991 and Neclorida Manning, 1995 (Crustacea: Stomatopoda: Squilloidea), with descriptions of two new species of Neoanchisquilla from the Indian Ocean. Records of the Australian Museum 50 (2): 217-229, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.50.1998.1281, URL: https://journals.australian.museum/ahyong-1998-rec-aust-mus-502-217229/
0398EB1B2B00FF8FFE4824909CB7E53F.taxon	materials_examined	Material. HOLOTYPE: USNM 260879, male (TL 74 mm), Comores, 12 ° 11 ' 09 " S 44 ° 19 ' 03 " E, 9 - 20 m, RW 88 - 26, colI. R. Winterbottom, 21 November 1988. Diagnosis. Rostral plate triangular; longer than broad; apex narrow, blunt. Carapace anterolateral spines small, not extending to base of rostral plate. Raptorial claw dactylus with 7 teeth. TS 6 - 7 lateral processes flattened, margin slightly sinuous. Abdominal carinae spined as follows: SM 6, IM 6, LT 2 - 6, MG I-S; sternum posterior margin unarmed. Telson dorsal surface withMD carina, tuberculate accessory MD carina and numerous curved rows of tubercles; ventral surface with 2 rows of irregularly spaced tubercles lateral to postanal carina. Description of holotype. TL 74 mm. Eye with cornea strongly bilobed, not extending beyond Al peduncle segment 1; Cl 480. Al peduncle 0.86 CL. Al dorsal processes with spiniform apices, directed anterolaterally. A 2 scale length 0.62 CL. Rostral plate triangular; slightly longer than broad; apex blunt. Carapace anterior width O. 5 SCL; anterolateral spines small, not extending to base of rostral plate. Raptorial claw dactylus with 7 teeth. TS 6 - 7 lateral processes flattened, margin slightly sinuous. TS 8 sternal keel subtruncate. AS 6 with minute ventrolateral spine anterior to uropodal articulation. Abdominal carinae spined as follows: SM 6, IM 6, LT 2 - 6, MG I-S; sternum posterior margin unarmed. PLPl endopod in male with slender, curved hook process and broad, flattened tube process; apex of hook process acute, exceeding apex of tube process. Telson prelaterallobe longer than margin of LT tooth; denticles 7 - 8, 17 - 18, 1. Dorsolateral surface with proximal cluster of tubercles, tuberculate accessory MD, and 7 - 8 curved rows of closely set tubercles. Carinae of primary teeth tuberculate. Telson ventral surface with tuberculate postanal carina and 2 rows of irregularly spaced tubercles laterally. Uropodal protopod inner margin armed with IS- 18 slender spines. Terminal spines of uropodal protopod with lobe on outer margin of inner spine rounded to angular, narrower than adjacent spine, proximal margin concave. Uropodal exopod proximal segment with 7 graded movable spines on outer margin, distal 2 flattened with acute apices, distalmost not exceeding midlength of distal segment. Exopod distal segment with length subequal to proximal segment. Uropodal endopod with row of 3 tubercles ventrally, adjacent to articulation with protopod. Colour in alcohol. Rostral plate, antennal protopods and anterior cephalon dark brown. Al and A 2 peduncles pale. A 2 scale with dark posterior margin and apex. Carapace with dark anterior margin and three, broad, diffuse, irregular transverse bands; reflected marginal carinae enclosing black patch with diffuse margins. Thoracic and abdominal somites each with posterior margin dark; broad, diffuse submedian patches, with darker distal patch between intermediate and lateral carinae extending onto following somite. Telson with darkly pigmented carinae; with broad, diffuse, dark patch covering intermediate and lateral teeth; with broad, diffuse longitudinal median band extending from anterior margin to apices of SM teeth, excepting a short, unpigmented rectangle distally. Raptorial claw propodus with dark opposable margin and dark articulation with carpus; carpus dark; merus dark distally, ventrally and dorsally, unpigmented midlaterally; meral depression unpigmented excepting black trapezoid spot proximally. Pereiopods with dark protopod. Uropodal protopod and endopod dark; exopod proximal segment dark on distal half and articulation with distal segment; exopod distal segment dark along midline and outer margin. Measurements. Holotype male: TL 74 mm, CL 16.8 mm, CW 3. S mm, Al peduncle 14. S mm. Etymology. Named for the tuberculate dorsal ornamentation of the telson. Remarks. Neoanchisquilla tuberculata is unique in the genus in bearing tuberculate dorsal and