Munida pectinata Machordom and Macpherson, 2005

McCallum, Anna W., Ahyong, Shane T. & Andreakis, Nikos, 2021, New species of squat lobsters of the genus Munida from Australia, Memoirs of Museum Victoria 80, pp. 113-152 : 147

Munida pectinata Machordom and Macpherson, 2005

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Munida pectinata Machordom and Macpherson, 2005: 828 , fig. 3 (type locality: New Caledonia). — Baba, 2008: 112 . — Komai, 2011: 359, fig. 10, 11D (colour) ( Japan 96–221 m). — Komai, 2012: 38 (Izu islands, 174–192 m).

Material examined. Western Australia: NMV J55268 , 4 males (2 damaged; cl 10.8 mm, pcl 6.5 mm; cl 18.4 mm, pcl 10.7 mm), 17° 35.706' S, 118° 58.902' E to 17° 35.346' S, 118° 58.794' E, 108–140 m, SS05/2007 stn 62, 16 June 2007 .

Colour. Carapace and somites 2–4 pale orange with dark orange markings, somites 5–6 and telson pale orange. Rostrum and supraocular spines orange. Chela merus pink with red bands, remaining chela mottled orange. P2–4 white with orange/red bands.

Genetic data. COI and 16S; see Table 1.

Remarks. These Australian specimens of M. pectinata agree well with illustrations of type material from New Caledonia, extending the range to eastern Indian Ocean. The north-western Australian sequences of COI (639 bp) and 16S were identical to two sequences from New Caledonia. This is the first record of M. pectinata from Australia.

Distribution. New Caledonia, Japan and north-western Australia, 96– 240 m.

Figures

Figure 20. A, Munida militaris Henderson, 1885, ovigerous female cl 15.0 mm, pcl 9.4 mm, (NMV J55033); B, Munida magniantennulata Baba and Türkay, 1992, ovigerous female (NMV J73001); C, Munida pectinata Machordom and Macpherson, 2005, male (NMV J55268); D. Munida roshanei Tirmizi, 1966, male 11.1 mm, pcl 7.2 mm (NMV J55261). Photos: K. Gowlett-Holmes, CSIRO.