Stomatopoda - Unipeltata - Squillidae - Squilla
| Squilla obtusa Holthuis, 1959 |
World Distribution
(Holthuis, 1959) - Suriname, 26-44 m.
Manning (1969) - 13—182 m, usually less than 90 m.
(Sasaki, 2019) - WA - Suriname, Venezuela, Curaçao, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, Tobago, Columbia, Brazil (Amapà, Espirito Santo). 13-182 m usually less than 90 m
Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)
Vertical range : Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) - Min-Max observed: 13-182 m
Lesser Antilles data
(Sasaki, 2019) - WA Trinidad, Tobago
French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapà)
Squilla obtusa Holthuis, 1959b: 186, Suriname [R/V Coquette, 1957; 26-44 m]. — Manning, 1969: 186, Suriname [R/V Coquette, st. 144; 13—182 m]. — Coelho & Koening, 1972: tab. 1, Brazil Amapá.
Distribution/Habitat – WA; Marine; 13–182 m.
Squilla ?obtusa – French Guiana, photo JB Juhel, CNRS centre de Montabo, “stock crevette 3”, station D3N_2, 30/03/2025, det. J. Poupin from photo (see also Holthuis, 1959; Stomatopods of Suriname, for related species, e.g. S. surinamica, S.lijdingi).
More characters must be checked for a positive determination; see Holthuis (1959, Suriname stomatopoda): This new species is rather closely related to Squilla lijdingi, but differs in the following points: (1) the more slender rostrum, (2) the obtuse lateral processes of the sixth and seventh thoracic somites,(3) the smaller number of intermediate denticles on the telson, (4) the shape of the eyes, in which the stalk is placed almost vertically on the cornea, (5) the colour pattern of the abdomen, (6) the entirely black distal segment of the uropodal exopod, (7) the colour pattern of the raptorial claw.
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database