Munida gordoae Macpherson, 1994

McCallum, Anna W., Ahyong, Shane T. & Andreakis, Nikos, 2021, New species of squat lobsters of the genus Munida from Australia, Memoirs of Museum Victoria 80, pp. 113-152 : 141-142

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.24199/j.mmv.2021.80.06

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urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EA21667A-77A5-411D-9C1A-23ECFFF3D505

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D85A12-FFF7-316D-FCC9-FC466A812C52

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scientific name

Munida gordoae Macpherson, 1994
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Munida gordoae Macpherson, 1994 View in CoL

Figure. 17E View Figure 17

Munida gordoae Macpherson, 1994: 469 View in CoL , fig. 18 (type locality: Chesterfield Islands). — Baba et al., 2008: 97.

Munida aff. volantis View in CoL . — Poore et al., 2008, 20, unnumbered fig. — McEnnulty et al., 2011: 26, app. 1, 2.

Material examined. Western Australia: NMV J56420 About NMV , 3 About NMV ovigerous females (cl 5.7 mm, pcl 3.5 mm to cl 8.2 mm, pcl 5.3 mm), 8 males (cl 5.1 mm, pcl 2.9 mm to cl 8.1 mm, pcl 6.1 mm), 2 juveniles (cl 4.8 mm, pcl 3.1 mm; cl 5.1 mm, pcl 3.2 mm), Imperieuse L 23 east transect, 17° 35.706'S, 118° 58.902'E to 17° 35.346'S, 118° 58.794'E, 140– 108 m, SS05/2007/62, 16 June 2007 GoogleMaps ; NMV J55087 About NMV , 3 males (cl 10.0 mm, pcl 6.3 mm to cl 11.2 mm, pcl 7.2 mm), Two Rocks , 31° 37.452' S, 115° 00.24' E to 31° 37.71' S, 115° 00.18' E, 205–210 m, SS10/2005/11, 19 November 2005 GoogleMaps ; NMV J55085 About NMV , 1 male (cl 12.0 mm, pcl 6.3 mm), Perth Canyon , 31° 55.26' S, 115° 12.12' E to 31° 55.446' S, 115° 11.76' E, 194–232 m, SS10/2005/69, 29 November 2005 GoogleMaps ; NMV J55088 About NMV , 1 female (cl 11.0 mm, pcl 6.3 mm), Abrolhos , 28° 59.328' S, 113° 47.04' E to 28° 59.784' S, 113° 47.28' E, 180–183 m, SS10/2005/91, 3 December 2005 GoogleMaps ; NMV J55086 About NMV , 5 About NMV ovigerous females (cl 7.3 mm, pcl 4.8 mm to cl 11.2 mm, pcl 7.4 mm), 1 damaged male, Kalbarri , 27° 55.716'S, 113° 08.28'E to 27° 56.022'S, 113° 08.64'E, 252–253 m, SS10/2005/99, 4 December 2005 GoogleMaps .

Colour. Carapace and abdominal somite 2–3 pink and orange patterning. Abdominal somite 4–6 with white markings. Rostrum and supraocular spines orange/pink. Chela and P2-4 orange/red with white bands.

Genetic data. COI and 16S.

Remarks. These are the first records of M. gordoae from Australia. Sequence divergence between our north-western Australian specimens of M. gordoae and those from New Caledonia was only 0.2% for COI and 0.4% for 16S.

Distribution. New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, Matthew and Hunter Islands, and Chesterfield Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, 80– 500 m. Western Australia, 180– 232 m.

NMV

Museum Victoria

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Munididae

Genus

Munida

Loc

Munida gordoae Macpherson, 1994

McCallum, Anna W., Ahyong, Shane T. & Andreakis, Nikos 2021
2021
Loc

Munida gordoae

Baba, K. & Macpherson, E. & Poore, G. C. B. & Ahyong, S. T. & Bermudez, A. & Cabezas, P. & Lin, C. - W. & Nizinski, M. & Rodrigues, C. & Schnabel, K. E. 2008: 97
2008
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