Munidopsis centrina Alcock & Anderson, 1894

Published, First, 2007, Species of the genus Munidopsis Whiteaves, 1784 from the Indian and Pacific Oceans and reestablishment of the genus Galacantha A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Galatheidae), Zootaxa 1417, pp. 1-135 : 49

Munidopsis centrina Alcock & Anderson, 1894

Munidopsis centrina Alcock & Anderson, 1894: 170 ; 1895: pl. 11, figs. 6, 6a.— Ahyong & Poore, 2004: 47 , fig. 9.— Baba, 2005, 139, 286, fig. 57.

Munidopsis (Orophorhynchus) centrina .—Alcock, 1901: 270.

Material examined. NW Madagascar, BENTHEDI, Stn CH 13, 2300–2500 m: 1 F 4.4 mm (MNHN- Ga1590).—Stn CH 82, 3450 m: 2 M 8.3–10.3 mm (MNHN-Ga1591). Reunion Island, MD 32, Stn 103, 2950– 2970 m: 2 M 12.1–20.2 mm (MNHN-Ga5532). New Caledonia, BIOGEOCAL, Stn 283, 2370– 2375 m: 1 F 14.2 mm (MNHN-Ga5533).

Remarks. The specimens agree with the original description and the diagnoses and illustrations provided by Ahyong & Poore (2004) and Baba (2005). The gastric spines, additional to epigastric pair, range between 4 and 8. In one of the males from MD 32, the P1 does not exceed P2.

Distribution. Known from the Bay of Bengal, Tasman Sea and Mozambique Channel at 2450–3485 m ( Alcock & Anderson 1894, Alcock 1901, Ahyong & Poore 2004, Baba 2005). The present material has been collected in the SW Indian Ocean ( 2300–3450 m) and New Caledonia ( 2370–2375 m).