Deep-water Galatheidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from southern and eastern Australia
Author
Ahyong, Shane T.
Author
Poore, Gary C. B.
text
Zootaxa
2004
2004-03-23
472
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1
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.472.1.1
journal article
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Munidopsis rostrata
(A.
MilneEdwards, 1880
)
Galacantha rostrata
A.
MilneEdwards, 1880: 52
[
type
locality: Bequia,
Windward Islands
].
Munidopsis rostrata
. —
Chace, 1942: 75
. —
Baba, 1988: 161
;
1994: 18
. —
Davie, 2002: 65
. —
Baba & Poore, 2002: 236–241
, fig. 5.
Material examined.
NEW SOUTH WALES
:
AM
P64921,
1 male
(
28.1 mm
), 1 ovigerous female (
24.2 mm
), off
Newcastle
,
32°59.7’S
,
153°01.4’E
,
2984–3058 m
,
NZOI
Tangaroa
, U214,
8 Oct 1982
.
Remarks.
Munidopsis rostrata
was reported from
Queensland
by
Baba (1994)
, and from
New South Wales
and
Victoria
by
Baba & Poore (2002)
. The present specimens agree well with the account and figure given by
Baba & Poore (2002)
.
Distribution.
IndoPacific, Atlantic and Southern Oceans. The IndoPacific range includes
Zanzibar
, the Arabian Sea,
Indonesia
,
Japan
and
Australia
;
1584–3294 m
(
Baba 1988
,
Baba & Poore 2002
; this study).