Diversity and distribution of Chirostyloidea and Galatheoidea (Decapoda, Anomura) in the Southern Gulf of Mexico
Author
Vazquez-Bader, Ana Rosa
Author
Gracia, Adolfo
text
ZooKeys
2016
612
1
30
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.612.9492
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.612.9492
1313-2970-612-1
820091DF90D841858624600B274F9AE9
Taxon
classification Animalia Decapoda Munidopsidae
Munidopsis serricornis (
Loven
, 1852)
Material examined.
BIOREPES 1 stn. 48, 2 males, 2 females, 1 ovigerous female. COBERPES 2011 stn B9, 3 males, 1 female, 1 ovigerous female, stn D9, 2 males, 4 females.
Remarks.
Munidopsis serricornis
has been captured off Georgia; Gulf of Mexico (sector SE); West and East Atlantic; Indo West Pacific; 10?-2165 m (
Felder et al. 2009
). In the present study it was only collected in front of
Ria
Lagartos,
Yucatan
(ESE). Most of the individuals were collected in spring at 769.0-1040.0 m depth. The CL size ranges were: males (6.0-12.7mm), females (6.0-10.6 mm), and ovigerous females (7.8-10.7 mm). The two ovigerous females occurred in spring and summer (1040.0 and 700.0 m depth, respectively).