Taxonomic revision of the genus Paramunida Baba, 1988 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Galatheidae): a morphological and molecular approach
Author
Cabezas, P. E.
text
Zootaxa
2010
2010-12-03
2712
1
60
journal article
11755334
Genus
Paramunida
Baba, 1988
Paramunida
Baba, 1988: 175
. —
Poore 2004: 239
. —
Baba 2005: 197
. —
Baba
et al.
2008: 171
. —
Baba
et al.
2009: 277
.
Type
species.
Paramunida setigera
Baba, 1988
, by original designation. Gender: feminine.
Diagnosis.
(from
Baba
et al.
2009
) Carapace covered with spinules or granules, transverse striae indistinct. Rostrum short, basally subtriangular, distally ending in spine. Supraocular spines short and stout, usually remote from rostrum. Abdominal somites with 2 main transverse ridges, each with spines in regular arrangement. Antennular segment 1 with distomesial and distolateral spines, both small; lateral spines obsolescent. Antennal peduncle with strong anterior prolongation on segment 1, flagellum of no great length. P1–4 squamous; P2–4 propodi successively longer posteriorly; dactyli slender, curved and somewhat twisted, with flexor margin entire. Gonopod 1 absent in males.
Remarks.
Prior to the present study, the genus comprised 26 species distributed across the Indo-West Pacific (
Baba
et al.
2008
;
Cabezas
et al.
2009
;
Macpherson & Baba 2009
). Most species are distributed in the western part, two of which also occur in the Indian Ocean (
P. scabra
,
P. tricarinata
) and with 3 species occurring in the central Pacific (
P. hawaiiensis
,
P. pictura
,
P. spatula
). In general, they exhibit a distribution positively restricted to single islands or archipelagos, with few species widely distributed (see
Baba
et al.
2008). Bathymetrically, the genus is typically recorded in transitional depths (
200–500 m
), with few of them distributed in the continental shelf or in the upper bathyal depths (
Baba 2005
). The present paper adds 11 new species to the genus, for a total of 37, which are presented here in alphabetical order.