Marine biodiversity of the South China Sea: A checklist of stomatopod Crustacea

Study on literature reveals that the stomatopod fauna of the South China Se a and the adjacent waters is very rich, although some areas such as the off shore waters of Borneo and the islands located at the southern part of this region are still very poorly surveyed. A total of 120 species belonging to 52 genera of 13 families and four superfamiles. The Superfamily Bathysquil loidea is represented by two species of one genus, the Gonodactyloidea is r epresented by 43 species of 20 genera, the Lysiosquilloidea is represented by 14 species of eight genera and the Squilloidea is represented by 61 spec ies of 32 genera.