Kauaʻi record · KCA-CR-000052
Mantis shrimp
Gonodactylellus sp.
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About Mantis shrimp
Coles et al. (2004), Bishop Museum Technical Report 29a, printed page 125, lists Gonodactylellus hendersoni (Manning, 1967) for station KA2 at Nawiliwili reef (Marriott Hotel reef), Kauaʻi, in its 2002 survey. The earlier Atlas record incorrectly transcribed that source identification as Gonodactylellus demanii; the cited report does not use that name in its KA2 entry. The dated survey provides a historical Gonodactylellus occurrence, but no specimen-level taxonomic reexamination of the KA2 material was established in this review. The Atlas therefore retains the historical identification exactly as printed while using a provisional genus-level display, Gonodactylellus sp., rather than asserting an unreviewed current species identity. This evidence does not establish present-day persistence, abundance, reproduction, or population trend. A verified voucher or diagnostic image linked to station KA2 is needed before an accurate species-specific primary image can be produced.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Gonodactylellus sp.
- Common names
- Mantis shrimp
- Hawaiian names
- ʻŌpae
- Other names
- Gonodactylellus hendersoni · crustacean · crustaceans · mantis shrimp · mantis shrimps · shrimp · shrimps · ʻŌpae
- Family
- Gonodactylidae
- Order
- Stomatopoda
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- dated genus-level Kauaʻi occurrence evidence; historical species identification unconfirmed
- Origin
- not assigned here
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- A 2002 Nawiliwili reef survey reported a mantis shrimp as Gonodactylellus hendersoni at station KA2. An earlier Atlas entry incorrectly called the source identification G. demanii. This corrected record retains the report’s historical name and indexes the Kauaʻi animal provisionally as Gonodactylellus sp. pending specimen review; current abundance and persistence are unknown.