Munidopsis aspera ( Henderson, 1885 )

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 149

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5255100
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scientific name	Munidopsis aspera ( Henderson, 1885 )
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Munidopsis aspera ( Henderson, 1885)

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Elasmonotus asper Henderson, 1885: 416 View in CoL .

Munidopsis aspera . — Rathbun 1904: 167. — Schmitt 1921: 171, pl. 31, fig.1. — Wicksten 1989b: 315. — Hendrickx & Harvey 1999: 376.

Diagnosis. Rostrum elongate, triangular, length variable: from same as eyestalk to twice its length. Carapace with small lobe on orbital border, dorsal surface with tubercles, 2 large tubercles on cardiac area. Chelipeds elongate, setose, with scattered spines. Pereopods 2–4 with elongate dactyls. Abdominal somites 2, 3 with tubercles. Total length 28 mm.

Color in life. Not reported.

Habitat and depth. Continental shelf and slope, 104–2748 m.

Range. Santa Catalina I. , California to Straits of Magellan; off Brazil and Patagonia. Type localities off coast of Brazil and off Patagonia .

Remarks. There are no accurate and detailed drawings of this species.

References

Henderson, J. R. (1885) Diagnoses of the new species of Galatheidea collected during the Challenger Expedition. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 5, 16, 407 - 421.

Hendrickx, M. E. & Harvey, A. (1999) Checklist of anomuran crabs (Crustacea; Decapoda) from the eastern tropical Pacific. Belgian Journal of Zoology, 129, 363 - 389.

Rathbun, M. J. (1904) Decapod crustaceans of the northwest coast of North America. Harriman Alaska Expedition, 10, 1 - 219.

Schmitt, W. L. (1921) The marine decapod Crustacea of California. University of California Publications in Zoology, 23, 1 - 470.

Wicksten, M. K. (1989 b) Ranges of offshore decapod crustaceans in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History, 21, 291 - 316.