Munidopsis bermudezi Chace, 1939

Macpherson, Enrique & Segonzac, Michel, 2005, Species of the genus Munidopsis (Crustacea, Decapoda, Galatheidae) from the deep Atlantic Ocean, including cold-seep and hydrothermal vent areas, Zootaxa 1095 (1), pp. 1-60 : 19

Munidopsis bermudezi Chace, 1939

Munidopsis bermudezi Chace, 1939: 46 .— Baba, 2005: 285 (complete synonymy and references).

Material examined. NE Atlantic, EUMELI 4, Stn CPH15, 18º35’N, 21º08’W, 3124 m, 01.06.1992: 1 male 40.0 mm. NW Atlantic, MAR­ECO, Stn 65 (Lstn 382), 53º20’N, 33º36’W, 3015 m, 24.07.2004: 1 female 26.2 mm.

Remarks. The material examined agrees quite well with the type description and additional illustrations provided by the different authors ( Baba 2005, and references).

Distribution. Caribbean Sea, off Cuba (type locality), 2434­3020 m (Chace 1939, 1942), N of Azores, 3120 m ( Sivertsen & Holthuis 1956), Gulf of Mexico, 3246 m ( Pequegnat & Pequegnat 1970, 1971), off coast of Virginia, 2620­2955 m (Laird et al. 1976), Middle Atlantic Bight, 2575 m ( Wenner 1982), Venezuela Basin, 3411­4064 m ( Gore 1983). The present material was collected in the N Atlantic between 3015 and 3124 m.