Species of the genus Munidopsis Whiteaves, 1784 from the Indian and Pacific Oceans and reestablishment of the genus Galacantha A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Galatheidae)
Author
Published, First
text
Zootaxa
2007
2007-03-08
1417
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135
journal article
11755334
Munidopsis dasypus
Alcock, 1894
Munidopsis dasypus
Alcock, 1894: 329
; 1901: 252.—
Baba 2005: 148
, 287 (list of occurrences and references).
Material examined
.
Madagascar
, Stn
CH
103, 880–
920 m
: 1 M
14.3 mm
(
MNHN
Ga1419)
.
Indonesia
, KARUBAR,
Stn
87, 1017–
1024 m
: 1 ovig. F
14.5 mm
, 2 F
17.2–20.5 mm
(
MNHN
Ga5677).—Stn 89, 1058–
1084 m
: 1 M 21.0 mm, 1 ovig. F
24.5 mm
(
MNHN
Ga5676)
.
Distribution
. Previously known from the
Philippines
, South
China
Sea, North Sumatra, Exmouth Plateau (Western Australia), Andaman Sea (
type
locality), Bay of Bengal,
Laccadive
Sea, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, between 214 and
1240 m
. The new occurences are from
Madagascar
(
880–920 m
) and
Indonesia
(Kei Islands) at
1017–1084 m
.