Munidopsis barrerai Bahamonde, 1964

Guzman, Guillermo L. & Sellanes, Javier, 2015, A review of the Munidopsidae Ortmann, 1898 (Decapoda, Galatheoidea) in Chilean waters, including new records for the Southeastern Pacific, Zootaxa 4021 (2), pp. 282-306 : 291

Munidopsis barrerai Bahamonde, 1964

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Restricted synonymy:

Munidopsis barrerai Bahamonde, 1964: 166 –169, pl. I figs. A, B.— Baba, 2005: 285.

Type material. Holotype, MNHNS 10.065.

Other material. 1 female cl 41.86 mm, MZUC-CCC 31604 as Munidopsis hamata from Iquique, with no other information.

Type locality. Ritoque, Chile: 33°47’S, 81°18’W, 420 m, 10 June 1960 ( Bahamonde 1964).

Other records. Off Peru: 03°51'S, 81°18'W, 800 m, Nov 1970 to Jan 1972 ( Del Solar 1972). Quintero Bay: 32°42’S, 71°34’W and 71°45’W, 280–400 m and Los Vilos, 31°56’S, 71°38’W and 71°41’W, 300–400 m, Dec 1970 to Oct 1976 ( Andrade & Baez 1980).

Distributional range. Ritoque, Chile and Peru ( Retamal 1981).

Bathymetric range. 280–800 m

Description. Rostrum straight, long, slightly curved upward, armed with 1 pair of spines at mid-length ( Fig. 5 b). Carapace subovate, covered with scales and few spines ( Fig. 5 a), almost straight; cervical groove poorly developed; cardiac region with 2 divergent spines; posterior branchial region with 1 spine; lateral margins with sparse long spines. Chelipeds with sparse spines, merus with 3 row of spines, carpus with mid row of spines, 2 long spines in distal portion. Palm armed with minute tubercles, as long as dactyls ( Fig. 5 c). Walking legs with 2 rows of sparse spines on merus, carpus with distal spine only; propodus unarmed. Dactyl row of ventral spines only ( Fig. 5 d)

Remarks. As was pointed (see M. agassizii remarks), M. barrerai resembles M. agassizii , but differs because M. barrerai is more glabrous than M agassizii , in addition to the longer rostrum of M barrerai .

Figures

FIGURE 5. Munidopsis barrerai Bahamonde 1964, holotype MNHNS 10.065, female 30 mm. a, dorsal view of carapace; b, lateral view of carapace; c, right cheliped; d, third pereiopod. Scale = 1 mm.