Munidopsis pycnopoda Baba, 2005

Published, First, 2007, Species of the genus Munidopsis Whiteaves, 1784 from the Indian and Pacific Oceans and reestablishment of the genus Galacantha A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Galatheidae), Zootaxa 1417, pp. 1-135 : 96

Munidopsis pycnopoda Baba, 2005

Munidopsis pycnopoda Baba, 2005: 176 , fig. 84.

Material examined. Mozambique Channel, BENTHEDI, Stn 82, 3450 m: 2 M 8.8–9.4 mm, 1 ovig. F 9.7 mm (MNHN-Ga1582).

Remarks. The species was recently described from three specimens collected near Mozambique. The material examined from the same area agrees quite well with the original description. The sternite 3 in the present material is more bilobate than in the original description. No other differences were noted.

Distribution. Know from the Mozambique Channel, at 3450–3485 m.