Decapod crustaceans from hydrothermal vents and cold seeps: a review through 2005
Author
Martin, Joel W.
Author
Haney, Todd A.
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Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2005
2005-12-31
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10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00178.x
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MUNIDOPSIS
SONNE
BABA, 1995
Type
locality
: south-western
Pacific Ocean
,
North
Fiji
Basin
;
16°59.49′S
,
173°54,83′E
;
1992 m
.
Known range
: Known only from the
type
locality (
Baba, 1995
;
Chevaldonné & Olu, 1996
).
Material
: Known from
2 specimens
, the whereabouts of which are not known to us.
MUNIDOPSIS STARMER
BABA & DE SAINT LAURENT, 1992
Type
locality
: south-western
Pacific Ocean
,
North
Fiji
Basin
, active chimney ‘
White Lady’
;
18°50′S
,
173°29′W
;
2750 m
.
Known range
: Known only from the
type
locality.
Material
: type locality;
Nautile
dive 18;
2750 m
;
13 July 1989
;
MNHN
Ga 1926 (
holotype
female),
MNHN
Ga 2362 [
paratypes
,
1 male
,
4 females
(3 ovigerous)],
NSMT
Cr 11267 (
1 male
). –same site;
Nautile
dive 19.
MNHN
Ga 2357 (
paratype
,
1 female
). –same site;
Nautile
dive 20;
MNHN
Ga 2358 (
paratypes
,
2 females
) (
Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1992
;
Chevaldonné & Olu, 1996
).
Remarks
:
Munidopsis starmer
occurs in the same general area in the North
Fiji
Basin where
M. lauensis
,
M. sonne
, and the chirostylids
Uroptychus bicavus
and
U. thermalis
are found (
Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1992
;
Chevaldonné & Olu, 1996
).