Munidopsis levis (Alcock & Anderson, 1894)

Taylor, Joanne, Ahyong, Shane T. & Andreakis, Nikos, 2010, New records and new species of the munidopsine squat lobsters (Decapoda: Anomura: Galatheidae: Munidopsinae) from Australia, Zootaxa 2642, pp. 1-18 : 14

Munidopsis levis (Alcock & Anderson, 1894)

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Bathyankyristes spinosus . — Alcock & Anderson 1894: 174, pl. 9, fig. 2. — Alcock & McArdle 1901: pl. 55, fig. 2. [Not M. spinosa (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880) ].

Bathyankyristes levis Alcock & Anderson, 1894: 175 . — Alcock & McArdle 1901: pl. 55, fig. 3.

Munidopsis (Bathyankyristes) tenax Alcock, 1901: 273 (replacement name of Bathyankyristes spinosus Alcock & Anderson, 1894 preoccupied by Galacantha spinosa A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 ). — Tirmizi 1966: 211, fig. 27.

Munidopsis (Bathyankyristes) levis . — Alcock 1901: 274.

Munidopsis tenax . — Baba 1988: 170, fig. 69. — Komai 2000: 359.

Munidopsis levis . — Baba 2005: 156, figs 70, 71, 290. — Macpherson 2007: 79. — Poore et al. 2008: 21.

Material examined. AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA: NMV J59350 , 1 female (cl. 12.8 mm), off Ningaloo North, 21°58.13–58.70´S, 113°45.66–45.23´E, 726–732 m, 11 Dec. 2005 (stn SS10/2005/159); NMV J55125 same locality (1 female, cl. 18.4 mm) (acq. 008).

Type locality. Laccadive Sea, 1164 m.

Remarks. The character best distinguishing this species from others in the region is the form of the propodus of the walking legs, which is distally widened and subchelate with the dactylus. These specimens constitute the first record of the species from Australia.

Distribution. Madagascar, Arabian Sea, Laccadive Sea, Zanzibar and Maldives, Andaman Sea, South China Sea, Moro Gulf off Zamboanga, Mindanao, southwestern Australia, Philippines, Kei Islands and the Soloman Islands; 283–1164 m

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FIGURE 4. Carapace (dorsal view) of Munidopsis species reported from Australian waters. M. hirsutissima (based on Baba et al. 2009: fig. 213), M. kensleyi (from Ahyong & Poore 2004: fig. 10), M. levis (from Baba 2005: fig. 71), M. marginata (from Baba & Poore 2002: fig. 4), M. nitida (AM P 67839, female, cl. 25.1 mm), M. proales (from Ahyong & Poore 2004: fig. 12), M. cf. serricornis (from Baba & Poore 2002: fig. 6 B), M. subsquamosa (from Ahyong & Poore 2004: fig. 13), M. tasmaniae (from Ahyong & Poore, 2004: fig. 14), M. treis (from Ahyong & Poore 2004: fig. 15), M. verrilli (from Baba & Poore 2002: fig. 10), M. victoriae (from Baba & Poore 2002: fig. 11).