identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
50C8FCA443B554588D43783FC14EF903.text	50C8FCA443B554588D43783FC14EF903.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Munidopsis expansa Benedict 1902	<div><p>Munidopsis expansa Benedict, 1902</p><p>Figs 1, 5 A – H, 6 A – C, 7 A, B</p><p>Munidopsis expansa Benedict, 1902: 282, fig. 26 (type locality: off Florida, 770 m). — Chace 1942: 81. — Pequegnat and Pequegnat 1970: 147 (no record). — Pequegnat and Pequegnat 1971: 19. — Baba et al. 2008: 141 (compilation). — Felder et al. 2009: 1066 (compilation).</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>Holotype. • North Atlantic Ocean, United States, off Florida, Daytona Beach, 29.65, 79.8167, 770 m, 4 May 1886: ov. F 21.0 mm (USNM 20561).</p><p>Other material.</p><p>• West Florida Slope, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-84.72549&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=26.213612" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -84.72549/lat 26.213612)">USGS-LOPH II -ROV-2010-CH-008</a>, 26.207882, - 84.725818, 508– 492 m, 29 September 2010: 1 M 16.0 mm (USNM 1194614, GenBank Accession No. PV 297962) , <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-84.72549&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=26.213612" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -84.72549/lat 26.213612)">USGS-LOPH II -CH-2010-081</a>, 26.213611, - 84.725486, 525 m, 30 September 2010: 1 F 17.1 mm (USNM 1194615, GenBank Accession No. PV 297961) . • North Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, United States, R/V OREGON II, Station 11140, 24.25, - 87.73, 503 m, 10 August 1970: not measured (USNM 1662589) . • North Atlantic Ocean, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=82.61667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=23.075" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 82.61667/lat 23.075)">Florida Straits</a> / Gulf of Mexico, Cuba, off Havana, RV Atlantis, Harvard-Havana Expedition, 23.0750000, 82.616666, 603.5 m, 23 March 1939: 1 F 17.7 mm (MCZ CRU 11732) . • Belize, East of Stann Creek, 16.97, - 87.88, 457–732 m, 10 June 1962: 1 F 19.0 mm (USNM 268733) .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Carapace dorsally covered with scales, shorter and more abundant on gastric region, wider scales posteriorly; cervical grooves distinct (Fig. 6 A – C). Rostrum moderately broad, dorsally elevated and with median carina, distally trifid. Frontal margin slightly concave behind ocular peduncle. Orbit slightly excavated, outer orbital angle with small blunt lobe. Anterolateral angle armed with broad spine. Branchial margin armed with 3 broad spines. Abdominal tergites unarmed. Telson divided into 8 plates. Sternite 3 anterolaterally rounded, anterior margin with median lobe flanked by 2 lobes, sternite 4 broadly subtriangular. Eyes unarmed, movable, epistomial spine present, cornea globular, elongated. Article 1 of antennule with dorsolateral and distolateral spines. Article 1 of antenna with strong distomesial spine and distolateral spines. Mxp 3 merus serrated but without distinct spines on flexor margin, extensor margin with short spine. P 1 stout, length less than twice PCL; meri armed with distal spines; carpi, palm and fingers unarmed; fixed finger without denticulate carina on distolateral margin; dactylus dorsally carinate. P 2–4 stout; meri carinate on dorsal margin; dactyli slender, distally curving, flexor margin with 11–12 teeth decreasing proximally along entire length. Epipods present on P 1 and 2.</p><p>Redescription.</p><p>Carapace: Slightly broader than long, widest at midlength; moderately convex from side to side. Dorsal surface densely covered with scales, most abundant on gastric region, each scale marginally with short setae; hepatic and anterior branchial regions with scales and some granules; posterior cardiac and intestinal region covered with larger scales. Regions well delineated by deep furrows including distinct anterior and posterior cervical grooves. Gastric region slightly elevated. Cardiac region divided by a transverse furrow in anterior and posterior cardiac regions. Posterior margin unarmed, preceded by elevated ridge. Rostrum moderately broad, dorsally elevated, with median carina, width 0.2–0.3 × anterior width of carapace, directed strongly upwards, distally trifid, with strong median spine twice as long as broad lateral spines (Fig. 5 A), 0.4 × PCL, 1.3–1.8 × as long as broad. Frontal margin slightly concave behind ocular peduncle; blunt outer orbital angle above antennal peduncle, sometimes armed with 1 or 2 minute spines (absent in the holotype); spine below antennal proximal mesial angle, ventral to frontal margin, close to epistomial region. Lateral margins slightly convex, converging posteriorly; anterolateral spine broad; anterior branchial margin with 2 broad spines; 1 broad branchial spine just behind posterior branch of cervical groove. Pterygostomian flap surface covered with granules and scales, anteriorly rounded.