Munida benguela de Saint Laurent and Macpherson, 1988

McCallum, Anna W., Ahyong, Shane T. & Andreakis, Nikos, 2021, New species of squat lobsters of the genus Munida from Australia, Memoirs of Museum Victoria 80, pp. 113-152 : 139

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.24199/j.mmv.2021.80.06

publication LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EA21667A-77A5-411D-9C1A-23ECFFF3D505

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12214173

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D85A12-FFF1-316A-FF6C-FCE56BBD2898

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Munida benguela de Saint Laurent and Macpherson, 1988
status

 

Munida benguela de Saint Laurent and Macpherson, 1988 View in CoL

Munida benguela de Saint Laurent and Macpherson, 1988: 106 View in CoL , figs 1, 2a, 2c, 3a, 3d, 3f–i (type locality: south of Namibia). — Baba et al., 2008: 89.

Material examined. Western Australia: NMV J56405 About NMV , 1 male (damaged; cl 11.6 mm, pcl 8.2 mm), SS05/2007/176, Kulumburu L 29 transect, 13° 13.482' S 123° 23.742' E GoogleMaps to 13° 13.338' S 123° 23.286' E, 392 m, 5 July 2007.

Genetic data. Not available.

Remarks. Although this specimen is damaged, most diagnostic characters are evident. In M. benguela , the P2 dactylus has 6–8 spines with the ultimate being distant from the unguis. Similarly, our specimen has 8 spines and is unarmed on the distal one-third. In M. benguela , the fixed finger of the chela has at least 4 spines on the lateral margin which agrees with our specimen. However, our specimen lacks any spines on the mesial margin of the moveable finger while M. benguela has a subdistal spine and an additional 2–4 spines on the mesial margin.

Distribution. South African coast between S Namibia and Natal, and Madagascar; 352–1000 m. North-west Australia, 392 m.

NMV

Museum Victoria

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Munididae

Genus

Munida

Loc

Munida benguela de Saint Laurent and Macpherson, 1988

McCallum, Anna W., Ahyong, Shane T. & Andreakis, Nikos 2021
2021
Loc

Munida benguela

Baba, K. & Macpherson, E. & Poore, G. C. B. & Ahyong, S. T. & Bermudez, A. & Cabezas, P. & Lin, C. - W. & Nizinski, M. & Rodrigues, C. & Schnabel, K. E. 2008: 89
de Saint Laurent, M. & Macpherson, E. 1988: 106
1988
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