Munida gordoae Macpherson, 1994

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Munida gordoae Macpherson, 1994

Figure. 17E

Munida gordoae Macpherson, 1994: 469 , fig. 18 (type locality: Chesterfield Islands). — Baba et al., 2008: 97.

Munida aff. volantis . — Poore et al., 2008, 20, unnumbered fig. — McEnnulty et al., 2011: 26, app. 1, 2.

Material examined. Western Australia: NMV J56420 , 3 ovigerous females (cl 5.7 mm, pcl 3.5 mm to cl 8.2 mm, pcl 5.3 mm), 8 males (cl 5.1 mm, pcl 2.9 mm to cl 8.1 mm, pcl 6.1 mm), 2 juveniles (cl 4.8 mm, pcl 3.1 mm; cl 5.1 mm, pcl 3.2 mm), Imperieuse L 23 east transect, 17° 35.706'S, 118° 58.902'E to 17° 35.346'S, 118° 58.794'E, 140– 108 m, SS05/2007/62, 16 June 2007 ; NMV J55087 , 3 males (cl 10.0 mm, pcl 6.3 mm to cl 11.2 mm, pcl 7.2 mm), Two Rocks , 31° 37.452' S, 115° 00.24' E to 31° 37.71' S, 115° 00.18' E, 205–210 m, SS10/2005/11, 19 November 2005 ; NMV J55085 , 1 male (cl 12.0 mm, pcl 6.3 mm), Perth Canyon , 31° 55.26' S, 115° 12.12' E to 31° 55.446' S, 115° 11.76' E, 194–232 m, SS10/2005/69, 29 November 2005 ; NMV J55088 , 1 female (cl 11.0 mm, pcl 6.3 mm), Abrolhos , 28° 59.328' S, 113° 47.04' E to 28° 59.784' S, 113° 47.28' E, 180–183 m, SS10/2005/91, 3 December 2005 ; NMV J55086 , 5 ovigerous females (cl 7.3 mm, pcl 4.8 mm to cl 11.2 mm, pcl 7.4 mm), 1 damaged male, Kalbarri , 27° 55.716'S, 113° 08.28'E to 27° 56.022'S, 113° 08.64'E, 252–253 m, SS10/2005/99, 4 December 2005 .

Colour. Carapace and abdominal somite 2–3 pink and orange patterning. Abdominal somite 4–6 with white markings. Rostrum and supraocular spines orange/pink. Chela and P2-4 orange/red with white bands.

Genetic data. COI and 16S.

Remarks. These are the first records of M. gordoae from Australia. Sequence divergence between our north-western Australian specimens of M. gordoae and those from New Caledonia was only 0.2% for COI and 0.4% for 16S.

Distribution. New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, Matthew and Hunter Islands, and Chesterfield Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, 80– 500 m. Western Australia, 180– 232 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.