Munidopsis tuerkayi Macpherson, Beuck & Freiwald, 2016, n. sp.

• Main Authors: Macpherson, Enrique, Beuck, Lydia, Freiwald, Andrè
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2016
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Decapoda; Galatheidae; Munidopsis; Munidopsis tuerkayi; Lophelia pertusa
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5136215; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/038D87AEC216DA70CCBEFF2AFF75E083

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 to side; sparsely covered with short, fine setae and fine striae; cervical groove shallow; epigastric region with short striae. Dorsal margin of orbit oblique, antennal (outer orbital) spine small. Frontal margins oblique; anterolateral spine slightly larger than outer orbital spine. Lateral margins slightly convex; widest at posterior half; unarmed. Rostrum broad, 0.35–0.40 carapace length; trifid distally; apex directed slightly upwards; carinate dorsally; lateral proximal margin almost straight. Pterygostomian flap with short, sparse striae; anterior margin blunt. Sternum : Longer than wide. Sternite 3 about 0.3 width of sternite 4. Posterior margin of sternite 3 contiguous with anterior margin of sternite 4. Sternites 4–7 successively wider posteriorly, smooth, sparsely setose, unarmed. Abdomen : Tergites with short, fine, scattered setae, unarmed. Tergites 2–4 with elevated anterior ridge; tergites 2 and 3 with shallow groove behind anterior ridge. Tergites 4 and 5 smooth. Tergite 6 with posterior ...