Munida militaris Henderson, 1885

Munida militaris Henderson, 1885: 410 (part) [type locality: off Matuku, Fiji]; 1888: 137 (part), pl. 14: figs. 2, 2a–b, 5, 5a–b. — Baba & Macpherson, 1991: 539, fig. 1. — Macpherson, 1994: 496, 499.

Munida vitiensis Henderson, 1885: 410 [type locality: off Matuku, Fiji].

Type material. QUEENSLAND: AM P31538, 2 males (21.0– 26.1 mm), 1 female (23.6 mm), NE of Tweed Heads, 28º03’S, 154º04’E, 732 m, K78­23­08, 6 Nov 1978 ; AM P42261, 1 male (22.6 mm), NE of Tweed Heads, 27º55–57’S, 154º03’E, 549 m, trawl, K78­23­09, 6 Nov 1978.

Remarks. The specimens agree well with the redescription of the type material given by Baba & Macpherson (1991). One specimen (male 26.1 mm, AM P31538) is infected by a bopyrid isopod under the left posterior portion of the carapace.

Distribution. Indonesia, Fiji, New Caledonia and now from southern Queensland, Australia; 183–731 m (Macpherson, 1994, this work).