Munidopsis levis (Alcock & Anderson, 1894)

Taylor, Joanne, Ahyong, Shane T. & Andreakis, Nikos, 2010, New records and new species of the munidopsine squat lobsters (Decapoda: Anomura: Galatheidae: Munidopsinae) from Australia, Zootaxa 2642, pp. 1-18 : 14

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.198633

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6200876

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scientific name

Munidopsis levis (Alcock & Anderson, 1894)
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Munidopsis levis (Alcock & Anderson, 1894)

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Bathyankyristes spinosus . — Alcock & Anderson 1894: 174, pl. 9, fig. 2. — Alcock & McArdle 1901: pl. 55, fig. 2. [Not M. spinosa (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880) ].

Bathyankyristes levis Alcock & Anderson, 1894: 175 View in CoL . — Alcock & McArdle 1901: pl. 55, fig. 3.

Munidopsis (Bathyankyristes) tenax Alcock, 1901: 273 (replacement name of Bathyankyristes spinosus Alcock & Anderson, 1894 preoccupied by Galacantha spinosa A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 ). — Tirmizi 1966: 211, fig. 27.

Munidopsis (Bathyankyristes) levis . — Alcock 1901: 274.

Munidopsis tenax . — Baba 1988: 170, fig. 69. — Komai 2000: 359.

Munidopsis levis . — Baba 2005: 156, figs 70, 71, 290. — Macpherson 2007: 79. — Poore et al. 2008: 21.

Material examined. AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA: NMV J59350 View Materials , 1 female (cl. 12.8 mm), off Ningaloo North, 21°58.13–58.70´S, 113°45.66–45.23´E, 726–732 m, 11 Dec. 2005 (stn SS10/2005/159); NMV J55125 View Materials same locality (1 female, cl. 18.4 mm) (acq. 008).

Type locality. Laccadive Sea, 1164 m.

Remarks. The character best distinguishing this species from others in the region is the form of the propodus of the walking legs, which is distally widened and subchelate with the dactylus. These specimens constitute the first record of the species from Australia.

Distribution. Madagascar, Arabian Sea, Laccadive Sea, Zanzibar and Maldives, Andaman Sea, South China Sea, Moro Gulf off Zamboanga, Mindanao, southwestern Australia, Philippines, Kei Islands and the Soloman Islands; 283–1164 m

NMV

Museum Victoria

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Galatheidae

Genus

Munidopsis

Loc

Munidopsis levis (Alcock & Anderson, 1894)

Taylor, Joanne, Ahyong, Shane T. & Andreakis, Nikos 2010
2010
Loc

Munidopsis (Bathyankyristes) tenax

Alcock 1901: 273
1901
Loc

Bathyankyristes levis

Alcock & Anderson 1894: 175
1894
Loc

Bathyankyristes spinosus

Alcock & Anderson 1894
1894
Loc

Galacantha spinosa

A. Milne-Edwards 1880
1880
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