Munidopsis crassa Smith 1885

• Main Author: Published, First
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2007
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Decapoda; Galatheidae; Munidopsis; Munidopsis crassa; Pacific; Indian; Macpherson; Bouvier; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5076975; https://zenodo.org/record/5076975

Munidopsis crassa Smith, 1885 Munidopsis crassa Smith, 1885: 494.— Baba, 2005: 140, 286, figs 58–60 (synonymy and references).— Macpherson & Segonzac, 2005: 20. Material examined . NW Madagascar, BENTHEDI, Stn CH 90, 3700 m: 1 M 20.9 mm (MNHN-Ga1576). Remarks . The specimen examined agrees with the specimens from the Atlantic Ocean (Macpherson & Segonzac 2005). However, the specimen from Madagascar has no epipods in P1, which are present in the Atlantic Ocean material. Additional specimens from the Indian Ocean may clarify the taxonomic value of this difference. Distribution . Atlantic Ocean, from North Carolina (type locality) to the Bay of Biscay, Azores, Canary Islands, Middle Atlantic Bight, Caribbean Sea and off Namibia, between 2679 and 5315 m (Smith 1885, A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier 1899, Bouvier 1922, Gordon 1955, Sivertsen & Holthuis 1956, Pequegnat & Pequegnat 1971, T¸rkay 1975, Wenner 1982, Macpherson & Segonzac 2005). Recently the species has been cited in the Tasman Sea, at 3580 m (Baba 2005). The present material is the first record in the Indian Ocean. : Published as part of 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), pp. 1-135 in Zootaxa 1417 on page 57 : {"references": ["Smith, S. I. (1885) On some new or little known decapod Crustacea, from recent Fish Commission dredging off the east coast of the United States. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 7, 493 - 511.", "Baba, K. (2005) Deep-sea chirostylid and galatheid crustaceans (Decapoda: Anomura) from the Indo-Pacific, with a list of species. Galathea Report, 20, 317 pp.", "Macpherson, E. & Segonzac, M. (2005) Species of the genus Munidopsis (Crustacea, Decapoda, Galatheidae) from the deep Atlantic Ocean, including cold-seep and hydrothermal vent areas. Zootaxa 1095, 3 - 60.", "Milne-Edwards, A. & Bouvier, E. L. (1899) Crustaces Decapodes provenant des campagnes de l'Hirondelle (supplEment) et de la Princesse-Alice (1891 - 1897). Resultats des Campagnes scientifiques Yacht Albert I Monaco, 13, 1 - 106.", "Bouvier, E. L. (1922) Observations complementaires sur les Crustaces Decapodes (Abstraction faite des Carides) provenant des Campagnes de S. A. S. le Prince de Monaco. Resultats des Campagnes scientifiques Yacht Albert I Monaco, 62, 1 - 106.", "Gordon, I. (1955) Crustacea Decapoda. Report of the Swedish Deep-Sea Expedition, 2, 237 - 245.", "Sivertsen, E. & Holthuis, L. B. (1956) Crustacea Decapoda (The Penaeidea and Stenopodidea excepted). Report on the Scientific Results of the \" Michael Sars \" North Atlantic Deep-sea Expedition, 1910, 5, 1 - 54.", "Pequegnat, L. H. & Pequegnat, W. E. (1971) New species and new records of Munidopsis (Decapoda: Galatheidae) from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Texas A & M University oceanographic Studies, 1 (supplement), 1 - 24.", "Wenner, E. L. (1982) Notes on the distribution and biology of Galatheidae and Chirostylidae (Decapoda: Anomura) from the Middle Atlantic Bight. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 2, 360 - 377."]}