A revision to the first record of the genus Miyadiella Kubo, 1949 from Indian water

The genus Miyadiella was described by Kubo (1949) represents two species namely Miyadiella podophthalmus (Stimpson, 1860) and Miyadiella ornate Holthuis, 1955b. The validity of the genus was questioned by Starobogatov (1972), Holthuis (1980) and Burkenroad (1983). Type species of the genus Miyadiella pedunculata Kubo, 1949 was synonymiesed under Penaeus podopthalmus Stimpson, 1860 by Starobogatov (1972) and the genus was synonymised under Atypopenaeus created by Alcock,1905. But Hayashi (1992) strongly stated that long eyestalk is the typical character for the genus Miyadiella. Pérez-Farfante and Kensley (1997) also supports Hayashi’s view and tentatively keeps separate Miyadiella from Atypopenaeus by adding two additional typical characters for the genus i.e., presence of spinules on first rostral teeth as well as along the postrostral carina and relatively short fifth periopod. During the present study author got the opportunity to study the materials preserved in Central Marine Fishery Research Institute (CMFRI), Cochin, Tamilnadu, India [Reg. No. AR. 267, from Bombay, collected by Kunju and labeled as Atypopenaeus stenodactylus (Stimpson, 1860)] and arrived into conclusion that the specimen will be Miyadiella podopthalmus (Stimpson, 1860).