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Munidopsis glabra Pequegnat & Williams 1995

Description

Munidopsis glabra Pequegnat & Williams, 1995

Munidopsis glabra has been reported only from the northern Gulf of Mexico in depths of 510 to 622 m (Pequegnat & Williams 1995). Five specimens from the Gulf of Mexico in depths of 510 to 622 m were in the collections: three males (CW from 10.6 to 11.8 mm) and two ovigerous females; only one ovigerous female was measured (CW = 10.9 mm, 10 eggs, average egg diameter 1.33 mm). All specimens were collected in July and August (Fig. 13 A).

Notes

Published as part of Kilgour, Morgan J. & Shirley, Thomas C., 2014, Reproductive biology of galatheoid and chirostyloid (Crustacea: Decapoda) squat lobsters from the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 381-419 in Zootaxa 3754 (4) on page 406, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3754.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/229435

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Galatheidae
Genus
Munidopsis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Decapoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Pequegnat & Williams
Species
glabra
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Munidopsis glabra Pequegnat, 1995 sec. Kilgour & Shirley, 2014

References

  • Pequegnat, L. H. & Williams, A. B. (1995) Two new species of Munidopsis (Decapoda, Anomura, Galatheidae) from the Western Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 15, 786 - 792. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.2307 / 1548827