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Munidopsis curvirostra Whiteaves 1874

Description

Munidopsis curvirostra Whiteaves, 1874

Munidopsis curvirostra Whiteaves, 1874: 212.—Baba et al. 2008: 138 (list of references and synonymies).

Material examined. MAURIT 1107, Stn L04, 1812–1824 m, 1 ovigerous female 8.6 mm. MAURIT 0 811, Stn L13, 1808– 1862 m, 3 males 7.2–8.2 mm. MAURIT 0 911, Stn L15, 1746– 1749 m, 1 female 7.1 mm. MAURIT 1011, Stn L04, 1765–1773 m, 1 ovigerous female 11.7 mm, Stn L15, 1747– 1867 m, 1 ovigerous female 7.6 mm.

Remarks. Our specimens agree well with those described for the East Atlantic Ocean by Selbie (1914) and Macpherson & Segonzac (2005).

Distribution. This species is known from Iceland to Mauritania in the eastern Atlantic and from Davis Straits to North Carolina in the western Atlantic; this species has been also cited at the Lord Howe Ridge, southwest Pacific (Khodkina 1981). Its bathymetrical range varies between 329 (Whiteaves 1874) and 2430 m.

Notes

Published as part of De Matos-Pita, Susana S. & Ramil, Fran, 2014, Squat lobsters (Crustacea: Anomura) from Mauritanian waters (West Africa), with the description of a new species of Munidopsis, pp. 418-434 in Zootaxa 3765 (5) on pages 427-428, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3765.5.2, http://zenodo.org/record/226306

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Galatheidae
Genus
Munidopsis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Decapoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Whiteaves
Species
curvirostra
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Munidopsis curvirostra Whiteaves, 1874 sec. Matos-Pita & Ramil, 2014

References

  • Whiteaves, J. F. (1874) On recent deep-sea dredging operations in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. American Journal of Science, Series 3, 7 (No. 39), 210 - 218.
  • Selbie, C. M. (1914) The Decapoda Reptantia of the coasts of Ireland. Part 1. Palinura, Astacura and Anomura (except Paguridea). Fisheries Ireland Scientific Investigations, 1, 1 - 116, pls 1 - 15.
  • Khodkina, I. V. (1981) A contribution to the fauna of the family Galatheidae (Decapoda) of the South-west Pacific [in Russian with English summary and translation]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 60, 1261 - 1264.