Munida nesiotes Macpherson, 1999

Macpherson, Enrique, Rodríguez-Flores, Paula C. & Machordom, Annie, 2017, New sibling species and new occurrences of squat lobsters (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the western Indian Ocean, European Journal of Taxonomy 343, pp. 1-61 : 42

Munida nesiotes Macpherson, 1999

Fig. 13A

Ground colour of carapace and abdomen pinkish, ridges orange; large orange patches on gastric, cardiac and branchial areas; abdominal somites 2–4 with some orange and whitish patches, somites 5–6 orange. Rostrum and supraocular spines orange. P1 with large red and pink transverse bands, distal portion of fingers whitish. P2–4 with reddish and whitish transverse bands, dactyli whitish, with proXimal red spot.

Figures

Fig. 13. Dorsal view. Colours in life. A. Munida nesiotes Macpherson, 1999, ov. ♀, 8.5 mm, Mozambique, MAINBAZA, Stn CP3143. B. Munida shaula Macpherson & de Saint Laurent, 2002, ov. ♀, 12.4 mm, Mozambique, MAINBAZA, Stn CC3151. C. Munida tetracantha sp. nov., paratype, ♂, 7.4 mm, Mozambique, MAINBAZA, Stn CP3131. D. Paramunida marionis Cabezas et al., 2011, ♀, 6.0 mm, Mozambique, MAINBAZA, Stn CP3143.