</p><p>Sternum: 0.9 × as long as broad, maximum width at sternite 7. Sternite 3 broad, 1.5 × wider than long, anterolaterally rounded, anterior margin with median lobe flanked by 2 rounded lobes. Sternite 4 narrowly elongated anteriorly; surface depressed in midline, with scattered scales; greatest width 2.3 × that of sternite 3; 2 × wider than long.</p><p>Pleon: Unarmed; tergites 2–4 each with 2 elevated transverse ridges, lateral part of dorsal surface covered with granules and scales; tergites 5 and 6 with anterior ridge only; tergite 6 with weakly produced posterolateral lobes and nearly transverse posteromedian margin. Telson composed of 8 plates; 1.4–1.5 × as wide as long.</p><p>Eye: Eyestalk movable, partially concealed by rostrum; peduncle covered with few granules; cornea elongated, longer than peduncle, ovoid; lateral surface contiguous to epistomial spine, epistomial spine ventral to frontal margin.</p><p>Antennule: Article 1 of peduncle with subequal dorsolateral and distolateral spines, dorsolateral spine slenderer; distomesial margin slightly produced, granulated.</p><p>Antenna: Peduncle slightly exceeding eye. Article 1 with strong distomesial and distolateral spines, not reaching distal margin of article 2, distolateral spines shorter. Article 2 with well-developed distolateral spine, distomesial margin produced, granulated. Articles 3 and 4 unarmed.</p><p>Mxp 3: Lateral surface with granules. Ischium as long as merus measured on extensor margin. Merus serrated, but without distinct spines on flexor margin; extensor margin weakly serrated, with small distal spine.</p><p>P 1: Stout, with numerous minute granules and scales, each scale marginally with few short setae; 1.2–1.6 × PCL. Merus 2.6 × carpus length, with 4 distal spines. Carpus 0.7–0.9 × longer than broad, unarmed, with few granules on dorsal and lateral surfaces. Palm unarmed, stout, 2 × carpus length, 1.2 × longer than broad. Fingers unarmed, 1.2 × longer than palm, opposing margins nearly straight, not gaping, spooned; fixed finger without denticulate carina on distolateral margin, mobile finger with dorsal carina.</p><p>P 2–4: Stout, coarsely granulated, devoid of setae, cylindrical in cross-section, slightly decreasing in size posteriorly. P 2 merus stout, not surpassing P 1 length, 0.6 × PCL, 3.5 × longer than high, 1.1 × length of P 2 propodus. P 2–4 meri decreasing in length posteriorly (P 3 merus 0.9 × length of P 2 merus, P 4 merus 0.85 × length of P 3 merus); extensor margin carinate, with small granules along entire length, distally flattish, ending in thick spine; flexor margin granulated. P 2–4 carpi with thick distal spine on extensor margin, lateral surface with granulated carina. P 2–4 propodi 3.5–5 × as long as high, triangular in cross-section, unarmed. P 2–4 dactyli 0.5–0.6 × length of propodi; distal claw short, flexor margin nearly straight, with 11 or 12 dactylar teeth on entire length, each tooth with slender corneous spine, ultimate tooth closer to penultimate tooth than to dactylar angle.</p><p>Epipods: Present on P 1 and 2.</p><p>Coloration: Bright orange. Distal parts of articles, rostrum and tips of spines whitish (Fig. 7 A, B).</p><p>Ecology.</p><p>Specimens collected on the West Florida Slope, at station USGS-LOPH II - ROV- 2010 - CH- 008 were observed walking on dead coral rubble of Desmophyllum pertusum . In general, the habitat was characterized by large, mostly dead colonies of D. pertusum usually found on the edge of outcrops. Smaller live colonies of D. pertusum, Plummerella sp., as well as other octocoral species and hexactinellid sponges, were found scattered over dead, consolidated coral rubble.