Some species of Munidopsis from the Gulf of Mexico, Florida Straits and Caribbean Sea (Decapoda: Munidopsidae), with the description of two new species

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Authors: MACPHERSON, ENRIQUE, BEUCK, LYDIA, FREIWALD, ANDRÈ
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mangolia Press 2016
• Subjects: Crustacea; taxonomy; deep-water corals; Anomura; Atlantic Ocean; Macpherson; New Zealand; Lophelia pertusa
• Online Access: https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4137.3.7

During two cruises to the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, some specimens of squat lobsters belonging to the genus Munidopsis Whiteaves, 1874 (family Munidopsidae Ortmann, 1898) were collected. The present collection comprises five species, where two are considered as new species: M. karukera, clos...