Munidopsis treis Ahyong & Poore, 2004

Ahyong, Shane T., 2007, Decapod Crustacea collected by the NORFANZ Expedition: Galatheidae and Polychelidae, Zootaxa 1593, pp. 1-54 : 10

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.178624

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5030611

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Munidopsis treis Ahyong & Poore, 2004
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Munidopsis treis Ahyong & Poore, 2004

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Munidopsis treis Ahyong & Poore, 2004: 62 View Cited Treatment –65, fig. 15 [type locality: 278 km W of Cape Catastrophe, Great Australian Bight, South Australia, Australia, 800 m]. — Baba 2005: 297. — Macpherson 2007: 113.

Material examined. West Norfolk Ridge: NMNZ, 1 male (6.1 mm), 4 females (3.9–10.7 mm), 34°37.20’S, 168°57.03’E, 521–539 m, TAN0308/154 #099, 3 Jun 2003.

Colour in life. Carapace pale orange with white mid-band extending from rostral apex to intestinal region; margins white. Abdomen white with pair of longitudinal pale orange stripes. Pereopods pale orange.

Remarks. Munidopsis treis has been recorded from southeastern Australia, New Caledonia and the Chesterfield Islands. The present specimens are the first records in New Zealand waters and compare well with published accounts ( Ahyong & Poore 2004; Macpherson 2007).

Distribution. South Australia, Tasmanian seamounts, the Chesterfield Islands, New Caledonia, and now the West Norfolk Ridge, New Zealand; 366–820 m ( Ahyong & Poore 2004; Macpherson 2005).

NMNZ

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Galatheidae

Genus

Munidopsis

Loc

Munidopsis treis Ahyong & Poore, 2004

Ahyong, Shane T. 2007
2007
Loc

Munidopsis treis

Macpherson 2007: 113
Baba 2005: 297
Ahyong 2004: 62
2004
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