Munidopsis similior Baba, 1988

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 : 97-98

publication ID	11755334
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10534279
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scientific name	Munidopsis similior Baba, 1988
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Munidopsis similior Baba, 1988: 164 , fig. 65; 2005: 295.

Material examined. Madagascar (A. Crosnier collection), Stn CH 94, 400 m: 1 M 7.8 mm (MNHN-Ga843) . Madagascar, CREVETTE 1986, Stn 60, 475 m: 1 F 5.7 mm (MNHN-Ga5595) . Philippines, MUSORSTOM 2, Stn 26, 299– 320 m: 1 F 8.5 mm ( MNHN) .— Stn 83, 290 m: 1 M 6.0 mm ( MNHN) . Indonesia, Banda Sea, CORINDON 4. Stn I /1, 448– 595 m: 1 ovig. F 7.5 mm (MNHN-Ga1600).— Stn II /1, 348– 646 m: 1 ovig. F 5.5 mm (MNHN-Ga1617) . Solomon Islands, SALOMON 1, Stn 1792, 477– 505 m: 15 M 4.2–7.6 mm, 7 F 4.5– 6.6 mm (MNHN-Ga5596).— Stn 1798: 1 M 5.5 mm (MNHN-Ga5597).— Stn 1804, 309– 328 m: 4 ovig. F 5.3–6.7 m (MNHN-Ga5598). — Stn 1831, 135– 325 m: 1 F 5.0 mm (MNHN-Ga5599).— Stn 1851, 297– 350 m: 2 M 4.4–5.3 mm, 1 ovig. F 5.7 mm, 1 F 2.5 mm (MNHN-Ga5600).— Stn 1860, 620 m: 2 M 3.5–6.2 mm, 3 F 3.5–5.1 mm (MNHN-Ga5601). SALOMON 2, Stn 2184, 464– 523 m: 1 F 8.3 mm ( MNHN) .— Stn 2213, 495– 650 m: 3 M 7.5–8.9 mm, 2 ovig. F 7.2–8.3 mm (MNHN-Ga5602).— Stn 2245, 582– 609 m: 1 ovig. F 6.1 mm, 2 F 6.4–7.3 mm (MNHN-Ga5603).— Stn 2260, 399– 427 m: 1 M 5.8 mm (MNHN-Ga5604).— Stn 2263, 485– 520 m: 1 ovig. F 6.2 mm (MNHN-Ga5605) . Vanuatu, MUSORSTOM 8, Stn 1074, 775– 798 m: 4 M 3.1– 3.2 mm, 5 F 2.4–4.3 mm ( MNHN) . BOA 0, Stn 2313, 421– 482 m: 1 ovig. F 5.5 mm (MNHN-Ga5606).— Stn 2314, 430– 455 m: 1 M 5.6 mm, 2 F 6.2–6.7 mm ( MNHN). BOA 1 View Materials , Stn 2446, 300– 360 m: 2 M 3.1–6.8 mm; 1 F 3.5 mm (MNHN-Ga5607) . Fiji, MUSORSTOM 10, Stn 1317, 471– 475 m: 5 M 3.0– 4.1 mm, 7 F 2.3–4.2 mm, 1 juv. 2.0 mm (MNHN-Ga5608).— Stn 1327, 370– 389 m: 1 M 7.5 mm ( MNHN) .— Stn 1332, 640– 687 m: 1 ovig. F 8.0 mm ( MNHN). BORDAU 1 View Materials , Stn 1395, 423– 500 m: 3 M 3.7–4.3 mm, 1 ovig. F 5.4 mm, 3 F 4.6–7.7 mm (MNHN-Ga5609).—Stn 1447, 420– 513 m: 2 M 8.4–9.3 mm, 4 ovig. F 6.1–6.7 mm, 2 F 3.5–4.4 mm (MNHN-Ga5610).— Stn 1448, 410– 500 m: 1 F 8.3 mm (MNHN-Ga5611) .

Colour. Carapace and abdomen uniform brown. Rostrum and P1–P3 light brown; corneae yellow.

Remarks. The specimens examined exhibited a certain degree of variation in several characters. The specimens from Madagascar have the sternite 4 unarmed or with minute spines and the dorsal surface of the carapace with a few striae. However, some specimens from the Philippines and Indonesia also show the same.

Distribution. Previously known from the Philippines and south of China Sea, at 267–366 m ( Baba 1988, 2005). These present records extend the range of the species to Madagascar, Indonesia, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Fiji, between 290 and 798 m.