Oratosquillina inornata
Year: 2025
Type: other
Abstract: Oratosquillina inornata (Tate, 1883) (Fig. 3D) Squilla inornata Tate, 1883: 51, pl. 2 fig. 3a–c. Oratosquilla inornata.— Manning 1978c: 17–19, fig. 8. Oratosquilla hindustanica Manning, 1978c: 15–17, fig. 7, 15e. Oratosquilla solicitans Manning, 1978c: 25–28, figs. 13, 14, 15. Oratosquilla megalops Manning, 1980: 523–524, fig. 1. Oratosquillina inornata.— Ahyong 2001: 291–293, fig. 141.— Ahyong & Naiyanetr 2002: 300.—Ahyong et al. 2008: 154, fig. 122, 123.— Ahyong 2016: 465–466.— Trivedi et al. 2020: 229. Material examined. FSI/VIZAG/CRUST. 229, 1 female (TL 98 mm), 17°43.1’N, 83°32.3’E, 54 m, coll. K. Silambarasan, 10 February 2019. Remarks. In the present species, a combination of features, including the elongate rostral plate, finely pitted dorsum and the quadrate anterior lobe on the lateral process of the sixth thoracic segment, serves as distinctive characteristics that differentiate it from other species of the genus. The abdominal spination is as follows: submedian 5–6, intermediate 4–6, lateral 3–6, marginal 1–5. Distribution. India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Andaman Sea, Vietnam, the South China sea, Taiwan and Australia (Ahyong 2016; Trivedi et al. 2020).
Authors: Silambarasan, Krishnan, Kar, A. B., Prasad, G. V. A., Pattnayak, S. K., Jeyabaskaran, R.
Institution: Fishery Survey of India
Language: English
Subfield: Ecology
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6949918919
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