Paramunida belone Macpherson, 1993

Cabezas, P. E., 2010, Taxonomic revision of the genus Paramunida Baba, 1988 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Galatheidae): a morphological and molecular approach, Zootaxa 2712, pp. 1-60 : 16-17

Paramunida belone Macpherson, 1993

( Figs. 12E, 16C)

Paramunida belone Macpherson, 1993: 448 , figs 1, 12 ( Loyalty Islands , 250–437 m); 1996: 410 ( Futuna Island, 245– 395 m) ; 2004: 282 ( Fiji and Tonga, 321–487 m) . — Baba 2005: 197, 302 (key, synonymies, Bali Sea , 450 m) . — Baba et al. 2008: 171 (list of occurrences).

Material examined. New Caledonia. NORFOLK 2. Stn CP 2118, 23°22.87’S, 168°00.86’E, 01 November

2003, 242 m: 1 M 14.2 mm, 2 ov. F 10.5–11.5 mm.

Loyalty Islands. MUSORSTOM 6. Stn DW 398, 20°47.19’S, 167°05.65’E, 13 February 1989, 370 m: 1 F broken. — Stn CP 464, 21º02.3’S, 167º31.6’E, 21 February 1989, 430 m: 1 M 15.0 mm (holotype, MNHN- Ga2853), 1 M 17.8 mm (MNHN-Ga3014) .

Vanuatu. MUSORSTOM 8. Stn CP 963, 20°20.10'S, 169°49.08'E, 21 September 1994, 400– 440 m : 18 M

8.2–14.8 mm, 6 ov. F 10.8–13.4 mm, 1 F 5.9 mm. — Stn CP980, 19°21.02'S, 169°25.22'E, 22 September

1994, 430– 450 m: 4 M 12.3–13.4 mm, 2 F 10.3–14.6 mm. — Stn CP1091, 15°10.24'S, 167°13.01'E, 06 October 1994, 344– 350 m: 2 M 7.9–11.7 mm, 1 ov. F 10.2 mm. SANTO. Stn AT1, 15°32.4’S, 167°16.4’E, 14 September 2006 , 167– 367 m: 2 M 12.5–12.7 mm. — Stn AT48, 15°33.8'S, 167°18.9'E, 30 September 2006, 330–

341 m: 2 ov. F 10.6–11.7 mm. — Stn AT49, 15°33.8'S, 167°18.9'E, 30 September 2006, 266– 328 m: 1 ov. F

8.6 mm.

Tonga. BORDAU 2 . Stn CP 1511, 21º07.83’S, 175º22.38’W, 31 May 2000, 384– 402 m: 3 M 10.0– 10.9 mm, 5 ov. F 8.2–11.5 mm .

Futuna Island. Stn 505, 14º19.5’S, 178º04.3’W, 11 May 1992, 245– 400 m: 8 M 9.3–12.9 mm, 7 ov. F 8.0 –

Diagnosis. Rostrum spiniform, larger than supraocular spines, with thin dorsal carina; margin between rostral and supraocular spines straight or slightly concave. Spinules on gastric and hepatic regions forming groups arising from scale-like striae and with few short uniramous setae. Mesogastric region with 1 (rarely 2) well-developed spine. Median cardiac region with 3 or 4 well-developed spines in midline. Few and short setae along anterior branch of cervical groove. Sternal plastron smooth, with some median striae on sternite 4, and few short lateral striae on sternites 5–7. Lateral margin of antennular segment 1 with distal slender portion about half as long as proximal inflated portion. Antennal peduncle with anterior prolongation of segment 1 spiniform; segment 2 more than 2.5 times longer than broad, with distomesial spine of segment 2 mucronated, clearly overreaching antennal peduncle, distolateral spine reaching end of segment 3; segment 3 1.5 times longer than broad. Base of P1 carpus without bundle of setae. P2 propodus about 13 times as long as wide, and about 1.4 times dactylus length.

Remarks. Paramunida belone is morphologically related to P. lophia and P. salai from the Solomon Islands, P.spica n. sp. from Vanuatu and P. proxima from the Philippines, off Zamboanga, Mindanao, north of the Admiralty Islands, Indonesia, Kei Islands, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu (see Remarks for those species).

Distribution. New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, Vanuatu, Tonga, Fiji, Wallis and Futuna and Bali Sea, between 250 and 487 m.