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Issue: Vol. 2754 No. 1: 1 Feb. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-02-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2754.1.4
Page range: 51–59
Abstract views: 34
PDF downloaded: 2

Two new deep-sea squat lobsters of the genus Munidopsis Whiteaves, 1874 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Munidopsidae) from Taiwan

Department of Biology, National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, 2 Houwan Road, Checheng, Pingtung, 944, Taiwan, Republic of China Institute of Marine Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, National Dong Hwa University, No. 1, Sec. 2, Da Hsueh Rd., Shoufeng, Hualien 97401, Taiwan, Republic of China
Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, 2 Pei Ning Road, Keelung 20224, Taiwan, Republic of China
Crustacea Munidopsidae Munidopsis new species Taiwan

Abstract

Two new deep-sea munidopsids, Munidopsis aurantia sp. nov. and M. laevisquama sp. nov., are described from Taiwan. Munidopsis aurantia sp. nov. closely resembles M. serricornis (Lovén, 1852), but differs in lacking an antennal spine, cheliped with fingers longer than palm and merus bearing distal spines but without a row of dorsal spines. Munidopsis laevisquama sp. nov. differs from other congeners by its carapace being densely covered with squamae but without dorsal spines, eyes that are subglobular and lacking spines or papillae, the basal antennal segment bearing a cylindrical process, and the cheliped and walking legs all lacking distal spines. Altogether 36 species of Munidopsis are now known from the deep waters off Taiwan.

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