</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>Munidopsis expansa was initially described by Benedict (1902) from material collected off Florida. This species belongs to a group of species characterized by a trifid and elevated rostrum, unarmed carapace and abdomen, 8–10 telson plates, stout P 1 (less than twice PCL), stout P 2–4 and epipods on P 1 and 2. In addition to M. expansa from the western Atlantic, this group of species includes M. testuda Rodríguez-Flores, Seid, Rouse &amp; Giribet, 2023, known only from the Galapagos Islands of the eastern Pacific, and the new species described herein. Differences among these species are discussed under the Remarks of the new species.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>North coast of Cuba, Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic coast of Florida; 457–1107 m.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/50C8FCA443B554588D43783FC14EF903	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Rodríguez-Flores, Paula C.;Bracken-Grissom, Heather D.;Lemaitre, Rafael;Felder, Darryl L.;Nizinski, Martha S.	Rodríguez-Flores, Paula C., Bracken-Grissom, Heather D., Lemaitre, Rafael, Felder, Darryl L., Nizinski, Martha S. (2025): A new squat lobster (Crustacea, Decapoda, Munidopsidae) from the western Atlantic with redescription of Munidopsis expansa Benedict, 1902 and several range extensions. ZooKeys 1248: 321-340, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1248.156346
27F7770DF67B500BA2FA4F5C4D8F546B.text	27F7770DF67B500BA2FA4F5C4D8F546B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Munidopsis messingi Rodríguez-Flores & Bracken-Grissom & Lemaitre & Felder & Nizinski 2025	<div><p>Munidopsis messingi sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 1, 2 A – J, 3 A – C, 4 A – D</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>Holotype. • North Atlantic Ocean, Curaçao, DROP, 2016, CURI 16056, Curaçao Sea Aquarium, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-68.89736&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=12.082254" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -68.89736/lat 12.082254)">east of downline, Bapor Kibra</a>, 12.082254 - 68.897365, 253–264 m, 14 October 2016: M 11.5 mm (USNM 1424972, GenBank Accession No. PV 297963) . Paratypes. • North Atlantic Ocean, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-79.319214&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=27.07707" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -79.319214/lat 27.07707)">Atlantic coast of Florida</a>, 27.07707, - 79.319214, no depth or date data: 1 ov. F 23.5 mm (MCZ: IZ 172998, ex-HBG 9802), GenBank Accession No. PV 297964 ). • Curaçao, DROP, 2012, CURI 12032, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-68.781044&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=12.040327" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -68.781044/lat 12.040327)">off of Substation Curaçao downline</a>, 12.040327, - 68.781043, no depth data, 29 May 2012: 1 F 19 mm (USNM 1198913) . • CURI 11529, Headed East out of gate / substation, no locality data, 173–259 m, 27 May 2011: 1 F 18.5 mm (USNM 1160002) . • CURI 14047, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-68.899055&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=12.083197" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -68.899055/lat 12.083197)">East at Substation Curaçao downline</a>, 215–309 m, 12.083197, - 68.899058, 23 September 2014: 1 M 13.0 mm (ULLZ 15927, USNM 1406053) . • CURI 14055, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-68.89903&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=12.083197" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -68.89903/lat 12.083197)">off of Substation Curaçao downline</a>, 12.083197, - 68.899031, 142–280 m, 24 September 2014: 1 M 9.2 mm (ULLZ 15933, USNM 1406056) . • CURI 17020, Curaçao Sea Aquarium east of downline, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-68.8973&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=12.0823" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -68.8973/lat 12.0823)">Bapor Kibra</a>, 271 m, 12.0823, - 68.8973, 2 November 2017: 1 M 10.9 mm (USNM 1554267, GenBank Accession No. PV 810825) .</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>Named after Charles “Chuck” Messing, recently deceased, in honor of his dedication to and passion for ocean exploration, and his “larger than life” entertaining and kind personality. This is in recognition of his significant contributions to the biology, natural history and taxonomy of echinoderms, crustaceans and other invertebrates.