Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371
Author
Wicksten, Mary K.
text
Zootaxa
2012
2012-07-04
3371
1
307
journal article
11755334
Munidopsis depressa
Faxon, 1893
(
Fig. 35F
)
Munidopsis depressa
Faxon 1893:189
;
1895: 96
, pl. 22, figs. 2, 2a, 2b. —
Haig 1956: 79
. —
Wicksten 1980c: 362
;
1989b: 315
. —
Hendrickx & Harvey 1999: 376
. —
Hendrickx 2003b: 23
.
Diagnosis.
Rostrum elongate, triangular, with 2 small lateral teeth near apex, smaller posterior ones, denticles along median groove. Carapace wider near posterior margin than in front half, with sharp anterolateral spines, rows of sharp spinules along lateral surfaces, 3 medial dorsal spines, small spines and tubercles elsewhere on dorsal surface; posterior margin with large median spine, row of teeth on either side. Chelipeds with thorn-like spines. Pereopods 2–4 with spines on merus, carpus, proximal surface of propodus, dactyls elongate. Abdominal somites 1–4 with spines or tubercles. Carapace length 20.3 mm.
Color in life.
Not
reported.
Habitat and depth.
Continental slope, on green mud and sand,
185–1255 m
.
Range.
Santa
Catalina I.
,
California
to off
Cape Corrientes
,
Mexico
, including
Gulf of California.
Type
locality off Cape Corrientes (
Albatross
sta. 3425, 21˚ 19' N, 106˚ 24' W)
.