Decapod Crustacea collected by the NORFANZ Expedition: Galatheidae and Polychelidae
Author
Ahyong, Shane T.
text
Zootaxa
2007
1593
1
54
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.178624
7466bbb6-f889-4e40-b22d-e3aee96f9acb
1175-5326
178624
Munidopsis treis
Ahyong & Poore, 2004
(
Fig. 3
C)
Munidopsis treis
Ahyong & Poore, 2004
: 62
–65, fig. 15 [
type
locality:
278 km
W of Cape Catastrophe, Great Australian Bight, South
Australia
,
Australia
,
800 m
]. —
Baba 2005
: 297
. —
Macpherson 2007
: 113
.
Material examined.
West
Norfolk
Ridge:
NMNZ
,
1 male
(
6.1 mm
),
4 females
(
3.9–10.7 mm
),
34°37.20’S
,
168°57.03’E
,
521–539 m
, TAN0308/154 #099,
3 Jun 2003
.
Colour in life.
Carapace pale orange with white mid-band extending from rostral apex to intestinal region; margins white. Abdomen white with pair of longitudinal pale orange stripes. Pereopods pale orange.
Remarks.
Munidopsis treis
has been recorded from southeastern
Australia
,
New Caledonia
and the Chesterfield Islands. The present specimens are the first records in
New Zealand
waters and compare well with published accounts (
Ahyong & Poore 2004
;
Macpherson 2007
).
Distribution.
South
Australia
, Tasmanian seamounts, the Chesterfield Islands,
New Caledonia
, and now the West
Norfolk
Ridge,
New Zealand
;
366–820 m
(
Ahyong & Poore 2004
; Macpherson 2005).