ventral telson ornamentation (10 [1], 13 [1]). Neoanchisquilla tuberculata n. sp. also differs from N. semblatae in bearing fewer teeth on the raptorial claw (seven instead of eight); in having shorter anterolateral spines of the carapace; in having a narrower, more pointed apex of the rostral plate; the hook process of the male PLPl endopod is shorter and apically acute; more lateral carinae on the abdominal somites are armed; the cornea is distinctly bilobed; the inner margin of the uropodal protopod bears IS- 18 instead of 10 - 12 spines; and there are more movable spines on the outer margin of the uropodal exopod. Although an adult (Moosa, 1991), the holotype of N. semblatae is small (TL 26 mm). The first four distinguishing characters are unlikely to change with age but the latter four may be size related and should be used with caution. Neoanchisquilla tuberculata is most closely related to N. australiensis in sharing a similar rostral plate, short anterolateral spines of the carapace, and seven teeth on the dactylus of the raptorial claw (2 [1], 3 [1], 7 [1]). As well as the tuberculate dorsal and ventral telson ornamentation, N. tuberculata differs fromN. australiensis in the shape of the cornea, in bearing truncate lateral processes of TS 6 - 7, in having more abdominal somites with armed lateral carinae and in having a tuberculate accessory median carinae. Whereas the dorsolateral carinae of the telson are sharp and well formed in N. australiensis, the accessory median carina is completely suppressed. Other than N. semblatae and N. australiensis, the only other species likely to be confused with N. tuberculata is Anchisquilla Jasciata (De Haan). Ghosh (1973) reported material of A. Jasciata from the Gulf of Oman which differed from the account of Kemp (1913) in bearing interrupted, instead of entire, dorsal carinae and	en	Ahyong, Shane T. (1998): Review of Neoanchisquilla Moosa, 1991 and Neclorida Manning, 1995 (Crustacea: Stomatopoda: Squilloidea), with descriptions of two new species of Neoanchisquilla from the Indian Ocean. Records of the Australian Museum 50 (2): 217-229, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.50.1998.1281, URL: https://journals.australian.museum/ahyong-1998-rec-aust-mus-502-217229/
0398EB1B2B00FF8FFE4824909CB7E53F.taxon	description	lacking supplementary ventral carinae on the telson. Although A. fasciata may lack supplementary ventral carinae on the telson, the dorsal carinae are entire or only interrupted proximally. Ghosh (1973) may have been dealing with N. tuberculata, but his account is unfortunately too brief to confirm the identity of his material.	en	Ahyong, Shane T. (1998): Review of Neoanchisquilla Moosa, 1991 and Neclorida Manning, 1995 (Crustacea: Stomatopoda: Squilloidea), with descriptions of two new species of Neoanchisquilla from the Indian Ocean. Records of the Australian Museum 50 (2): 217-229, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.50.1998.1281, URL: https://journals.australian.museum/ahyong-1998-rec-aust-mus-502-217229/
0398EB1B2B00FF8FFE4824909CB7E53F.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Known from the type locality, the Comoro Islands, and possibly the Gulf of Oman.	en	Ahyong, Shane T. (1998): Review of Neoanchisquilla Moosa, 1991 and Neclorida Manning, 1995 (Crustacea: Stomatopoda: Squilloidea), with descriptions of two new species of Neoanchisquilla from the Indian Ocean. Records of the Australian Museum 50 (2): 217-229, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.50.1998.1281, URL: https://journals.australian.museum/ahyong-1998-rec-aust-mus-502-217229/
0398EB1B2B0EFF8EFE3124EB98D2EDAE.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Eye with cornea distinctly bilobed, broaderthan and set transversely on stalk; stalk slightly inflated. Ocular scales fused, faintly emarginate medially. Al somite not extending anteriorly beyond rostral plate. Carapace with anterolateral spines; lacking carinae excepting reflected marginal carinae. Raptorial claw dactylus with 5 teeth. Mandibularpalp present. MXPI- 4 each with epipod. TS 5 - 8 each lacking SM carinae. TS 5 - 7 lateral processes single. AS 1 - 4 each lacking SM carinae. Telson inflated; SM teeth with movable apices; prelaterallobe present (indistinct in juveniles and subadults); dorsolateral surface with numerous longitudinal rows of blunt tubercles; ventral surface with postanal and ventrolateral carina only. Uropodal protopod terminating in 2 slender spines; inner margin armed with numerous slender spines.	en	Ahyong, Shane T. (1998): Review of Neoanchisquilla Moosa, 1991 and Neclorida Manning, 1995 (Crustacea: Stomatopoda: Squilloidea), with descriptions of two new species of Neoanchisquilla from the Indian Ocean. Records of the Australian Museum 50 (2): 217-229, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.50.1998.1281, URL: https://journals.australian.museum/ahyong-1998-rec-aust-mus-502-217229/
