Paramunida labis Macpherson, 1996

Ahyong, Shane T., 2007, Decapod Crustacea collected by the NORFANZ Expedition: Galatheidae and Polychelidae, Zootaxa 1593, pp. 1-54 : 41-42

Paramunida labis Macpherson, 1996

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Paramunida labis Macpherson, 1996: 413 , figs. 9, 24 [type locality: Futuna Island, 245–400 m]. — Baba 2005: 302.

Material examined. Norfolk Ridge: AM P73029, 1 male (6.6 mm), 1 ovigerous female (7.5 mm), 29°41.84’S, 168°02.62’E, 322–337 m, TAN0308/020 #005, 14 May 2003; NIWA 28075, 1 ovigerous female (7.9 mm), near Norfolk Island, 29°02.24’S, 167°35.96’E, 0–1200 m, TAN0308/025 #074, 15 May 2003.

Colour in life. Translucent with clear, diffuse orange mottling, darkest anteriorly. Chelipeds with orangered band across articulations. Walking legs with diffuse, clear orange-red banding; dactyli clear red.

Remarks. The two specimens agree well with the type description, and extend the known range onto the Norfolk Ridge. Paramunida labis closely resembles P. antipodes Ahyong & Poore, 2004 , from southeastern Australia, differing in bearing one instead of three prominent cardiac spines and in the shorter mesiodistal spine on antennal segment 2 which reaches or only slightly overreaches the base of, rather than reaching or overreaching the end of segment 3.

Distribution. Wallis and Futuna Islands, Fiji, Tonga, and now from the vicinity of Norfolk Island; 245– 440 m ( Macpherson 1996).

Figures

FIGURE 20. A, Paramunida labis Macpherson, 1996, ovigerous female, 7.9 mm, TAN 0308 / 025 (NIWA 28075). B, Phylladiorhynchus cf. pusillus (Henderson, 1885), female, 8.7 mm, TAN 0308 / 126 (NIWA 28065).