</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Carapace dorsally covered with short setae, pilose, gastric, hepatic and anterior branchial areas smooth, posterior branchial area with short scales or scattered granules (Fig. 3 A – C). Rostrum moderately broad, dorsally elevated and with median carina, distally trifid. Frontal margin slightly concave behind ocular peduncle. Orbit excavated, orbital angle above antennal peduncle produced into sharp spine. 1–3 small spines close to anterolateral angle. Anterolateral spine strong. Branchial margin armed with 2 strong spines. Abdominal tergites unarmed. Telson divided into 10 plates. Sternite 3 anterolaterally rounded, anterior margin with median lobe flanked by 2 lobes, sternite 4 broadly subtriangular. Eyes unarmed, movable, epistomial spine present, cornea globular, elongated. Article 1 of antennule with dorsolateral and distolateral spines. Article 1 of antenna with strong distomesial spine and distolateral spines. Mxp 3 merus with 3 strong spines on flexor margin, small distal spine, extensor margin with 4 spines. P 1 stout, length less than twice PCL; meri and carpi armed with distal spines; palm and fingers unarmed; fixed finger without denticulate carina on distolateral margin; dactylus dorsally carinate. P 2–4 stout; meri carinate on dorsal margin; dactyli slender, distally curving, flexor margin with 6–8 small teeth decreasing proximally along entire length. Epipods present on P 1 and 2.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Carapace: Slightly broader than long, widest at midlength; moderately convex from side to side. Dorsal surface pilose; gastric, hepatic and anterior branchial areas smooth, densely covered with short setae; posterior branchial area with short scales or scattered granules (Figs 2 A, 3 A, C); cardiac and intestinal regions covered with larger scales, each scale with few short setae. Regions well delineated by deep furrows including distinct anterior and posterior cervical grooves. Gastric region slightly elevated. Cardiac region divided by a transverse furrow in anterior and posterior cardiac regions. Posterior margin unarmed, preceded by elevated ridge. Rostrum moderately broad, dorsally elevated, width 0.2–0.3 × anterior width of carapace, directed strongly upwards, dorsally carinate, distally trifid, with strong median spine twice as long as lateral spines (Fig. 2 A), 0.4 × PCL, 1.3–1.8 × as long as broad. Frontal margin concave behind ocular peduncle, orbital angle above antennal peduncle produced into sharp spine, reaching or surpassing distal margin of cornea; spine below antennal proximal mesial angle, ventral to frontal margin, close to epistomial region; 1–3 small spines close to anterolateral spine. Lateral margins slightly convex, converging posteriorly; anterolateral spine sharp; anterior branchial margin with 1 strong spine; 1 strong branchial spine just behind posterior branch of cervical groove. Pterygostomian flap surface covered with granules and scales, anteriorly narrowly rounded.</p><p>Sternum: 0.9 × as long as broad, maximum width at sternite 7. Sternite 3 broad, 3.0 × wider than long, anterolaterally rounded, anterior margin with median lobe flanked by 2 subacute lobes. Sternite 4 narrowly elongated anteriorly; surface depressed in midline, with scattered short scales; greatest width 2.3 × that of sternite 3, 1.7 × wider than long.</p><p>Pleon: Unarmed; tergite 2 with 2 elevated transverse ridges, lateral parts of dorsal surfaces covered with granules and scales; tergites 3–6 with only anterior; tergite 6 with weakly produced posterolateral lobes and nearly transverse posteromedian margin. Telson composed of 10 plates, 1.5 × as wide as long.</p><p>Eye: Eyestalk movable, partially concealed by rostrum; peduncle with few granules, shorter than cornea length; cornea, elongated, longer than peduncle, ovoid; lateral surface contiguous to epistomial spine, epistomial spine ventral to frontal margin.</p><p>Antennule: Article 1 of peduncle with granules on anterolateral ventral surface, armed with subequal dorsolateral and distolateral spines; distomesial margin with strong spine.</p><p>Antenna: Peduncle slightly exceeding eye. Article 1 with strong distomesial and distolateral spines, each surpassing distal margin of article 2. Article 2 with distomesial and distolateral spines, distolateral spine much stronger. Article 3 armed with small distomesial and distolateral spines. Article 4 unarmed.