Munidopsis polita ( Smith, 1883 )

De, Gustavo A. S. & Melo-Filho, 2006, Reports on the results of the N. Oc. “ Prof. W. Besnard ” expeditions to the southern coast of Brazil under the Revizee Program: Chirostylidae and Galatheidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura), Zootaxa 1238, pp. 1-22 : 14-15

Munidopsis polita ( Smith, 1883)

Anoplonotus politus Smith, 1883: 50 , pl. 2­fig. 1, pl. 3­fig. 1–5a.

Munidopsis polita ; Benedict, 1902: 324; Chace, 1942: 75; Pequegnat & Pequegnat, 1970: 155; 1971: 6, 21; Pequegnat, 1975: 44; Wenner, 1982: 369, 373, tab. 3; Wenner & Read, 1982: 188, tab. 2; Poupin, 1994: 39; Melo­Filho, 1998: 396.

Recognition characters

Carapace dorsally smooth and unarmed. Rostrum triangular, minutely serrate or with small scattered spines. Cornea and eyestalk unarmed. Abdominal tergites smooth and unarmed. No epipods on chelipeds or ambulatory legs. Third maxilliped with 1 strong tooth on ventral (flexor) surface of merus.

Distribution

Western Atlantic: Massachusetts (Martha’s Vineyard); Virginia; Florida (Straits), Gulf of Mexico (northwest), Nicaragua, Lesser Antilles ( Guadeloupe), Colombia and Brazil (São Paulo); 129–860 meters depth.