Munidopsis, WHITEAVES, 1874

Martin, Joel W. & Haney, Todd A., 2005, Decapod crustaceans from hydrothermal vents and cold seeps: a review through 2005, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 145 (4), pp. 445-522 : 480

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00178.x
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5490562
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scientific name	Munidopsis
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MUNIDOPSIS SONNE BABA, 1995

Type locality: south-western Pacific Ocean , North Fiji Basin; 16°59.49′S, 173°54,83′E; 1992 m GoogleMaps .

Known range: Known only from the type locality ( Baba, 1995; Chevaldonné & Olu, 1996).

Material: Known from 2 specimens, the whereabouts of which are not known to us.

MUNIDOPSIS STARMER BABA & DE SAINT LAURENT, 1992

Type locality: south-western Pacific Ocean , North Fiji Basin, active chimney ‘ White Lady’; 18°50′S, 173°29′W; 2750 m GoogleMaps .

Known range: Known only from the type locality.

Material: type locality; Nautile dive 18; 2750 m; 13 July 1989; MNHN Ga 1926 (holotype female), MNHN Ga 2362 [paratypes, 1 male, 4 females (3 ovigerous)], NSMT Cr 11267 (1 male). –same site; Nautile dive 19. MNHN Ga 2357 (paratype, 1 female). –same site; Nautile dive 20; MNHN Ga 2358 (paratypes, 2 females) ( Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1992; Chevaldonné & Olu, 1996).

Remarks: Munidopsis starmer occurs in the same general area in the North Fiji Basin where M. lauensis , M. sonne , and the chirostylids Uroptychus bicavus and U. thermalis are found ( Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1992; Chevaldonné & Olu, 1996).