taxonID	type	description	language	source
039F06730F4FA143287CF89F29A8F8F5.taxon	description	DNA analysis. The nucleotide sequence determined was 432 bp and available in the public databases through the DNA Data Bank of Japan under the International Nucleotide Sequence Databases (INSD) accession number LC 763119. Against this sequence, the most similar sequences returned by BLAST search were of Scyllarides haanii (INSD accession numbers JN 701690, JN 701691, and MN 817127), in which the K 2 P distances between the sequences ranged 0.00 % – 1.17 %. The phylogenetic tree (Fig. 1) unambiguously determined this phyllosoma to be S. haanii. Larval description of Scyllarides haanii, stage X. The phyllosoma stage of the present specimen was determined according to Robertson’s (1969 a) stage key for phyllosoma. Dimensions: TL = 39.5 mm, CL = 28.8 mm, CW = 25.0 mm, TW = 17.8 mm, PL = 6.4 mm. Cephalothorax (Figs 2, 3 A): outline of cephalic shield ellipsoid, slightly wider than long (CL / CW ratio = 1.15), and much wider than thorax (CW / TW ratio = 1.40). Small overhang plate behind the base of eyestalk (Fig. 3 B). Antennule (Fig. 4 A): peduncle 3 - segmented, outer flagellum longer than half length of inner flagellum, with 5 – 6 tiers of aesthetascs on its inner margin. Antenna (Fig. 4 B): flattened dorsoventrally, 3 - segmented, the second segment anteriorly pointed. Mandibles (Fig. 4 C): slightly flattened dorsoventrally, asymmetrical in dentition. Incisor process and medial gnathal edge with a series of teeth. Molar process crowned by many denticules and minute papillae. Distal inner half portion of mandible covered with labrum and paragnath. Maxillule (Fig. 4 D): no endopod projection. Basal endite with 3 stout spines and 8 subterminal setae. Coxal endite with 12 – 13 stout setae. Maxilla (Fig. 4 E): endopodal area with 2 thin setae. Basal and coxal area with 2 and 1 thin anterior setae, respectively. Scaphognathite without marginal plumose setae. Maxilliped 1 (Fig. 4 F): 3 - lobed process, with a short seta on endopodal area. Maxilliped 2 (Fig. 4 G): endopod 5 - segmented, penultimate segment with 2 stout spines and 12 setae in total. Exopod rudimentary bud. No gill rudiments. Maxilliped 3 (Fig. 4 H): endopod 4 - segmented, with many setae on distal segment. Exopod rudimentary bud. No gill rudiments. Pereiopods 1 – 5 (Fig. 3 A): exopods distally flagellated with annuli bearing a pair of natatory setae. No gill rudiments on pereiopods and thorax pleura. Pleon (Fig. 3 C): much narrower than thorax, somite segmented with biramous rudiments of pleopods (Fig. 3 D) on somites 2 – 5. Uropod biramous, posterior margins of endopod and exopod reaching that of the telson. Telson oval without spines.	en	Konishi, Kooichi, Yanagimoto, Takashi, Chow, Seinen (2024): The First Larval Description of the Common Aesop Slipper Lobster Scyllarides haanii (Decapoda: Achelata: Scyllaridae). Species Diversity 29 (2): 327-335, DOI: 10.12782/specdiv.29.327, URL: https://doi.org/10.12782/specdiv.29.327
