Pseudosquilla megalophthalma Bigelow 1893

Pseudosquilla megalophthalma Bigelow, 1893

Pseudosquilla megalophthalma Bigelow, 1893a:101.—Holthuis, 1967:40.

MATERIAL.—Southern tip of Sinai Peninsula. 3 km S of Sharm esh Sheikh (“small Marsa”): 0–3 m deep, 15 Oct 1979, Manning and Lewinsohn, leg., 3, 16–26 mm, 1, 16.5 mm (USNM). Ras Muhammad: 7 Apr 1979, Galil, leg., 2, 27, 28 mm, NS 16766 (TAU). Red Sea. Mersa Haleib [Halaib, 22°13′N, 36°38′E], Sudan: Nov 1895, Pola Expedition, leg., 1, 17.5 mm (Zoologische Staatssammlung, Munich). Djeddah, Saudi Arabia: 1885, 1,39 mm (Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna). Habban [26°44′N, 36°32′E], Saudi Arabia: Pola Expedition, leg., 1, 19 mm (Zoologische Staatssammlung, Munich).

SIZE.—Total lengths of males 16–28 mm, of females 16.5–39 mm.

COLOR.—Not noted.