Munida rubridigitalis Baba, 1994

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Munida rubridigitalis Baba, 1994

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Munida rubridigitalis Baba, 1994 a: 13 , fig. 6 (type locality: off Central Queensland). — Ahyong and Poore, 2004: 41. — Poore, 2004: 234 (compilation). — Baba, 2005: 273. — Baba et al., 2008: 117. Not Munida rubridigitalis — Poore et al., 2008: 20 (south-western Australia, 396–411 m) (= Munida julumunyju sp. nov.).? Munida rubridigitalis . — Macpherson, 1997: 610. Munida sp. — Macpherson, 1994: 558, figs 13b, 90 (= Munida julumunyju sp. nov.).? Munida rubrodigitalis [sic]. — Macpherson, 1999: 423, fig. 4e.

Type material. Paratypes: QM W19726 , 2 males (pcl 10.0– 12.7 mm), 3 ovigerous females (pcl 10.9–12.1 mm), 1 female (9.5 mm), Queensland, Coral Sea, 17° 51.13' S 147° 8' E, 497–503 m, Cidaris Station 47-2, 16 May 1986 .

Other material examined. Queensland: AM P42278 , 1 male (pcl 14.7 mm, cl 20.5 mm), 1 ovigerous female (pcl 16.6 mm, cl 23.0 mm), north-east of Tweed Heads, 27° 55–57' S, 154° 03' E, 549 m, trawl, K78-23-09, 6 November 1978 .

New South Wales: AM P88982 , 1 male (pcl 12.6 mm, cl 17.8 mm), 4 ovigerous females (pcl 12.4 mm, 17.3 mm to pcl 14.7 mm, cl 20.6 mm), north-east of Tweed Heads , 28° 01.8' S, 153° 58.8' E, 549 m, trawl, K78-09-05, 2 June 1978 ; AM P31504 , 2 ovigerous females (pcl 13.1 mm, 18.9 mm; pcl 15.7 mm, cl 22.6 mm), south-east of Cape Byron , 28° 41–44' S, 153° 51' E, 156 m, K78-17-21, 5 April 1978 ; AM P31423 , 1 female (pcl 16.0 mm, cl 22.5 mm), north-east of Sugarloaf Point , 32° 15' S, 153° 02' E, 457 m, trawl, K78-03-04, 5 April 1978 ; AM P31502 , 1 male (pcl 13.4 mm, cl 19.5 mm), 1 female (pcl 13.1 mm, cl 18.4 mm), north-east of North Solitary Island , 29° 53–50' S, 153° 42–43' E, 457 m, trawl, K78-06-07, 24 April 1978 ; AM P66658 , 2 females (pcl 10.4 mm, cl 14.9 mm; pcl 12.2 mm, cl 18.0 mm), north-east of Long Reef , 33° 42' S, 151° 42' E, K85-21-06, 439–466 m, K85- 21-06, 19 December 1985 .

Genetic data. Not available

Remarks. Munida rubridigitalis , described from Queensland, has been also reported from New South Wales, north-western Australia, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Indonesia (Kei islands) (Macpherson, 1994, 1997, 1999; Ahyong and Poore, 2004; Baba et al., 2008; Poore et al., 2008). The north-western Australian records of M. rubridigitalis are herein shown to be referable to a separate species, M. julumunyju sp. nov., which differs chiefly in having a deeper, more strongly curved rostrum (see account of that species). We compared paratypes and other Australian material of M. rubridigitalis to six MNHN specimens identified as M. rubridigitalis from New Caledonia (see material listed under M. julumunyju ). These New Caledonian specimens are herein referred to M. julumunyju sp. nov., as are specimens reported from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands as Munida sp. by Macpherson (1994). Thus, other records of M. rubridigitalis from New Caledonia, Kei Islands and Vanuatu could also be referable to M. julumunyju sp. nov. (see Remarks for that species). At present, M. rubridigitalis sensu stricto is known only from eastern Australia.

Distribution. Eastern Australia, from Queensland and New South Wales, 156– 549 m.

Figures

Figure 22. Munida rubridigitalis Baba, 1994. Baba, 1994, paratype, male cl 16.2 mm, pcl 10.2 mm (QM W19727): A, rostrum; B, right P2 dactylus and propodus. Scale: A–B = 2 mm