Occurrence and distribution of some stomatopod crustaceans in the westem Mediterranean

Abstract

Stomatopod crustaceans have been very little studied in the Mediterranean Sea. With the exception of Squilla mantis, the only common and abundant species, nine other stomatopods have been recorded so far in Mediterranean waters, al1 of them very scarcely. The occurrence of some of these species is recorded herein based mainly on data collected during fishery research surveys in the western Mediterranean. Parasquilla ferussaci is recorded for the first time from the Balearic Islands, heing its first record in the Iberian Mediterranean waters. The second Mediterranean record of Platysquilloides lillyae, the sixth for the species, is based on a specimen collected off the Maresme region (Catalonia). New data on the distribution of Rissoides pallidus and R. desmaresti in the Catalano-Balearic Sea are provided.