0398EB1B2B0EFF8CFE5623BE981DECF4.taxon	description	Fig. 5	en	Ahyong, Shane T. (1998): Review of Neoanchisquilla Moosa, 1991 and Neclorida Manning, 1995 (Crustacea: Stomatopoda: Squilloidea), with descriptions of two new species of Neoanchisquilla from the Indian Ocean. Records of the Australian Museum 50 (2): 217-229, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.50.1998.1281, URL: https://journals.australian.museum/ahyong-1998-rec-aust-mus-502-217229/
0398EB1B2B0EFF8CFE5623BE981DECF4.taxon	materials_examined	Material. HOLOTYPE: USNM 124091, male (TL 33 mm), western coast of Madagascar, Banc de Pracel, 65 m, sand, colI. A. Crosnier, June 1959. USNM 124091, 1 male (TL 84 mm), 1 female (TL 85 mm), Entre Majunga et baie de Narendry, northwestern Madagascar, 40 m, colI. R. Plante, 14 - 15 April 1970. Description. TL of adults to 85 mm. Dorsal integument smooth, polished. Eye with cornea distinctly bilobed, broader than and set transversely on stalk not extending beyond Al peduncle segment 1; stalk slightly inflated; Cl 400 - 683. Ocular scales fused, faintly emarginate anteriorly. Ophthalmic somite with triangular anterior margin. Al peduncle 0.67 - 0.74 CL. Al somite dorsal processes slender, with spiniform apices, directed anterolaterally. A 2 scale length 0.41 - 0.42 CL. Rostral plate longerthan broad; lateral margins convergent; apex rounded; lacking dorsal carinae. Carapace anterior width 0.41 - 0.45 CL; anterolateral spines not extending to base of rostral plate; with reflected MG carinae only; lacking posterior median projection. Raptorial claw dactylus with 5 teeth, outer margin broadly curved, proximal margin with basal notch; carpus dorsal carina undivided; propodus opposable margin sinuous; merus outer inferodistal angle unarmed; basis lacking ventrally directed mesial spine. Mandibular palp 3 - segmented. MXPI- 4 each with epipod. MXP 5 basal segment lacking ventrally directed spine. Pereiopods 1 - 3 basal segment unarmed; endopod 2 - segmented, slender, entire margin setose. TS 5 - 8 each lacking SM carinae. TS 5 lateral process a single, short spine, directed anterolaterally and inclined ventrally; ventral spine triangular, acute, directed ventrally. TS 6 - 7 lateral processes rounded to obtuse anterolaterally and posterolaterally. TS 8 anterolateral margin triangular; sternal keel rounded. AS 1 - 4 each lacking SM carinae. AS 5 at most with faint indication of SM carina. AS 6 with surface between SM and IM carinae irregularly sculptured; with ventrolateral spine anterior to uropodal articulation; sternum posterior margin unarmed. Abdominal carinae spined as follows: SM 6, IM 4 - 6 (5 - 6), LT 5 - 6, MG (3 - 4) 5. Telson inflated, broader than long; SM teeth with movable apices; prelaterallobe shorter than margin of lateral tooth; median carina low, uninterrupted proximally, armed posteriorly; dorsolateral surface with accessory median carina composed of 4 - 5 tubercles and with numerous longitudinal rows of blunt tubercles; denticles triangular, 2 - 3, 7 - 8, 1; carinae of marginal teeth inflated in adult males. Telson ventral surface with long, tuberculate postanal carina; ventrolateral carina short, extending distally slightly beyond prelaterallobe. Uropodal protopod terminating in 2 slender spines, inner longer, dorsally and ventrally carinate; unarmed dorsally excepting dorsal spine above proximal exopod articulation; outer margin smooth; inner margin armed with 7 - 10 slender spines; with short ventral spine anterior to endopod articulation. Terminal spines of uropodal protopod with lobe on outer margin of inner spine rounded, deflected dorsally, broader than adjacent spine, proximal margin concave. Uropodal exopod proximal segment with broad, round distal lobe on