Munida macrobrachia Hendrickx, 2003

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 146-147

Munida macrobrachia Hendrickx, 2003

( Fig. 35A–D)

Munida macrobrachia Hendrickx, 2003a: 121 , figs. 4, 5C, D. Diagnosis (after Hendrickx 2003). Rostrum spiniform, sharp, slightly serrate dorsally and laterally. Eye small. Supraocular spines sharp, almost parallel. Carapace slightly convex anteriorly and latero-posteriorly, almost flat in central part, all main striae strongly elevated. Frontal margin of carapace almost transversal. Gastric region slightly elevated, with 2 pairs epigastric spines; one small hepatic spine, one parahepatic, one anterior branchial spine on each side. Cervical groove deep. Strong anterolateral spine. Lateral margin almost straight in anterior 0.66 of length, slightly convex in posterior third, with 3 spines on anterior branchial margin, 4–6 posterior spines. Abdominal tergites unarmed. Chelipeds of adult male subequal, squamous, with rows of irregularly set mostly blunt spines, tubercles. Length of left cheliped almost 3 times as long as length of carapace. Pereopods 2–4 slender, flattened, outer face, part of inner face covered with flattened tubercles, some tipped with blunt spines. Dactyls with about 25 movable spinules along flexor margins. Carapace length 13.7–30.5 mm without rostrum.

Color in life. Not reported.

Habitat and depth. Continental shelf, 540–612 m. All of the areas in which this species was taken have a steeply sloping bottom.

Range. Off Point Vicente, Santa Catalina I. and San Clemente I., southern California. Type locality 10.4 miles offshore of Point Vicente, Los Angeles County , California (Velero IV sta. 24480) .