Eumunida (Eumunida) pacifica Gordon, 1930

Ahyong, Shane T. & Baba, Keiji, 2004, Chirostylidae from north-western Australia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura), Memoirs of Museum Victoria 61 (1), pp. 57-64 : 58

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scientific name	Eumunida (Eumunida) pacifica Gordon, 1930
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Eumunida pacifica Gordon, 1930: 746 , figs 6–7 [type locality: Timor Sea , Indonesia].

Eumunida (Eumunida) pacifica . — de Saint Laurent and Poupin, 1996: 359–362, figs 4a, b, 12a.

Material examined. SAM C724 View Materials , 1 female (43.0 mm), Timor Sea, off Palmerston [now Darwin], Northern Territory, P. Foelske, Nov 1890 ; SAM C725 View Materials , 4 males (16.9–32.1 mm), 1 female (20.0 mm), Timor Sea, off Palmerston [now Darwin], Northern Territory, P. Foelske, Nov 1890 .

Remarks. The present specimens of E. pacifica are all in dry condition. One lot ( SAM C725) forms part of a larger series of Eumunida that includes E. funambulus and E. ampliata (see below) registered as a single lot.

Distribution. Indonesia (Timor Sea, Moluccas, Kai Islands) and now from northern Australia; 204–304 m (de Saint Laurent and Poupin, 1996); 293–605 m (de Saint Laurent and Poupin, 1996).

Eumunida (Eumunidopsis) ampliata de Saint Laurent and Poupin, 1996

Eumunida (Eumunidopsis) ampliata de Saint Laurent and Poupin,

1996: 368–371, figs 7a–e, 8a–e, 12c [type locality: Timor Sea].

Material examined. SAM C725 View Materials , 2 males (21.8–25.9 mm), 2 females (23.1–28.1 mm), Timor Sea, off Palmerston [now Darwin], Northern Territory, P. Foelske, Nov 1890 .

Remarks. The specimens are fragmented but nevertheless identifiable as E. ampliata .

Distribution. Indonesia (Kai Islands, Sahul Bank) and now from northern Australia; 204–304 m (de Saint Laurent and Poupin, 1996).

References

Gordon, I. 1930. On the species of the galatheid genus Eumunida (Crustacea, Decapoda). Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London 1929: 741 - 753.

Saint Laurent, M. de, and Poupin, J. 1996. Crustacea Anomura: Les especes indo-ouest pacifiques du genre Eumunida Smith, 1880 (Chirostylidae). Description de six especes nouvelles. In: A. Crosnier (ed.), Resultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Vol. 15. Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris A 168: 337 - 385, figs 1 - 13.