Species Oratosquillina stephensoni (Manning, 1978)
- Oratosquilla stephensoni Manning, R.B. 1978. Further observations on Oratosquilla, with accounts of two new genera and nine new species (Crustacea: Stomatopoda: Squillidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 272: 1-43 [29-30 fig. 16].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 125754 ♂, E of St Helena Island, Moreton Bay, QLD.
Paratype(s) USNM 156527 9♂ 8♀, E of St Helena Island, Moreton Bay, QLD; AM P24776 1♂ 1♀, E of St Helena Island, Moreton Bay, QLD; QM W5767 1♂ 1♀, E of St Helena Island, Moreton Bay, QLD; USNM 125752 2♂ 5♀, E of St Helena Island, Moreton Bay, QLD; USNM 125067 ♂, E of St Helena Island, Moreton Bay, QLD; USNM 125753 ♂, E of St Helena Island, Moreton Bay, QLD.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, mud bottom, predator, sublittoral.
Extra Ecological Information
Level sandy-mud to mud substrates, 5.5–43 m depth.
General References
Ahyong, S.T. 2001. Revision of the Australian Stomatopod Crustacea. Records of the Australian Museum Suppl. 26: 1-326 [298-300 fig. 145] (Squilla perpensa, Kemp, 1911 [= Oratosquillina] recorded from Darwin by Manning (1966), was a misidentification, and correctly belongs to O. stephensoni)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-Dec-2016 | SQUILLIDAE Latreille, 1802 | 29-Sep-2015 | MODIFIED | |
| 31-Jul-2013 | 31-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-May-2012 | 30-May-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |