Munida forceps A. Milne-Edwards 1880
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Munida forceps A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
Munida forceps has been reported in depths of 73 to 950 m from Brazil throughout the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico to Virginia, and the Middle Atlantic Bight (Milne-Edwards 1880; Laird et al. 1976; Wenner 1982; de Melo-Filho & De Melo 2001b). The specimens that were measured were collected in every month except January (Fig. 8 G) and were collected throughout the published range in depths of 40 to 508 m. A total of 121 males was measured with CW ranging from 3.2 to 18.1 mm; males were not significantly larger than females (t-test, df = 223, t = 0.489, p = 0.625). Ovigerous females were collected in every month except January, May, September, October, and November (Fig. 8 G). Seventy-two ovigerous females (CW from 4.6 mm to 12.7 mm) and 42 non-ovigerous females (CW from 4.2 to 14.9 mm) were measured; non-ovigerous females were not different in size from ovigerous females (t-test, df = 111, t = -0.226, p = 0.822). Fecundity was related to CW (R2 = 0.495, p<0.001) (Fig. 4 D), but average egg diameter was not related to CW (R2 = 0.006, p = 0.521). Females had between 11 and 1183 eggs with the average egg diameter of each female ranging between 0.40 mm and 0.58 mm.
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Biodiversity
- Family
- Galatheidae
- Genus
- Munida
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Decapoda
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- A. Milne-Edwards
- Species
- forceps
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Munida forceps Milne-Edwards, 1880 sec. Kilgour & Shirley, 2014
References
- Milne-Edwards, A. (1880) Reports on the dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, etc. VIII. Etudes preliminaries sur les Crustaces. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 8, 1 - 168.
- Laird, C., Lewis, E. G. & Haefner, P. A. (1976) Occurrence of two galatheid crustaceans, Munida forceps and Munidopsis bermudezi, in the Chesapeake Bight of the western north Atlantic Ocean. Fisheries Bulletin, 74, 462 - 463.
- Wenner, E. L. (1982) Notes on the distribution and biology of Galatheidae and Chirostylidae (Decapoda: Anomura) from the Middle Atlantic Bight. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 2, 360 - 377. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.2307 / 1548053
- de Melo-Filho, G. A. S. & de Melo, G. A. S. (2001 b) Especies do genero Munida Leach (Crustacea, Decapoda, Galatheidae), distribuidas na costa do Brasil. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 18, 1135 - 1176. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1590 / s 0101 - 81752001000400013