Munida iris A. Milne-Edwards, 1880

Mantelatto, Fernando L., Miranda, Ivana, Vera-Silva, Ana L., Negri, Mariana, Buranelli, Raquel C., Terossi, Mariana, Magalhães, Tatiana, Costa, Rogério C., Zara, Fernando J. & Castilho, Antonio L., 2021, Checklist of decapod crustaceans from the coast of the São Paulo state (Brazil) supported by integrative molecular and morphological data: IV. Infraorder Anomura: Superfamilies Chirostyloidea, Galatheoidea, Hippoidea and Paguroidea, Zootaxa 4965 (3), pp. 558-600 : 564

Munida iris A. Milne-Edwards, 1880

Munida iris A. Milne-Edwards, 1880: 49 .

Material examined. None.

Distribution. Western Atlantic— USA (Virginia, Carolinas), Gulf of Mexico (southeast coast), Mexico, Cuba, Cay Sal Banks, Lesser Antilles ( Barbados), Guyana, Brazil (Alagoas, São Paulo, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul), Uruguay; Eastern Atlantic—Gulf of Cadiz, Canaries, African Coast ( Western Sahara, Mauritania), Cape Verde Islands; Western Mediterranean— Spain, Morocco ( Melo-Filho 2006, 2008).

Remarks. The absence of specimens collected by us is probably due to our sampling effort in shallow waters. This species can be collected between 45 and 1303 m depth, but is usually found between 200 and 400 m. It was recorded offshore region (503–600 m) of the São Paulo coast ( Melo-Filho 2008). We found two specimens deposited in the MZUSP collection obtained during expeditions of R/V Soloncy Moura (MZUSP 15348, st. 1141, 24°26ʹS / 044°05ʹW, 503 m, 23.iv.2002) and N.Oc. “Prof. W. Besnard” (MZUSP 13206, st. 6684, 25°43ʹS / 045°09ʹW, 511 m, 13.i.1998), and this later was the first record of M. iris off the São Paulo coast ( Melo-Filho 2006).