Munidopsis armata (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)

Vazquez-Bader, Ana Rosa & Gracia, Adolfo, 2016, Diversity and distribution of Chirostyloidea and Galatheoidea (Decapoda, Anomura) in the Southern Gulf of Mexico, ZooKeys 612, pp. 1-30 : 14

Taxon classification Animalia Decapoda Munidopsidae

Munidopsis armata (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)

Material examined.

BIOREPES 2 stn. 23, 1 male. COBERPES stn. B8, 1 ovigerous female. COBERPES 2011 stn. B1, 2 males, 2 ovigerous females, stn. B9, 4 males, 2 females, 3 ovigerous females.

Remarks.

We collected 15 individuals in front of Grijalva-Usumacinta Rivers, Tabasco; Campeche Bank, Campeche; at 560.0-1040.0 m. Females CL range was 10.8-10.9 mm, whereas the CL for males varied between 5.0-12.3 mm. The ovigerous females (CL = 8.9 to 11.9 mm) were collected in summer at 976.0-1040.0 m. It is the first time that this species is recorded in the SSE and SSW sectors. It was previously reported in sector ESE; Caribbean and South America ( Felder et al. 2009).