Munida endeavourae Ahyong and Poore, 2004

McCallum, Anna W., Ahyong, Shane T. & Andreakis, Nikos, 2021, New species of squat lobsters of the genus Munida from Australia, Memoirs of Museum Victoria 80, pp. 113-152 : 141

Munida endeavourae Ahyong and Poore, 2004

Figure 17D

Munida endeavourae Ahyong and Poore, 2004: 26 , fig. 5 (type locality: south-east of Green Cape, New South Wales, Australia). — Baba et al., 2008: 94 . — Yaldwyn and Webber, 2011: 211. — Farrelly and Ahyong, 2019: 13, 54. — Yan et al. 2020: 2, tab. 1.

Munida grievae Vereshchaka, 2005: 140 , fig. 3A–F (type locality: Bay of Plenty, New Zealand).

Munida sp. MoV 5199. — Poore et al., 2008: 21, unnumbered figure (lower right). —McEnnulty et al., 2011, app. 1, 2.

Material examined. Western Australia: NMV J55052 , 1 ovigerous female (cl 21.7 mm, pcl 13.9 mm), Albany , 35° 26.046' S, 118° 21.06' E to 35° 26.19'S, 118° 20.64' E, 912–922 m, SS10/2005/28, 23 November 2005 . Tasmania: MV J59312 , 1 specimen, Cascade Plateau , 43° 49.706' S, 150° 29.999' E, 1061 m, TT 01/2008/J2-390-015, 4 January 2009 ; MV J59310 , 1 specimen, Hill off St. Helens , 41° 14.349' S, 148° 49.293' E, 1309 m, TT 01/2008/J2-389-006, 1 January 2009 .

Colour. Carapace, abdomen, chela and P2–4 pink. Eggs red.

Genetic data. COI and 16S; see Table 1.

Remarks. Poore et al. (2008) and McEnnulty et al. (2011) recorded M. endeavourae from south-western Australia as “ Munida sp. MoV 5199”; the present record is the first confirmation of the species from the area.

Distribution. South-eastern Australia from south-east of Green Cape to Tasmania, 620–1700 m. South-western Australia, 912– 922 m

Figures

Figure 17. A–C, Munida compacta Macpherson, 1997, female, dorsal view and lateral (NMV J56409), female 18.9 mm, pcl 13.4 mm (NMV J55990); D, Munida endeavourae Poore and Ahyong, 2004, ovigerous female, cl 21.7 mm, pcl 13.9 mm (NMV J55052); E, Munida gordoae Macpherson, 1994 (NMV J56420). Photos: K. Gowlett-Holmes, CSIRO.