Raoulserenea Komaii?

[Pea-brain]

I was just wondering about this stomatopod. These questions are probly best suited for dr. roy, but any info is appreciated. Fist of all, this looks like an awesome spearer for an aquarium. It looks cool, it is interactive and doesnt have special requirements. So I am interested. First of all, this seems to be strange behavior for a spearer. So what is the deal with them? Are they just exceptions to the rule, spearer--> smasher--> spearer evolutions like pseudosquillids, or something else? Also, in the interests of getting one for the home aquaria, how rare are they? Has anyone on the forum ever even seen one for sale? Would there be any specific places where they most often come from or any importers or anything like that? Any info on other raoulserenea-ids (what would the correct word be?) Also, on another slightly related note, are there any places I could find more in depth info on stomatopod evolution, specifically how they evolved, which groups may have evolved from which group...continued on next post

 

[Pea-brain]

and how you classify different groups of stomatopods? And please, pull no punches and leave me with a complicated answer thats really in depth. I am very interested.

Side note: #1 the "P", " ' " , " " " , and " : " keys are broken on my keyboard, and it is hard to put those in, so please forgive my spelling errors. #2 I tried to search reef central for old posts on this, and couldnt get on the search engine, so if this has been asked forgive me.

 

[justinl]

interesting inquiry, Im tagging along.

 

[Msby12]

well, seems like even if it is well suited for the aquarium, it's listed as very rare, good luck with that though!

 

[Altpers0na-old]

dont bother with rc's search, do a google instead...

in the google box put
site:reefcentral.com Raoulserenea Komai

it didnt return any hits when i did it... drat...

just googling Raoulserenea Komai only turns up 2 pages, most of which say R. caldwell

 

[Pea-brain]

well I know its very rare, but it cant be TOO rare. I mean from what I understand dr. roy only lists stomatopods common enough to be found, so they must be occasionally collected. I tried google too. It didn't return anything, but I figured it probably didn't look at really old posts either. or do they just automatically get deleted?.....I just noticed that all the keys on my keyboard are working again!

 

[Gonodactylus]

R. komai is one of five species of Raoulserenea that are found in the Indo-Pacific. I have found all five in Moorea and all are reported from Australia except R. pygmea. R. komai is fairly rare, but I have seen it a couple of times for sale which is why I listed it.

All Raoulserenea are characterized by the pair of spots on the carapace. This genus is part of the family Pseudosquillidae which are Gonodactyloids, but it would be incorrect to say that they evolved from a smashing line. We don't know what the basal gonodactyloids looked like with respect to the raptorial appendages.

Roy

 

[Jace18]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9424059#post9424059 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Altpers0na
dont bother with rc's search, do a google instead...

in the google box put
site:reefcentral.com Raoulserenea Komai

it didnt return any hits when i did it... drat...

just googling Raoulserenea Komai only turns up 2 pages, most of which say R. caldwell

Hey i am not the only one that used Google site search


Very intersting species