Miyakella nepa

Miyakella nepa (Latreille in Latreille, Le Peletier, Serville & Guérin, 1828) (Fig. 3C) Squilla nepa Latreille, 1828: 471. Squilla edwardsi Giebel, 1861: 320. Oratosquilla nepa.— Manning 1971: 3. Miyakea nepa.— Ahyong 2001: 279–281, fig. 136.— Ahyong & Naiyanetr 2002: 299.—Ahyong et al. 2008, 140, fig. 110, 111. Miyakella nepa.— Ahyong & Low 2013: 99.— Trivedi et al. 2020: 229. Material examined. FSI/VIZAG/CRUST. 226, 1 male (TL 120 mm), 17°69.6’N, 83°30.2’E, coll. K. Silambarasan, 18 March 2020. Remarks. Although Miyakella nepa was reportedly caught in large quantities along the southwest coast of India, particularly off the Mangalore coast (Shanbhogue 1986), only a few stray specimens were obtained in the present collection. Distribution. Western Indian Ocean to India, Vietnam, Thailand (including Phuket), Hong Kong, Taiwan, the Philippines, Australia, and New Caledonia (Ahyong 2007).