Lenisquilla gilesi ( Kemp, 1911 )

Silambarasan, Krishnan, Kar, A. B., Prasad, G. V. A., Pattnayak, S. K. & Jeyabaskaran, R., 2025, On a collection of stomatopod Crustacea in the Fishery Survey of India, research cruises from the northeast coast of India, Zootaxa 5637 (2), pp. 337-350 : 342

Lenisquilla gilesi ( Kemp, 1911)

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Squilla gilesi Kemp, 1911: 95 .— Kemp 1913: 39, pl. 2 figs. 25–27.— Trivedi et al. 2020: 233.

Lenisquilla gilesi .— Ahyong 2001: 269.

Material examined. FSI/ VIZAG / CRUST: 220, 1 female (TL 85 mm), 19°23.6’N, 85°33.2’E, 119–123 m, coll. K. Silambarasan, 28 June 2019 .

Remarks. The present specimen of L. gilesi aligns closely with the description provided by Kemp (1913) and Ghosh (1998) and exhibits some morphological characteristics related to sex. The distal end of propodus of the raptorial claw is distinctly broader. The median carina of the telson is more slender compared to the original description. Additionally, the inner spine of the uropod is serrated. The carapace in our specimen has an intermediate carina, and the mandibular palp consists of three distinct segments.

Distribution. Persian Gulf to Bay of Bengal ( Kemp 1913; Trivedi et al. 2020). Now from the northeast coast of India at a depth of 119– 123 m.

Figures

FIGURE 3. A, Lophosquilla tiwarii Blumstein, 1974, male, TL 90 mm, FSI/VIZAG/CRUST:218; B, Lenisquilla gilesi (Kemp, 1911), female, TL 85 mm, FSI/VIZAG/CRUST:220; C, Miyakella nepa (Latreille in Latreille, Le Peletier, Serville & Guérin, 1828), male, TL 120 mm, FSI/VIZAG/CRUST:226; D, Oratosquillina inornata (Tate, 1883), female, TL 98 mm, FSI/VIZAG/ CRUST:229; E, Oratosquillina interrupta (Kemp, 1911), female, TL 110 mm, FSI/VIZAG/CRUST:228; F, Oratosquillina quinquedentata (Brooks, 1886), female, TL 99 mm, FSI/VIZAG/CRUST:225.