Munidopsis curvirostra Whiteaves, 1874

De Matos-Pita, Susana S. & Ramil, Fran, 2014, Squat lobsters (Crustacea: Anomura) from Mauritanian waters (West Africa), with the description of a new species of Munidopsis, Zootaxa 3765 (5), pp. 418-434 : 427-428

Munidopsis curvirostra Whiteaves, 1874

Munidopsis curvirostra Whiteaves, 1874: 212 .—Baba et al. 2008: 138 (list of references and synonymies).

Material examined. MAURIT 1107, Stn L04, 1812–1824 m, 1 ovigerous female 8.6 mm. MAURIT 0 811, Stn L13, 1808– 1862 m, 3 males 7.2–8.2 mm. MAURIT 0 911, Stn L15, 1746– 1749 m, 1 female 7.1 mm. MAURIT 1011, Stn L04, 1765–1773 m, 1 ovigerous female 11.7 mm, Stn L15, 1747– 1867 m, 1 ovigerous female 7.6 mm.

Remarks. Our specimens agree well with those described for the East Atlantic Ocean by Selbie (1914) and Macpherson & Segonzac (2005).

Distribution. This species is known from Iceland to Mauritania in the eastern Atlantic and from Davis Straits to North Carolina in the western Atlantic; this species has been also cited at the Lord Howe Ridge, southwest Pacific ( Khodkina 1981). Its bathymetrical range varies between 329 ( Whiteaves 1874) and 2430 m.