Munidopsis crassa

Martin, Joel W. & Haney, Todd A., 2005, Decapod crustaceans from hydrothermal vents and cold seeps: a review through 2005, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 145 (4), pp. 445-522 : 478

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MUNIDOPSIS CRASSA SMITH, 1885

Type locality: North Atlantic Ocean , off East Coast of United States, Steamer Albatross, sta. 2224; 36°16′30″N, 68°21′W; 4902 m, from globigerina ooze GoogleMaps .

Known range: Non-vent records are restricted to the Atlantic ( Pequegnat & Pequegnat, 1970; Wenner, 1982).

Occurrence at vents or seeps: Vent and seep records include the Snake Pit hydrothermal field on the MAR (3480 m) ( Segonzac, 1992) and cold seeps off Peru ( Olu et al., 1996a) at 3000–3600 m; unidentified galatheids at 5040 m off Peru might also belong to this species ( Chevaldonné & Olu, 1996: 291).

Material: Wenner (1982) reported the collection of a single specimen at 2679 m from 36°59.2′N, 73°43.4′W. Non-vent record: type locality; 8 September 1884; USNM 8563 About USNM (holotype female) GoogleMaps .

Remarks: As noted by Chevaldonné & Olu (1996), the Peruvian record is in need of confirmation, as the previous known range for the species was restricted to the Atlantic at depths of 2679–5315 m ( Wenner, 1982).