</p><p>Mxp 3: Lateral surface with few granules. Ischium as long as merus measured on extensor margin merus with 3 strong spines subequal in size and 1 smaller distal spine on flexor margin; extensor margin with 4 spines, distal spine strongest.</p><p>P 1: Stout, with numerous minute granules and short scales, each scale marginally with few short setae, 1.3 × longer than PCL. Merus 2.2 × carpus length, distally with stout spines. Carpus 0.9 × longer than broad, with some short distal spines, few acute granules on dorsal surface. Palm unarmed, stout, slightly longer than carpus, 1.2 × longer than broad. Fingers unarmed, 1.2 × longer than palm, opposing margins nearly straight, not gaping, spooned; fixed finger without denticulate carina on distolateral margin, mobile finger with dorsal carina.</p><p>P 2–4: Stout, pilose, with short scales and granules, cylindrical in cross-section, slightly decreasing in size posteriorly. P 2 merus stout, overreaching tip of P 1, 0.6 × carapace length, 2.7 × longer than high, equal to 1.1 × length of P 2 propodus. P 2–4 meri decreasing in length posteriorly (P 3 merus 0.9 × length of P 2 merus, P 4 merus 0.85 × length of P 3 merus); extensor margin carinate, with small granules along entire length, distal part flattish ending in thick spine; flexor margin granulate; P 2–4 carpi each with 1 thick distal spine on extensor margin, lateral surface with granulated carina; P 2–4 propodi 4.0–5.0 × as long as high, triangular in cross-section, unarmed. P 2–4 dactyli 0.5 × length of propodi; distal claw short, moderately curved; flexor margin distally curved, with 6–8 dactylar teeth on entire length, each tooth with slender corneous spine, ultimate tooth closer to penultimate tooth than to dactylar angle.</p><p>Epipods: Present on P 1 and 2.</p><p>Coloration: Carapace, P 1 –4 and chelipeds entirely light to reddish orange. Distal parts of rostrum, articles and spines whitish (Fig. 4 A – D).</p><p>Ecology.</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>Curaçao and East coast of Florida; 173–264 m.</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>This species belongs to a group of species having a trifid and elevated rostrum, an unarmed carapace and abdomen, 8–10 telson plates, a stout P 1 that is less than twice the PCL, stout P 2–4, and epipods on P 1 and 2. In addition to M. messingi sp. nov., this species group includes M. expansa Benedict, 1902 from the western Atlantic and M. testuda Rodríguez-Flores, Seid, Rouse &amp; Giribet, 2023, known only from the Galapagos Islands in the eastern Pacific. The new species can be distinguished from the aforementioned two species by the following morphological characters:</p><p>The carapace gastric, hepatic and branchial regions are covered with granules and scales in M. expansa and M. testuda, but these areas are covered with dense pilosity in the new species.</p><p>The carapace anterolateral angle is produced as a broad spine in M. testuda and M. expansa, whereas the spine is sharp, much longer and preceded by a cluster of 1–3 spines in the new species.</p><p>The carapace excavate orbit in the new species terminates laterally in a sharp, long spine, sometimes surpassing the distal margin of the cornea, but this spine is absent in M. expansa and M. testuda .</p><p>The lateral margin of the rostrum is concave in M. testuda, slightly convex in the new species and divergent in M. expansa .</p><p>The distomesial angle of the antennular peduncle article 1 is armed with a distinct spine in the new species, whereas it is unarmed in M. expansa and M. testuda .</p><p>The new species differs from M. expansa and M. testuda in having a much longer distolateral spine of the antennal peduncle article 1.</p><p>The flexor margin of Mxp 3 merus is unarmed in M. expansa, whereas it is armed with 3 distinct spines in the new species.</p><p>The flexor margin of P 2–4 dactyl is armed with 6–8 teeth in the new species but has 11–12 teeth M. expansa and M. testuda .</p><p>Genetic divergence for the COI marker ranged from 14.0 to 15.6 % between the new species and its closely related congeners (see Table 1 for genetic distances).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/27F7770DF67B500BA2FA4F5C4D8F546B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Rodríguez-Flores, Paula C.;Bracken-Grissom, Heather D.;Lemaitre, Rafael;Felder, Darryl L.;Nizinski, Martha S.	Rodríguez-Flores, Paula C., Bracken-Grissom, Heather D., Lemaitre, Rafael, Felder, Darryl L., Nizinski, Martha S. (2025): A new squat lobster (Crustacea, Decapoda, Munidopsidae) from the western Atlantic with redescription of Munidopsis expansa Benedict, 1902 and several range extensions. ZooKeys 1248: 321-340, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1248.156346
