Enough for an ID?

[biomekanic]

I suck at pictures, if I can manage to get some ( or convince a friend to take some for me ) I'll post them.

In the meantime... I picked up a mantis yesterday. Pacific species ( came in on shipment of Tonga rock ), and has pink meral spots. The merals have small black dots as well.

Sorry, can't get any more descriptive than that. It's also a shy little bugger.

ETA: The mantis itself is a bright green, and roughly 3" in total length. And a smasher.

( I need more coffee before posting )

 

[Gonodactylus]

Pink is an unusual color for meral spots in the Pacific. The only one that comes to mind is Gonodactylellus rubriguttatus. This species is only known from Australia, Indonesia and New Caledonia so Tonga would be a range extension. I've collected it from coral rubble usually fairly deep (30-40 m) along the outer GBR.

Roy