Munidopsis spinifer (A. Milne Edwards, 1880 )

Macpherson, Enrique, Beuck, Lydia & Freiwald, Andrè, 2016, Some species of Munidopsis from the Gulf of Mexico, Florida Straits and Caribbean Sea (Decapoda: Munidopsidae), with the description of two new species, Zootaxa 4137 (3), pp. 405-416 : 410

Munidopsis spinifer (A. Milne Edwards, 1880)

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Galathodes spinifer A. Milne Edwards 1880: 54 (Phare de Morro, St. Kitts and Barbados, 329–732 m). Munidopsis spinifer .— Baba et al. 2008: 162 (compilation).

Material examined. Great Bahama (North Mound, Florida Straits): SMF 49252, 1 ovigerous female, 5.6 mm, 24°33.730’N 79°19.804’W to 24°34.376’N, 79°19.804’W, 654–660 m water depth, RV ‘ Maria S. Merian’ MSM 20/4 Station GeoB 163 74-1-bulk, ROV dive 14 subsample bulk, 4 April 2012.

Colour in life. Carapace and abdomen whitish, with two pale-orange broad longitudinal stripes lateral to midline. Rostrum pale-orange dorsolaterally, base whitish. Dorsal side of P1–4 pale-orange; ventral side whitish. Cornea pale at base, distally whitish (see also Mayo 1974).

Remarks. The specimen agrees quite well with previous descriptions and illustrations. The species has been recorded on sponges, alcyonarians and corals ( Mayo 1974) and on the crinoid Crinometra brevipinna ( Rice & Miller 1991) .

Distribution. Previously known from Phare de Morro, St. Kitts and Barbados, north coast of Cuba, Bahamas and St. Vincent, 329–741 m, and now from north of Yucatan, at 654– 660 m.

Figures

FIGURE 4. A, Munidopsis tuerkayi n. sp., holotype (SMF 49249). B, M. penescabra (SMF 49254). C, M. spinifer (SMF 49252). Scale: 5 mm.