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

Munidopsis treis Ahyong & Poore, 2004

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Munidopsis treis Ahyong & Poore, 2004: 62 –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).

Figures

FIGURE 3. A, Munidopsis bractea sp. nov. paratype female, 4.9 mm, TAN 0308 / 126 (NMNZ). B, Munidopsis norfanz sp. nov., holotype, TAN 0308 / 066 (AM). C, Munidopsis treis Ahyong & Poore, 2004, female, 10.7 mm, TAN 0308 / 154 (NMNZ).