C1C55D3224D75CD884F1ECA25BFDC969.text	C1C55D3224D75CD884F1ECA25BFDC969.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Munidopsis turgida Rodriguez-Flores, Macpherson & Machordom 2018	<div><p>Munidopsis turgida Rodríguez-Flores, Macpherson &amp; Machordom, 2018</p><p>Figs 1, 7 C, 8 A, B</p><p>Munidopsis turgida Rodríguez-Flores et al., 2018: 576, fig. 4 (type locality: Guadeloupe 457–484 m). — Rodríguez-Flores et al. 2023: figs 1, 2 (molecular data).</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>• North Atlantic Ocean, West Florida Slope, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=84.72715&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=26.204144" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 84.72715/lat 26.204144)">USGS-LOPH II -JSLII-09-GOM-3722</a>, 26.2041431, 84.7271528, 536– 500 m, 6 September 2009: 1 M 5.1 mm (USNM 1666812) . • <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=84.72549&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=26.213612" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 84.72549/lat 26.213612)">USGS-LOPH II -CH-2010-081</a>, 26.213611, 84.725486, 525 m, 30 September 2010: 1 F not measured (USNM 1704796, GenBank Accession No. PV 297965) .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Carapace and abdomen densely covered with rounded granules (Fig. 8 A, B), slightly longer than broad; with 2 epigastric protuberances; dorsal regions well delimited by furrows. Rostrum spade-shaped in dorsal view, constricted between eyes. Frontal margin slightly concave behind ocular peduncle, transverse between antenna and anterolateral angle of carapace. Lateral margins unarmed; subparallel, anterolateral corner rounded. Sternum longer than wide, maximum width at sternite 6 or 7; sternite 3 moderately broad, twice wider than long, width about half that of sternite 4; anterior margin of sternite 4 widely triangular. Abdomen unarmed; telson composed of 8 plates. Eyes small, fused to rostrum, without eye-spines; granulate overgrowths covering proximo-mesial part of cornea dorsally and ventrally; cornea globular. Mxp 3 merus with granules on flexor margin. P 1 more than twice PCL. P 2–4 stout, with protuberances; extensor margins of articles not cristate; propodi not expanded distally; dactyli moderately curved distally, flexor margin with teeth decreasing in size proximally, each tooth with slender corneous spine. P 2 not reaching end of P 1. Epipods on P 1.</p><p>Coloration: Carapace and chelae light orange. Abdomen white. P 1 –4 orange with white bands. Spines on P 1 –4 and carapace epigastric protuberances white (Fig. 7 C).</p><p>Ecology.</p><p>The specimen collected on the West Florida Slope at station USGS-LOPH II -JSLII-09-GOM-3722 was observed on live Desmophyllum pertusum . In general, the habitat was characterized by discrete, relatively large colonies of both live and dead D. pertusum, interspersed with areas of coral rubble and soft sediments.</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>The specimen sequenced from the Gulf of Mexico is genetically identical to the Caribbean holotype (0 % of molecular divergence) for the COI fragment obtained (Table 1).</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>Known only from the type locality in Guadeloupe and the present new record from the Gulf of Mexico, West Florida Slope; 457 to 536 m depth.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C1C55D3224D75CD884F1ECA25BFDC969	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Rodríguez-Flores, Paula C.;Bracken-Grissom, Heather D.;Lemaitre, Rafael;Felder, Darryl L.;Nizinski, Martha S.	Rodríguez-Flores, Paula C., Bracken-Grissom, Heather D., Lemaitre, Rafael, Felder, Darryl L., Nizinski, Martha S. (2025): A new squat lobster (Crustacea, Decapoda, Munidopsidae) from the western Atlantic with redescription of Munidopsis expansa Benedict, 1902 and several range extensions. ZooKeys 1248: 321-340, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1248.156346
