Stomatopod Crustacea from the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia

Abstract

The stomatopod Crustacea collected principally from the Dampier Archipelago, containing 14 species from four families and nine genera, are reported. Seven species are newly recorded from the Dampier Archipelago and two species, Gonodactylellus dianae and Acanthosquilla melissae, are described as new. Anchisquilla subfasciata (Tate, 1883), previously regarded as a synonym of Anchisquilla fasciata (de Haan, 1844), is removed from synonymy and recognised for all Australian records previously attributed to the latter species.