Records on some mantis shrimps (Malacostraca: Stomatopoda) collected from the Sea of Japan, Yamaguchi Prefecture, including a new record from Japan

Abstract

We examined stomatopods specimens collected by field works, as well as those deposited in the museum to clarify the stomatopod fauna off Yamaguchi Prefecture in the Sea of Japan, we examined not only specimens by field works but also those deposited in the museums. The following 11 species were found: Odontodactylus japonicus (de Haan, 1844), Anchisquilla fasciata (de Haan, 1844), Harpiosquilla harpax (de Haan, 1844), Lenisquilla lata (Brooks, 1886), Levisquilla inermis (Manning, 1965), Lophosquilla costata (de Haan, 1844), Oratosquilla oratoria (de Haan, 1844), Quollastria fossulata (Moosa, 1986), Q. gonypetes (Kemp, 1911) and Squilloides leptosquilla (Brooks, 1886). This occurrence of Q. fossulata is the first record from Japanese waters.