Munidopsis riveroi Chace, 1939

Vazquez-Bader, Ana Rosa & Gracia, Adolfo, 2016, Diversity and distribution of Chirostyloidea and Galatheoidea (Decapoda, Anomura) in the Southern Gulf of Mexico, ZooKeys 612, pp. 1-30 : 16

Taxon classification Animalia Decapoda Munidopsidae

Munidopsis riveroi Chace, 1939

Material examined.

BIOREPES 3 stn. A10, 1 male.

Additional material examined.

SIGSBEE 9 stn. A4, 1 ovigerous female.

Remarks.

We collected two individuals off Laguna Madre, Tamaulipas; and off Tamiahua Lagoon, Veracruz (WSW) from 344.5 to 351.0 m depth. We captured one male (CL = 3.6 mm) in autumn and one ovigerous female in summer (CL = 7.4 mm). Both data represent the first record of the species in the entire Gulf of Mexico.