Munidopsis tuerkayi Macpherson, Beuck & Freiwald, 2016, n. sp. ...
Munidopsis tuerkayi n. sp. (Figs. 3, 4A, 5 A–B) Material examined. Holotype. SMF 49249, male, 7.3 mm, Campeche Bank (Gulf of Mexico), 23°49.731’N, 87°10.319’W, 578 m, RV ‘ Maria S. Merian’ MSM 20/4 Station GeoB 163 09-1, BC, 22 March 2012, no sediment collected—associated only with few scleractinian...
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| Summary: | Munidopsis tuerkayi n. sp. (Figs. 3, 4A, 5 A–B) Material examined. Holotype. SMF 49249, male, 7.3 mm, Campeche Bank (Gulf of Mexico), 23°49.731’N, 87°10.319’W, 578 m, RV ‘ Maria S. Merian’ MSM 20/4 Station GeoB 163 09-1, BC, 22 March 2012, no sediment collected—associated only with few scleractinian fragments (Lophelia pertusa), Munidopsis penescabra and sponges. Paratype. SMF 49251, male, 7.9 mm, Southwest Florida (Gulf of Mexico), 25°16.256’N, 84°26.805’W, 539 m, RV ‘ Maria S. Merian’ MSM 20/4 Station GeoB 163 47-1-5, ROV dive 8 subsample 4, 29 March 2012, with polynoid polychaete Gorgoniapolynoe caeciliae (Fauvel, 1913) on fan-shaped, current oriented primnoid coral Candidella imbricata (Johnson, 1862), the latter was attached to apical part of a rock exposure (see also Barnich et al. 2013). Etymology. Named for our friend and colleague, the late Michael Türkay, for his important contributions to carcinology. Description. Carapace: Dorsally unarmed, 1.2 times longer than wide; moderately convex from side ... : Published as part of Macpherson, Enrique, Beuck, Lydia & Freiwald, Andrè, 2016, Some species of Munidopsis from the Gulf of Mexico, Florida Straits and Caribbean Sea (Decapoda: Munidopsidae), with the description of two new species, pp. 405-416 in Zootaxa 4137 (3) on pages 411-413, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4137.3.7, http://zenodo.org/record/264193 ... |
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