A review of the Munidopsidae Ortmann, 1898 (Decapoda, Galatheoidea) in Chilean waters, including new records for the Southeastern Pacific
Author
Guzman, Guillermo L.
Author
Sellanes, Javier
text
Zootaxa
2015
4021
2
282
306
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4021.2.3
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1175-5326
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Munidopsis trifida
Henderson, 1885
(
Fig. 11
)
Restricted synonymy:
Munidopsis trifida
Henderson, 1885
: 415
; 1888: 157, pl. 17, figs 2, 2a.—
Benedict, 1902
: 329
.—
Haig, 1955
: 40
.—
Retamal, 1981
: 23
, fig. 96.—
Wicksten 1989
: 316
.—
Baba, 2005
: 193
–194, 298.
Type
locality
. Sarmiento channel (
Henderson 1888
).
Other records
. Collingwood strait (
Benedict 1902
),
Chile
.
FIGURE 11.
Munidopsis trifida
Henderson, 1888
. (a–g), MUAP(CD)-0341 Male cl 17.75 mm, (h) MUAP(CD)-0471, male cl 12.06 mm. a, anterior region of carapace; b, lateral view of carapace; c, lateral view of abdomen; d, right cheliped; e, carpus and merus of right cheliped; f, third left pereiopod; g, detail of carpus of third pereiopod; h, right cheliped. Scale = 1 mm.
Distributional range
. Aysen, Magallanes,
Chile
(
Haig 1955
;
Wicksten 1989
).
Bathymetric range
.
638–
823 m
.
New records
.
MUAP
(CD)-0341,
2 males
, 1 ovigerous female, off Chiloé (
42°35.35’S
,
74°48.33’W
), “
PUCK
” expedition, RV “Sonne”, AGT-18,
April–May 2001
;
MUAP
(CD)-0367,
3 females
, one ovigerous and other with bopyrid (cl
15.82–19.64 mm
),
1 male
cl
20.93 mm
, “
PUCK
” expedition, RV “Sonne”, AGT-
4 may 2001
;
CBUCN
0 0 3868, stn AGT-10,
1 male
, “
CMSA
” (
36°22.01’S
,
73°43.10’W
,
843 m
), “VG07” cruise,
AGOR
“Vidal Gormaz”,
September 2007
;
CBUCN
0 0 3862, stn AGT-17,
2 males
, near Mocha Island (
37°56.48’S
,
74°01.15’W
,
608 m
), “VG07” cruise,
AGOR
“Vidal Gormaz”,
September 2007
;
CBUCN
0 0 3864, stn AGT- 5,
1 female
, off Constitución (
34°44.25’S
,
72°22.58’W
,
762 m
), “VG07” cruise,
AGOR
“Vidal Gormaz”,
September 2007
;
MUAP
(CD)-0366
5 females
, one of these with bopyrid, cl
17.55–20.31 mm
;
1 male
cl
18.25 mm
, Expedition “SeepOx” AGT 6;
MUAP
(CD)-0368,
6 females
, one with bopyrid (cl
13.69–20.51 mm
),
3 males
(cl
19.42–21.70 mm
);
5 specimens
collected during Inspire Expeditions (Sellanes).
Description
. Rostrum as long as one and one-half times carapace length, armed with 2 straight lateral spines parallel to midline of rostrum (
Fig. 11
a). Carapace subpentagonal, covered with few spines and tubercles; gastric region with 2 spines; regions not prominent, cervical groove shallow (
Fig. 11
b); lateral margins with 3 spines; posterior margin unarmed. Eyes unarmed, antennal and anterolateral spines present, short; antennal spine not reaching cornea; anterolateral spine reaching base of antennal spine (
Fig. 11
a). Abdominal somites unarmed, second to fourth somites with shallow transverse groove (
Fig. 11
c). Chelipeds slender, almost 2 times as long as carapace; dactyl as long as palm, with spines on dorsal and ventral margins (
Fig. 11
d). Carpus and propodus armed on dorsal margin and mesial surface, ventral margin with spines only on distal part (
Fig. 11
e). Walking legs as long as carapace, armed dorsally and on mesial surface; dactyl armed only on ventral margin; propodus with few spines (
Fig. 11
f); carpus with strong spines on dorsal margin, unarmed on ventral side and with short spines on mesial surface (
Fig.
11
g). Dimorphism observed in male cheliped; some specimens with strong curved fixed finger, and a tubercle on inner margin of dactyl (
Fig. 11
h).
Remarks
. There is a record attributed to
M. trifida
for Iquique by
Retamal (1993)
, but the diagnosis indicates that the analyzed specimen bears four strong spines on the mid-dorsal region of somites 1–3. Nevertheless, the original description and figures in
Henderson (1888)
for
M. trifida
do not refer to this character, so it is presumed that Retamal's (1993) specimen corresponds to another morphologically similar species.