New species of squat lobsters of the genus Munida from Australia Author McCallum, Anna W. Author Ahyong, Shane T. Author Andreakis, Nikos text Memoirs of Museum Victoria 2021 2021-12-31 80 113 152 http://dx.doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2021.80.06 journal article 10.24199/j.mmv.2021.80.06 1447-2554 12214129 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EA21667A-77A5-411D-9C1A-23ECFFF3D505 Munida pherusa Macpherson and Baba, 1993 Munida pherusa Macpherson and Baba, 1993: 408 , fig. 15 ( type , locality: Philippines ). — Baba et al., 2008: 112 . — Baba et al., 2009: 178, figs 158–159. — Kim et al., 2016: 9 , fig. 9 ( Korea , 112–117 m ). Material examined. Western Australia : NMV J55097 , 1 specimen , Ningaloo South , 22° 04.002' S , 113° 48.66' E to 22° 04.248' S , 113° 48.9' E , 101–106 m , SS10/2005/144, 10 December 2005 ; NMV J13307 , 9 ovigerous females (cl 7.7 mm , pcl 4.5 mm to cl 11.4 mm , pcl 7.3 mm ), 2 females (cl 8.3 mm , pcl 4.9 mm ; cl 9.1 mm , pcl 7.3 mm ), 7 males (cl 7.3 mm , pcl 4.9 mm to cl 12.7 mm , pcl 7.7 mm ), North-west Shelf , between Port Hedland and Dampier , 18° 50' S , 117° 39' E to 18° 50' S , 117° 39' E , 178 m , NWA stn 29, 6 June 1983 . Remarks. In addition to one specimen of M. pherusa collected in 2005 in north-western Australia , another 17 specimens are reported here from a survey of the North-West Shelf in 1983. The specimens show that the length of the disto-mesial spine on antennal article 2 is slightly variable in length, sometimes just reaching the end of the peduncle and in some specimens, including the holotype , it slightly overreaches the peduncle. In the illustrated holotype , the cheliped finger is distinctly shorter that the palm, while in all of our specimens, the cheliped finger and palm are subequal in length. These are the first records of M. pherusa from Australia . Distribution. Japan , Philippines , Indonesia , Korea , 73– 167 m . North-western Australia , 101– 178 m .