Fennerosquilla heptacantha Chace 1939

• Main Author: Lucatelli, Débora
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Stomatopoda; Squillidae; Fennerosquilla; Fennerosquilla heptacantha; Moreno; Perez; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6121006; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6121006

Fennerosquilla heptacantha (Chace, 1939) (Fig. 1) Chloridella heptacantha Chace 1939: 52.— Manning 1968: 129 [list]. Squilla heptacantha.— Manning 1959: 19; 1969: 171; 1978: 40.—Camp 1983: 55–57. Fennerosquilla heptacantha.— Manning & Camp 1983: 317 –322, fig. 1.— Manning 1991: 14 [tab.].— Herrera-Moreno & Betancourt 2003: 276.— Ahyong 2005: 206 [appendix 1].— Perez-Gelabert 2008: 29.— Reaka et al. 2009: 917 [table].— Schram 2010: 235. Diagnosis. Carapace median carina with distinct, uninterrupted anterior bifurcation; posterolateral margins obtusely angular, not evenly rounded. Mandibular palp present. Maxillipeds 1–4 with epipod. Raptorial claw with opposable margin of propodus pectinate, with three movable proximal spines; carpus dorsal carina irregular; dactylus with seven teeth including terminal tooth. Thoracic somite 5 with lateral process a single broad lobe with sharp apex. Thoracic somite 6 lateral process strongly bilobed, with anterior and posterior lobes of similar size. Thoracic somites 6–7 lateral processes sharp posterolaterally. Thoracic somite 7 lateral process with small angular anterior lobe. Abdominal somites 1–5 without median carina. Telson submedian teeth with fixed apices; prelateral lobe present; dorsolateral surface without supplementary carinae or tubercles. Material examined. MOUFPE 15062, 1 adult female, total length 149 mm; Station BPot–Talude #MT 51, initial trawl 04° 48.4436 'S 036° 10.8739 'W, finish trawl 04° 48.6166 'S, 036° 9.9897 'W, 178– 193 m. Measurements (mm). CL 22.8; CW 17.2; TeW 20.0; TeL 18.38; DrL 3.4; DrD 3.2; PL 27.3; PD 6.4; CoL 2.0; CoW 4.0; EL 3.8; AW 23.1. Indices (mm). AWCLI 101.31; CI 570.00; PI 83.51; PLDI 426.56. Geographic distribution (Fig. 2). Northwest Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico –Florida; Straits of Florida; Bahamas; Cuba; Caribbean Sea– Dominican Republic; Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands; Honduras; Panamá (Manning 1969; Schram 2010). Southwest Atlantic: Brazil –Rio Grande do Norte (present study). Habitat. The specimen was collected from a rubble ...