Munida isos Ahyong & Poore, 2004

Munida microps . — Haig, 1973: 273 [part, smaller specimen only] [not M. microps Alcock, 1894].

Munida isos Ahyong & Poore, 2004: 34 –38, fig. 6 [type locality: off St Patricks Head, Tasmania, 41°35’S, 148°14’E]. Munida gordoni Vereshchaka, 2005: 139, fig. 2, tab. 1–2 [type locality: off Wairarapa coast, New Zealand, 41°35.45– 34.88’S, 175°46.39–47.23’E, 1000–1400 m] [new synonymy].

Material examined. NIWA 4065, H-880, ovigerous female (15.0 mm), off Wairarapa coast, New Zealand, 41°35.45–34.88’S, 175°46.39–47.23’E, 1000–1400 m, mud, TAN0107/326, 24 May 2001 (holotype of Munida gordoni Vereshchaka, 2005).

Remarks. Munida gordoni Vereshchaka, 2005, recently described from off the Wairarapa coast is indistinguishable from M. isos Ahyong & Poore, 2004, described from southeastern Australia; the two species are herein synonymised.

Two of three species described by Vereshchaka (2005) are represented in the NORFANZ collection: Agononida nielbrucei and Munida grieveae (synonymised above with M. endeavourae Ahyong & Poore, 2004). Although M. isos was not represented in the NORFANZ collection, it is reported here to clarify the status of M. gordoni, the third species described from New Zealand by Vereshchaka (2005).

Distribution. Southeastern Australia, from Broken Bay to Tasmania, and now from New Zealand; 640– 1700 m (Ahyong & Poore 2004).