Taxon classification Animalia Decapoda Munidopsidae

Munidopsis abbreviata (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)

Material examined.

BIOREPES 2 stn. 27, 1 female, stn. 28, 1 ovigerous female.

Remarks.

The only two females found (CL = 13.1, and ovigerous = 19.3 mm) were collected in summer. This constitutes the first record in the Gulf of Mexico, off Alacranes Reef, Yucatán; 828.9-965.3 m (sectors SSW and SSE). These records also increase the shallow bathymetric range to 829 m.