Munida iris A. Milne-Edwards, 1880

Munida iris A. Milne-Edwards, 1880: 49 .

Material examined. None.

Distribution. Western Atlantic— USA (Virginia, Carolinas), Gulf of Mexico (southeast coast), Mexico, Cuba, Cay Sal Banks, Lesser Antilles (Barbados), Guyana, Brazil (Alagoas, São Paulo, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul), Uruguay; Eastern Atlantic—Gulf of Cadiz, Canaries, African Coast (Western Sahara, Mauritania), Cape Verde Islands; Western Mediterranean— Spain, Morocco (Melo-Filho 2006, 2008).

Remarks. The absence of specimens collected by us is probably due to our sampling effort in shallow waters. This species can be collected between 45 and 1303 m depth, but is usually found between 200 and 400 m. It was recorded offshore region (503–600 m) of the São Paulo coast (Melo-Filho 2008). We found two specimens deposited in the MZUSP collection obtained during expeditions of R/V Soloncy Moura (MZUSP 15348, st. 1141, 24°26ʹS / 044°05ʹW, 503 m, 23.iv.2002) and N.Oc. “Prof. W. Besnard” (MZUSP 13206, st. 6684, 25°43ʹS / 045°09ʹW, 511 m, 13.i.1998), and this later was the first record of M. iris off the São Paulo coast (Melo-Filho 2006).