Munidopsis diomedeae ( Faxon, 1893 )

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 150

Munidopsis diomedeae ( Faxon, 1893)

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Galacantha diomedeae Faxon, 1893: 180 ; 1895: 79, pl. 25.

Munidopsis diomedeae . — Haig & Wicksten 1975: 101. — Wicksten 1980c: 364; 1989b: 315. — Hendrickx & Harvey 1999: 376. — Hendrickx 2003b: 24.

Diagnosis. Rostrum without lateral spines, distal part angled upward. Carapace with one very large, 2 smaller median dorsal spines, large anterolateral spine followed by smaller one on each side, anterior part of carapace with tubercles, posterior half with tuberculate ridges. Pereopods tuberculate. Carpus of cheliped with 2 distal spines. Pereopods 2–4 with one spine each at end of carpus, merus. Abdominal somites 1–3 with small median spines. Carapace length to 28 mm.

Color in life. Red.

Habitat and depth. Lower continental slope, on mud and Globigerina ooze, 768–3790 m.

Range. San Clemente I., California to Chile. Type locality not designated; type material came from 15 stations between the Gulf of Panama and the Gulf of California .

Remarks. Faxon (1895) noted that this craylet was parasitized by rhizocephalan cirripeds and epicaridean isopods.