Munida rubridigitalis Baba, 1994

Ahyong, Shane T. & Poore, Gary C. B., 2004, Deep-water Galatheidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from southern and eastern Australia, Zootaxa 472 (1), pp. 1-76 : 41-42

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.472.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5246047

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C48A73-617C-972D-081C-F96A3DC5EA27

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scientific name

Munida rubridigitalis Baba, 1994
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Munida rubridigitalis Baba, 1994

Munida rubridigitalis Baba, 1994: 13–16 , fig. 6 [type locality: Coral Sea, 17º51.76’S, 147º07.95’E]. — Davie, 2002: 65.

Material examined. QUEENSLAND: AM P42278, 1 male (20.5 mm), 1 female (23.0 mm), NE of Tweed Heads , 27º55–57’S, 154º03’E, 549 m, trawl, K78­23­09, 6 Nov 1978 . NEW SOUTH WALES: AM P31504, 2 ovigerous females (18.9–22.6 mm), SE of Cape Byron , 28º41–44’S, 153º51’E, 156 m, K78­17­21, 5 Apr 1978 ; AM P31423, 1 female (22.5 mm), NE of Sugarloaf Point , 32º15’S, 153º02’E, 457 m, trawl, K78­03­04, 5 Apr 1978 GoogleMaps ; AM P31502, 1 male (19.5 mm), 1 female (18.4 mm), NE of North Solitary Island , 29º53–50’S, 153º42–43’E, 457 m, trawl, K78­06­07, 24 Apr 1978 ; AM P66658, 2 females (14.9–18.0 mm), NE of Long Reef , 33°42’S, 151°42’E, K85­21­06, 439–466 m, K85­21­ 06, 19 Dec 1985 GoogleMaps .

Remarks. Munida rubridigitalis is readily distinguished from other known Australian species by the combination of the short chelipeds and the upturned, laterally compressed rostrum.

Distribution. Coral Sea and now from New South Wales at 156– 549 m.

AM

Australian Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Galatheidae

Genus

Munida

Loc

Munida rubridigitalis Baba, 1994

Ahyong, Shane T. & Poore, Gary C. B. 2004
2004
Loc

Munida rubridigitalis

Davie, P. J. F. 2002: 65
Baba, K. 1994: 16
1994
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