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Pseudomunida fragilis Haig 1979

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Pseudomunida fragilis Haig, 1979

Pseudomunida fragilis Haig, 1979: 89, figs. 1, 2 [type locality: O‘ahu; holotype: BPBM S7996; paratype: BPBM S8535].

Taxonomy. Baba (2005)

Geographical distribution. Western Pacific, Hawaiian Is., French Polynesia.

Habitat. Bathyal, 456–1280 m.

SUPERFAMILY GALATHEOIDEA Samouelle, 1819

Family Galatheidae Samouelle, 1819

An unidentified galatheid (“galatheid long-armed”) was recorded by Chave & Malahoff (1998: table 1) from various locations in the Hawaiian Is., including seamounts. Synonymy, references, and information on the type material of most of the Hawaiian species are given by Baba et al. (2008)

Notes

Published as part of Castro, Peter, 2011, Catalog of the anomuran and brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura, Brachyura) of the Hawaiian Islands 2947, pp. 1-154 in Zootaxa 2947 (1) on page 14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2947.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5283044

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Biodiversity

Collection code
BPBM
Family
Chirostylidae
Genus
Pseudomunida
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
S7996, S8535
Order
Decapoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Haig
Species
fragilis
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Pseudomunida fragilis Haig, 1979 sec. Castro, 2011

References

  • Haig, J. (1979) A new genus and species of Chirostylidae (Decapoda, Anomura, Galatheidae) from the Hawaiian Islands. Crustaceana, Supplement 5, 89 - 94.
  • Baba, K. (2005) Deep-sea chirostylid and galatheid crustaceans (Decapoda: Anomura) from the Indo-West Pacific, with a list of species. Galathea Reports, 20, 1 - 317.
  • Chave, E. H. & Malahoff, A. (1998) In Deeper Waters. Photographic Studies on Hawaiian Deep-Sea Habitats and Life-Forms. University of Hawai'i Press, Honolulu. 125 pp.
  • Baba, K., Macpherson, E., Poore, G. C. B., Ahyong, S. T., Bermudez, A., Cabezas, P. Lin, C. - W., Nizinski, M., Rodrigues, C. & Schnabel, K. E. (2008) Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura - families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae). Zootaxa, 1905, 1 - 220.