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 ).