New species and new occurrence of Galatheoidea (Crustacea, Decapoda) from New Caledonia
Author
Macpherson, Enrique
Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Blanes (CSIC), C. acc. Cala San Francesc s / n, E- 17300 Blanes (Spain) macpherson @ ceab. csic. es.
text
Zoosystema
2006
28
3
669
681
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5393718
1638-9387
5393718
Pseudomunida fragilis
Haig, 1979
Pseudomunida fragilis
Haig, 1979: 89
, figs 1, 2. —
Baba 2005: 21
.
MATERIAL EXAMINED. —
New Caledonia
.
HALIPRO 2, stn 055,
25°04’S
,
168°44’E
,
1098-1480 m
,
17.XI.1996
,
2 ♂♂
14.2 and
16.3 mm
; 3 ovig.
♀♀
19.9-25.1 mm
.
New Galatheoidea (
Crustacea
) from
New Caledonia
REMARKS
This rare species was only known by
three females
. Two were caught off Oahu, Hawaii Islands (
type
locality), at
969-1280 m
(
Haig 1979
), and the third female was collected in Bonin Islands, at
1370 m
(
Baba 2005
). The present record extends its geographical range to the southwestern Pacific, between 1098 and
1480 m
.
The specimens agree quite well with the original description and illustrations, and additional data from
Baba (2005)
. The pleopods are absent in males. Ground colour of the carapace, abdominal segments and pereiopods are pink, being darker in the anterior part of the carapace and pereiopods.
Family
GALATHEIDAE Samouelle, 1819