New records and new species of the munidopsine squat lobsters (Decapoda: Anomura: Galatheidae: Munidopsinae) from Australia
Author
Taylor, Joanne
Author
Ahyong, Shane T.
Author
Andreakis, Nikos
text
Zootaxa
2010
2642
1
18
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.198633
903bccda-fb01-4ad1-93c2-2e008f3c9b5e
1175-5326
198633
Galacantha subspinosa
Macpherson, 2007
(
Fig. 3
,
5A, 5
C)
Galacantha subspinosa
Macpherson, 2007
: 23
, figs 11, 12, 55B.
Munidopsis spinosa
. —
Takeda 1983
: 96
, with fig.—
Baba 1988
: 168
, figs 67, 68; 2005: 296 (in part) (not
G. spinosa
A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
)
Munidopsis rostrata
. —
Miyake 1982: 144, pl. 48, fig. 4 [not
G. ros
tra ta
A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
].
Material examined.
AUSTRALIA
, WESTERN
AUSTRALIA
:
NMV
J56403
,
2 males
(cl. 24.0–27.0 mm),
2 females
(cl. 28.0–32.0 mm), 1 damaged specimen (cl. 18.0 mm), Leveque L27 transect, 14°33.06–33.58´S, 121°15.36–16.56´E,
1021–1023 m
,
4 July 2007
(stn SS05/2007/155) (acq. 025).
Type
locality.
Kei Islands,
Indonesia
,
836–
869 m
.
Remarks.
The material examined generally fits the original description of the species well, although the merus of maxilliped 3 consistently bears only 2 spines on the flexor margin (2 or 3 reported by
Macpherson 2007
). The absence of any spines at the end of the horizontal portion of the rostrum distinguishes
G. subspinosa
from other species of the genus known from
Australia
. It is distinguished from the morphologically similar
G. spinosa
A. Milne-Edwards 1880
by the straight (rather than convex) posterior margin of the mesogastric spine and the length of the first (anterolateral) spine on the lateral margin of the carapace which is less than 3 times the length of second (hepatic) spine (as compared to being more than 3 times longer in
G. spinosa
).
Distribution.
Philippines
,
Indonesia
(Kei Islands),
Solomon Islands
,
Vanuatu
, southwestern
Australia
;
660–1191 m
.