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
Agononida eminens
(
Baba, 1988
)
(
Fig. 6A
)
Munida eminens
Baba, 1988
: 95
–98, fig. 35 [
type
locality: off SE Luzon,
Philippines
]; 1994: 11. —
Macpherson 1994
: 466
, fig. 72.
Agononida eminens
. —
Ahyong & Poore 2004
: 7
–8. —
Baba 2005
: 233
, 234.
Material examined.
Norfolk
Ridge:
NMNZ
,
6 males
(
13.3–20.5 mm
),
7 females
(
15.4–24.4 mm
),
26°25.94’S
,
167°10.87’E
,
750–774 m
, TAN0308/043 #59,
18 May 2003
;
NIWA
28055,
1 male
(
20.7 mm
), 1 ovigerous female (
18.9 mm
),
26°25.94’S
,
167°10.87’E
,
750–774 m
, TAN0308/043 #59,
18 May 2003
.
Colour in life.
Base colour translucent white. Carapace pale, diffuse orange with orange-red spines. Chelipeds with pale, diffuse orange bands across articulations and orange-red spines. Walking legs with pale, diffuse orange meri and propodi; dactyli red distally; spines orange-red.
Remarks.
Variation in carapace spination in the present series resembles that reported by
Ahyong & Poore (2004)
: one cardiac spine and two branchiocardiac spines are usually present, except in two specimens, in which the posterior branchiocardiac spine was incipient.
Distribution.
The
Philippines
,
Indonesia
, eastern
Australia
,
New Caledonia
, Loyalty Islands,
Wallis and Futuna
Islands;
564–1051 m
(
Baba 2005
).