Munida haswelli Henderson, 1885

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 : 143

Munida haswelli Henderson, 1885

Figure 19A

Munida haswelli Henderson, 1885: 411 (type locality: off southern New South Wales, Australia). — Baba et al., 2008: 98 . — McEnnulty et al., 2011: app. 1, 2. — Farrelly and Ahyong, 2019: 13, 54, fig. 96.

Material examined. Western Australia: NMV J60017 , 2 males (cl 19.5 mm, pcl 12.3 mm; cl 19.6 mm, pcl 12.5 mm), Ashmore L30 transect, 12° 26.058' S, 123° 36.078' E, 125 m, SS05/2007/186, 6 June 2007 ; NMV J55102 , 1 male (cl 12.1 mm, pcl 7.4 mm), Two Rocks , 31° 37.452' S, 115° 00.24' E to 31° 37.71' S, 115° 00.18' E, 205–210 m, SS10/2005/11, 19 November 2005 ; NMV J55103 , 1 male (cl 19.6 mm, pcl 12.8 mm), SS10/2005/11 ; NMV J55104 , 3 ovigerous females (cl 14.0 mm, pcl 9.0 mm to cl 15.4 mm, pcl 10.2 mm), 2 males (cl 11.4 mm, pcl 7.2 mm; cl 16.4 mm, pcl 10.4 mm), Bald Island , 35° 11.442' S, 118° 38.7' E to 35° 11.25' S, 118° 39' E, 147–157 m, SS10/2005/35, 24 November 2005 ; NMV J55105 , 5 ovigerous females (cl 11.5 mm, pcl 7.5 mm to cl 15.2 mm, pcl 8.9 mm), 5 males (cl 12.3 mm, pcl 7.9 mm to cl 16.4 mm, pcl 11.3 mm), Bald Island , 35° 11.406' S, 118° 38.94' E to 35° 11.514' S, 118° 38.76'E, 161–169 m, SS10/2005/38, 24 November 2005 ; NMV J55108 , 4 ovigerous females (cl 14.4 mm, pcl 9.3 mm to cl 16.0 mm, pcl 10.8 mm), 9 females (cl 11.3 mm, pcl 7.7 mm to cl 16.1 mm, pcl 11.2 mm), 18 males (cl 13.6 mm, pcl 9.1 mm; cl 21.4 mm, pcl 14.5 mm), Albany , 35° 21.276' S, 118° 17.94' E to 35° 21.348' S, 118° 17.76' E, 179 m, SS10/2005/47, 25 November 2005 ; NMV J55109 , 4 females (largest with broken rostrum; pcl 6.2–9.5 mm), 3 males (cl 11.9 mm, pcl 7.6 mm; cl 13.9 mm, pcl 9.0 mm), Pointt Hillier , 35° 22.41' S, 117° 11.82' E to 35° 22.404' S, 117° 12.24' E, 195–196 m, SS10/2005/57, 27 November 2005 ; NMV J55099 , 3 ovigerous females (cl 11.2 mm, pcl 7.5 mm to cl 11.5 mm, pcl 7.7 mm), 11 males (one with rhizocephalan externa; cl 8.6 mm, pcl 6.1 mm to cl 11.8 mm, pcl 8.7 mm), Ningaloo North , 21° 59.172' S, 113° 49.2' E to 21° 59.79' S, 113° 49.14' E, 165–166 m, SS10/2005/153, 11 December 2005 ; NMV J55101 , 1 ovigerous female (cl 10.4 mm, pcl 7.2 mm), Ningaloo North , 21° 56.628' S, 113° 50.46' E to 21° 57.09' S, 113° 50.28' E, 132–134 m, SS10/2005/163, 12 December 2005 .

Colour. Carapace and somites 2–4 pale orange, somites 5–6 and telson white. Rostrum and supraocular spines orange. Chela orange/pink with red bands on distal half of palm. P2–4 whitish pink with red bands on middle of propodus.

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

Remarks. Munida haswelli and Munida gracilis are closely related, with 7.6% divergence in COI and 3.3% divergence in 16S.

Distribution. Central New South Wales, south to Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, the Great Australian Bight and Western Australia, 121– 329 m.

Figures

Figure 19. A, Munida haswelli Henderson, 1885, male cl 19.55 mm (NMV J55103), pcl 12.81 mm; B–D, Munida leagora Macpherson, 1994, 1 juvenile cl 12.2 mm, pcl 7.5 mm (NMV J56018), undetermined specimen (NMV J55999; NMV J56004). Photos: K. Gowlett-Holmes.