Munidopsis alaminos Pequegnat & Pequegnat, 1970

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 alaminos Pequegnat & Pequegnat, 1970

Material examined.

BIOREPES 1 stn. 48, 1 male, 1 ovigerous female, stn. 25, 1 male. COBERPES stn. E2, 1 female. COBERPES 2011 stn. C4, 1 ovigerous female. COBERPES 3 stn. α 7, 1 female. COBERPES 4 stn. B14, 1 male, stn. A5, 1 female, 1 ovigerous female.

Remarks.

The specimens collected in this study were found at San Fernando River, Tamaulipas; Grijalva-Usumacinta Rivers, Tabasco; off Tupilco Lagoon, Tabasco; off Holbox Island, Quintana Roo; in a 513-735 m depth range. The male CL size ranged from 9.8 to 13.9 mm, and the females size ranged from 7.0 to 11.3 mm. Ovigerous females (10.1 to 10.3 mm) were present in spring and summer at 700-735 m. This material constitutes the first record in the SWS (513.0- 640.0 m) and SSE (700.0 m) sectors. One male (CL = 10.3 mm) was infested with bopyrid.