Raoulserenea komaii
©Cassy Thompson: This specimen from Lizard Island is probably Raoulserenea komaii (thanks to Shane Ahyong for tentative id).
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Stomatopoda
Family
Pseudosquillidae
Genus
Raoulserenea
Species
Raoulserenea komaii
Colours
Distinguishing features
Distinguishing features still need to be specified.
Size
- Size data has not been obtained.
Synonyms
Interesting facts
- This appears to be the first record of this species from the Great Barrier Reef. It was found in the LIRS display tank. It probably came in with coral or rubble, or through the water supply as a larva.
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Local abundance
- Lizard Island: Extremely rare. Stomatopod biologists have collected extensively at Lizard Island for decades and have never found this species.
Web resources
References
- Porter, M.L., Y. Zhang, S. Desai, R.L. Caldwell and T.W. Cronin (2010). Evolution of anatomical and physiological specialization in the compound eyes of stomatopod crustaceans. Journal of Experimental Biology, 213: 3473-3486. LIRS catalog number 1736.