Aloha Also Means Goodbye: A Cryptogenic Stomatopod in Hawaii

Abstract

Two different scenarios are presented that could account for the recent appearance of what has become the most common shallow water Gonodactylus in Hawaii. One requires an introduction event, the other posits the lack of discovery of the species until the early 1950s. While both scenarios have historical components and are difficult to falsify, some corollary hypotheses are suggested that would allow a testable differentiation of the two viewpoints.