A new squat lobster of the genus <i>Munidopsis</i> (Crustacea: Decapoda: Munidopsidae) from the Mediterranean Sea

Enrique Macpherson

doi:10.3989/scimar.2011.75n3525

Authors

Enrique Macpherson Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Blanes (CEAB-CSIC)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2011.75n3525

Keywords:

Galatheoidea, morphology, new species, deep-sea

Abstract

A new species of Munidopsis Whiteaves, 1874 is reported from the south of Crete, at 2046-2104 m, in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The species (M. ariadne) is morphologically closely related to M. maunga Schnabel and Bruce, 2006, from New Zealand. The species is also close to M. polymorpha Koelbel, 1892, from Lanzarote, Canary Islands, and M. talismani A. Milne Edwards and Bouvier, 1894, from the NW Africa. The new species is described and illustrated and a diagnosis along with full illustration is provided for the latter 2 species.

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