New species and new records of deepwater munidid squat lobsters from north-western Australia: Onconida, Bathymunida, Crosnierita, Plesionida and Torbenella
Author
Ahyong, Shane T.
Author
Taylor, Joanne
Author
Mccallum, Anna W.
text
Zootaxa
2013
3734
1
23
37
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3734.1.3
06f60b32-d69a-41ff-ad16-b70e703ea9a9
1175-5326
285171
07056FC1-8405-4792-9781-E484EF9C1500
Crosnierita yante
(Macpherson, 1994)
Munida yante
Macpherson, 1994: 555
, figs 62, 97 [
type
locality:
New Caledonia
,
400 m
].
Agononida yante
.—Baba & de Saint Laurent 1996: 442.
Crosnierita yante
.—
Macpherson 1998: 353; 2000: 417; 2004: 249.—Baba 2005: 241.—Baba
et al.
2008: 60.—Baba
et al.
2009: 96, figs 78, 79.
Material examined
. NMV
J55267
,
2 males
(cl
11.5 mm
, pcl
7.4 mm
; cl
12.6 mm
, pcl
8.3 mm
), Imperieuse L23 east transect, 17°35.982–38.574'S, 118°59.076–
119
°01.260'E,
222–319 m
, Sherman sled, SS05/2007/63 (acq. 002),
16 Jun 2007
.
Remarks
. The specimens agree well with the
type
description of the female
holotype
(Macpherson 1994). The only intact cheliped (
8.3 mm
male; cheliped length 4.7 pcl) exhibits slight gape between the fingers, with a small blunt proximal tooth on the occlusal margin of the pollex.
Distribution
.
New Caledonia
,
Taiwan
,
Tonga
,
French Polynesia
(Marquesas Islands), and now from Western
Australia
;
95–
487 m
.