Paramunida antipodes Ahyong & Poore, 2004

Cabezas, P. E., 2010, Taxonomic revision of the genus Paramunida Baba, 1988 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Galatheidae): a morphological and molecular approach, Zootaxa 2712, pp. 1-60 : 14

Paramunida antipodes Ahyong & Poore, 2004

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Paramunida antipodes Ahyong & Poore, 2004: 65 , fig. 16 (Queensland and New South Wales, 420–549 m). — Poore 2004: 238, fig. 66a (compilation). — Baba 2005: 301 (key, synonymies). — Baba et al. 2008: 171 (list of occurrences).

Diagnosis. (from Ahyong & Poore 2004) Rostrum spiniform, larger than supraocular spines, with thin dorsal carina; margin between rostral and supraocular spines slightly concave. Mesogastric region with 1 distinct spine. Median cardiac region with 3 or 4 well-developed spines in midline. Few and short setae along anterior branch of cervical groove. Sternal plastron smooth, with few median striae on sternite 4, and some short lateral striae on sternites 5–7. Lateral margin of antennular segment 1 with distal slender portion about half as long as proximal inflated portion. Antennal peduncle with anterior prolongation of segment 1 spiniform; segment 2 twice longer than broad, with distomesial spine mucronated, clearly overreaching end of segment 3 and nearly reaching end of antennal peduncle, distolateral spine not reaching end of segment 3; segment 3 1.5 times longer than broad. Base of P1 carpus without bundle of setae. P2 propodus about 9 times as long as wide, and about 1.4 times dactylus length.

Remarks. The species resembles P. parvispina n. sp. from the Chesterfield Islands and P. evexa from Indonesia (see below under Remarks for those species).

Distribution. Queensland and New South Wales, between 420 and 549 m.