Munidopsis antonii ( Filhol, 1884 )

Published, First, 2007, Species of the genus Munidopsis Whiteaves, 1784 from the Indian and Pacific Oceans and reestablishment of the genus Galacantha A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Galatheidae), Zootaxa 1417, pp. 1-135 : 38

Munidopsis antonii ( Filhol, 1884)

Galathodes Antonii Filhol, 1884: 230 , fig. 2.

Munidopsis abyssorum A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1897: 365 ; 1900: pl. 30, figs 15–19.

Munidopsis antonii .— Baba, 2005, 132, 284, figs. 52–54 (synonymy and references).— Macpherson & Segonzac, 2005: 14 .

Material examined. W Sri Lanka, SAFARI 2, Stn 2 (CP02), 3625 m: 2 M 28.8–31.8 mm (MNHN- Ga1579).—Stn 2 (CP03), 3450 m: 1 ovig. F 33.8 mm (MNHN-Ga1578) .

Distribution. Previously known from the northwestern Atlantic (58½49’N) and Bay of Biscay to the southeastern Atlantic (off South Africa, 32½29’S) between 3134 and 4460 m ( Macpherson & Segonzac 2005), Pacific Ocean, off Juan Fernandez ( Henderson 1888), Bering Sea, 3241 m ( Benedict 1902, as M. beringana ), southern part of Davis Strait, 2626 m ( Hansen 1908), off Oregon, 2800–3990 m ( Ambler 1980, as M. beringana ), Japan, 3420–3960 m ( Baba 1982), Tasman Sea, off Zamboanga, Costa Rica, Gulf of Panama, 366–3800 m and Indian Ocean, southwestern Australia, Mozambique, off Sri Lanka ( Baba 2005). The present specimens were collected wesr of Sri Lanka, at 3450 and 3625 m.