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Munidopsis lenzii Balss 1913

Description

Munidopsis lenzii Balss, 1913

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Munidopsis lenzii Balss, 1913: 222. — Baba et al., 2008: 147 (compilation).

Type locality. Nias, South Canal, W of Sumatra, 0°15′S, 98°08′E, 614 m.

Material examined. 1 male, 9.2 mm cl, 1 ovigerous female, 16.4 mm cl (MZB Cru 5296), Indian Ocean, East of Tinjil Island, Indonesia, 6°57.221′S – 6°56.664′S, 105°54.754′E – 105°55.315′E, 517–727 m, stn CP26, 28 March 2018; 1 male, 9.8 mm cl (MZB Cru 5297), Indian Ocean, South of Cilacap, Indonesia, 8°15.885′S – 8°16.060′S, 109°10.163′E – 109°10.944′E, 528–637 m, stn CP39, 30 March 2018.

Colouration. Body pale orange. Rostrum except tip, pale orange. Lateral margins of carapace, epigastric area, cervical groove, and cardiac depressions sometimes whitish. Abdominal somites 5–6 and telson whitish.

Distribution. Only found in Indonesia; depth 517– 727 m.

Remarks. This species is described in detail by Macpherson (2007). This is the second record of M. lenzii since its original description.

Notes

Published as part of Widyastuti, Ernawati, Lin, & Chia-Wei, 2021, Deep-sea squat lobsters (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Galatheidae, Munididae and Munidopsidae) from the SJADES 2018 biodiversity cruise, pp. 105-118 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 36 on page 113, DOI: 10.26107/RBZ-2021-0034, http://zenodo.org/record/20255217

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
MZB
Scientific name authorship
Balss
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Decapoda
Family
Munidopsidae
Genus
Munidopsis
Species
lenzii
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Munidopsis lenzii Balss, 1913 sec. Widyastuti, Lin & Chia-Wei, 2021

References

  • Balss H (1913) Neue Galatheidenaus der Ausbeute der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. ' Valdivia'. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 41: 221-226.
  • Baba K, Macpherson E, Poore GCB, Ahyong ST, Bermudez A, Cabezas P, Lin, C-W, Nizinski M, Rodrigues C & Schnabel K (2008) Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura - families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae). Zootaxa, 1905: 1-220.
  • Macpherson E (2007) Species of the genus Munidopsis Whiteaves, 1784 from the Indian and Pacific Oceans and reestablishment of the genus Galacantha A. Milne Edwards, 1880 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Galatheidae). Zootaxa, 1417: 1-135.