Oratosquilla Manning, 1968b

Oratosquilla Manning, 1968b View in CoL View at ENA

Oratosquilla Manning, 1968b: 120 View in CoL , 133. [ Type species Squilla oratoria De Haan 1844 , by original designation. Gender feminine].

Diagnosis. Dorsal integument variously pitted. Eye with cornea strongly bilobed, distinctly broader than stalk and set obliquely; cornea width less than 0.30 CL. Ocular scales separate. Carapace with anterolateral spines; with MD, LT, MG and reflected marginal carinae; MD carina distinct, usually uninterrupted at base of anterior bifurcation (variable in O. fabricii ); branches of anterior bifurcation distinct, opening anterior to dorsal pit; posterolateral margin rounded. Raptorial claw dactylus with 6 teeth, outer margin without basal notch; carpus dorsal carina bi- or tri-tuberculate. Mandibular palp present. MXP1–4 with epipod. PLP1 endopod in adult males with posterior endite; hook process blunt distally. TS6–8 with SM and IM carinae. TS5–6 lateral processes bilobed. AS 1–5 with SM, IM, LT and MG carinae. Telson SM teeth with fixed apices; prelateral lobe present; dorsolateral surface with curved rows of shallow pits; without supplementary LT carinae; ventrolateral stridulatory carinae present. Uropodal protopod inner margin crenulate.

Composition. Oratosquilla fabricii ( Holthuis, 1941) ; O. mauritiana ( Kemp, 1913) ; O. oratoria (De Haan, 1844) .

Remarks. One species occurs in South African waters, but no material was available for examination in the present study.