Gonodactylaceus ternatensis
©Roy Caldwell: Underside of male Gonodactylaceus ternatensis 12 mm long from Lizard Island (aquarium photo).
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Stomatopoda
Family
Gonodactylidae
Genus
Gonodactylaceus
Species
Gonodactylaceus ternatensis
Colours
Distinguishing features
"Orange meral spot; red inter-segmental line."
"Sexually color dimorphic; body of both sexes dark green with red inter-segmental stripes; males with blue antennal scales and uropods; females with orange or yellow antennal scales and uropods; meral spot bright orange."
"Chips out cavities in center of live, branching corals."
Quotes from Roy's List accessed 13 Oct 2018.
Size
- From 0.8 cm to 12 cm (length according to Roy's List accessed 13 Oct 2018. This is the largest species of goniodactylid.)
Synonyms
Similar taxa
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Animalia:
Purple spot mantis shrimp (species: Gonodactylus smithii)
may also have a red intersegmental line but the meral spot is purple, not orange.
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Local abundance
- Lizard Island: Appears to be rare, having been recorded just once by Roy Caldwell in 2004 near Loomis Reef.