inner distal half; outer margin with 6 - 7, graded movable spines, distal 2 flattened with acute apices, distalmost not exceeding midlength of distal segment; distal margin with short ventral spine; inner distal portion dark. Uropodal exopod distal segment longer than proximal segment; dark on inner half only; endopod unarmed dorsally, entire margin setose. Remarks. Neclorida miersi, as Clorida miersi, has been reported only from the type locality, Madagascar, (Manning, 1968 b) and Indonesia (Moosa, 1973; Moosa & Cleva, 1984) from specimens of TL 55 mm or less. The present specimens are the largest known, but agree in most respects with the holotype and Indonesian specimens. The present specimens differ from the holotype in that the cornea is distinctly broader than the stalk (approximately 0.8 eye length) and more strongly bilobed than figured for the holotype (Manning, 1968 b: fig. 3 b); the ventral tubercle below the lateral process ofTS 5 is more distinct and acute; the intermediate carinae of AS 4 and lateral carina of AS 5 are armed posteriorly; the dorsal surface of AS 6 between the SM and intermediate carinae is irregularly sculptured; the outer margin of the proximal segment of the exopod bears seven instead of six movable spines; the inner margin of the uropodal protopod bears 7 - 10 spines instead of seven only; and the prelateral lobe of the telson is distinct. The large male differs from the large female and the holotype in bearing a slightly broader rostral plate, the PLPI endopod is relatively larger than in the holotype, the marginal carinae ofAS 3 - 4 are armed and the dorsal ornamentation of the telson is inflated. All of the above differences are likely referable to size / age. Abdominal spination in the two largest specimens agrees with the 55 mm female reported by Moosa & Cleva (1984). The dorsal ornamentation of the telson in the two largest specimens, the female in particular, closely resembles that of the holotype. The large male shows the inflated telson carinae and tubercles typical of adult males of similar genera such as Clorida, Cloridina and Lenisquilla. The most significant differences between the holotype and the largest specimens are in the cornea breadth (discussed above) and prelateral lobe on the telson. The prelateral lobe on the telson is an important diagnostic character for many genera and species. In the holotype of Clorida miersi the prelateral lobe is indistinct and considered absent in the original diagnosis of Neclorida. Neclorida miersi therefore resembles species of Clorida, Cloridina, Lenisquilla and Levisquilla, in which the distinctness of the prelateral lobe increases with age / size, and this fact must be considered when identifying juveniles and subadults. The generic diagnosis of Neclorida is emended above to account for these new data.	en	Ahyong, Shane T. (1998): Review of Neoanchisquilla Moosa, 1991 and Neclorida Manning, 1995 (Crustacea: Stomatopoda: Squilloidea), with descriptions of two new species of Neoanchisquilla from the Indian Ocean. Records of the Australian Museum 50 (2): 217-229, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.50.1998.1281, URL: https://journals.australian.museum/ahyong-1998-rec-aust-mus-502-217229/
0398EB1B2B0EFF8CFE5623BE981DECF4.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Known only from Madagascar and Indonesia in depths between 40 and 65 m. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. Thanks to RB. and L. K. Manning for their generous hospitality and access to USNM collections during a visit to Washington in September 1997. Thanks also to Dr Nguyen Ngoc-Ho (MNHN) and Ms Karen Coombes (NTM) for access to material in their collections. Thanks to Dr G. D. F. Wilson (AM) for advice and access to computing facilities. This study was partially supported by an Australian Postgraduate Award from the Australian Research Council, administered by the University of New South Wales.	en	Ahyong, Shane T. (1998): Review of Neoanchisquilla Moosa, 1991 and Neclorida Manning, 1995 (Crustacea: Stomatopoda: Squilloidea), with descriptions of two new species of Neoanchisquilla from the Indian Ocean. Records of the Australian Museum 50 (2): 217-229, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.50.1998.1281, URL: https://journals.australian.museum/ahyong-1998-rec-aust-mus-502-217229/
