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Munida pusilla Benedict 1902

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Munida pusilla Benedict, 1902

Munida pusilla Benedict, 1902: 268, fig. 16 (Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, 55 m). — Haig, 1956a: 2 (Gulf of Mexico (north of Yucatan), Colombia, 38–102 m). — Williams, 1984: 236, fig. 171 (compilation). — Baba & Camp, 1988: 417–418, fig. 2 (examination of syntypes). — Markham et al., 1990: 426 (Caribbean coast of Mexico, 7 m). — Boschi, 2000: 97 (list). — de Melo-Filho & de Melo, 2001b: 1159, figs 26, 27 (Brazil, 38–112 m, designation of lectotype, USNM 20539). — Nizinski, 2003: 116 (no record). — de Melo-Filho & Coelho Filho, 2004: 61 (Brazil, 70 m). — de Melo-Filho, 2006: 13 (Brazil, Sao Paulo, 133– 168 m).

Munida spinifrons. — Coelho & Ramos, 1972: 171 (part) (NE Brazil).

Munida brasiliae Coelho, 1973: 344 (part) (type locality: NE Brazil, 49–90 m, type data not provided).

Type data: lectotype, male, USNM 20539 (designation by de Melo-Filho & de Melo, 2001b).

Type locality: Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, 28º45´N, 85º02´W, 55 m.

Munida pusiola Macpherson, 1993

Munida pusiola Macpherson, 1993a: 436, fig. 5 (Philippines, 92–97 m). — Komai, 2000: 357 (list). — Baba, 2005: 272 (key, synonymies, Kei Islands, 40 m).

Type data: holotype, male, MNHN Ga 2521.

Type locality: Philippines, 92–97 m.

Munida pygmaea Macpherson, 1996

Munida pygmaea Macpherson, 1996b: 426, fig. 2 (New Caledonia, 635–755 m). — Macpherson, 2004: 275 (Fiji and Tonga, 220–824 m). — Baba, 2005: 272 (key, synonymies).

Type data: holotype, female, MNHN Ga 3782.

Type locality: New Caledonia, 24°52´S, 168°22´E, 635–680 m.

Munida quadrispina Benedict, 1902

Munida quadrispina Benedict, 1902: 269, fig. 17 (Washington, Oregon, California, and Sitka (Alaska), 91– 1022 m). — Rathbun, 1904: 166 (no record). — Schmitt, 1921: 165, fig. 105 (reexamination of type material). — McCauley, 1972: 414 (list; Columbia River estuary, off Oregon, 146–674 m). — Luke, 1977: 29 (list; Puget Sound, Washington, and between Pta. Piedras Blancas and San Diego Trough, 256–1280 m). — Hart, 1982: 168, fig. 66 (British Columbia). — Wicksten, 1989: 315 (list). — Hendrickx, 2003a: 126, figs 5A, 5B, 7, 8, 9 (“Albatross” stns 2878, 3454 (Strait of Juan De Fuca), stn 4223 (SE Alaska), Petersburg (Alaska), Puget Sound (Washington), off San Diego, off Coos Bay (Oregon), Punta Piedras Blancas (California), 86–603 m, designation of lectotype). — Baba, 2005: 122, fig. 47 (Departure Bay and Strait of Georgia, 37–183 m).

Type data: 21 syntypes, USNM 20537 (designated by Hendrickx, 2003a; see also below).

Type locality: West of mouth of Strait of Juan De Fuca, Washington, 48°37.00´N, 125°32.00´W, 120 m. Hendrickx (2003) selected a lectotype from “Albatross” stn 2878 erroneously citing “off Cape Beale, Vancouver island, British Colombia, 120 m ” as the type locality. However, this station number and depth record refer to W of the mouth of Strait of Juan De Fuca. See also Baba (2005: 272).

Munida redacta Ahyong, 2007

Munida redacta Ahyong, 2007: 34, figs 14C, 17 (S of Norfolk Island, 322–337 m).

Type data: holotype, male, AM.

Type locality: S of Norfolk Island, 29º41.84´S, 168º02.62´E, 322–337m.

Munida refulgens Faxon, 1893

Munida refulgens Faxon, 1893: 177 (Cocos Island, 183 m; Malpelo Island, Colombia, 95–205 m; Maria Magdalena Island, Marias Islands, Mexico, 146 m). — Faxon, 1895: 75, pl. 17 (off Cocos Island, off Malpelo Island, and near Las Tres Marias Island, 95–205 m). — Luke, 1977: 30 (list; entrance of Gulf of California, 97–199 m). — Wicksten, 1989: 315 (list). — Lemaitre & Álvarez-León: 1992: 47 (list). — Hendrickx, 1995: 558, fig. (no record). — Hendrickx & Harvey, 1999: 375 (list). — Hendrickx, 2000: 184, fig. 13 (off Gorda Bank, 38–100 m). — Hendrickx, 2003: 137 (Costa Rica and Mexico (Islas Marias), 37–128 m). — Baba, 2005: 272 (key, synonymies).

Type data: syntypes from stn 3367, 13 males, 11 females, 7 ovigerous females, USNM 50747. Syntypes, 11 males, 11 females, 2 ovigerous females, USNM 25513. Syntype, 1 young, USNM 29154. Syntype, 1 young, USNM 29153.

Type localities: Cocos Island, 183 m; Malpelo Island, Colombia, 95–205 m; Maria Magdalena Island, Marias Islands, Mexico, 146 m.

Notes

Published as part of Baba, Keiji, Macpherson, Enrique, Poore, Gary C. B., Ahyong, Shane T., Bermudez, Adriana, Cabezas, Patricia, Lin, Chia-Wei, Nizinski, Martha, Rodrigues, Celso & Schnabel, Kareen E., 2008, Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura-families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae), pp. 1-220 in Zootaxa 1905 (1) on pages 114-116, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1905.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5134587

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