Munidopsis serricornis ( Lovén, 1852 )

Ahyong, Shane T. & Poore, Gary C. B., 2004, Deep-water Galatheidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from southern and eastern Australia, Zootaxa 472 (1), pp. 1-76 : 57

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.472.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7347E600-9390-4F93-9F19-D2A025DDAFDB

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5029819

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C48A73-616C-973C-081C-FCB838EDEE08

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Munidopsis serricornis ( Lovén, 1852 )
status

 

Munidopsis serricornis ( Lovén, 1852)

Galathea serricornis Lovén, 1852, 1852: 22 [type locality: Sweden].

Galathea tridentata Esmark, 1857: 239 [type locality: Lofoten, W coast of Norway].

Galathodes rosaceus A. Milne­Edwards, 1881: 43 [type locality: NW coast of Spain].

Munidopsis tridentata . — Chace, 1942: 88–89. — Baba, 1988: 172–173, fig. 70.

Munidopsis serricornis . — Baba & Poore, 2002: 241–244, figs. 6–9.

Material examined. TASMANIA: AM P61819, 2 males (13.6–20.6 mm), 2 females (13.6–22.2 mm), off St. Patricks Head , Tasmania, 41º35’S, 148º14’E, 1100 m, trawl, FRV Soela, S 05/87/15, K. Graham, 12 Jul 1987 GoogleMaps .

Remarks. Munidopsis serricornis was recently reported and figured from Australia by Baba & Poore (2002) and was regarded as a variable, cosmopolitan species. One specimen contributing to this conclusion, identified by Baba & Poore (2002) as Ms. serricornis , is referable to Ms. treis n. sp. described below. The remaining Australian specimens of Ms. serricornis studied by Baba & Poore (2002) together with the present series differ from Atlantic specimens in bearing a pair of epigastric spines on the carapace, but agree in bearing spinose meri of the walking legs. Philippine specimens of Ms. serricornis reported by Baba (1988) (as Ms. tridentata ) and two Investigator specimens from the Bay of Bengal (AM P2701) agree with Atlantic specimens in lacking epigastric spines, but differ from Atlantic specimens in having smaller lateral carapace spines less spinose meri of the walking legs. Although Baba (1988) and Baba & Poore (2002) characterised Ms. serricornis as a variable and cosmopolitan species, it appears that specimens from different localities are readily diagnosed. Further study may well indicate that several species are involved.

Distribution. Known from both sides of the Atlantic and the Indo­Pacific from the western Indian Ocean to Indonesia, the Philippines, and southeastern Australia ( Baba & Poore 2002).

AM

Australian Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Galatheidae

Genus

Munidopsis

Loc

Munidopsis serricornis ( Lovén, 1852 )

Ahyong, Shane T. & Poore, Gary C. B. 2004
2004
Loc

Munidopsis serricornis

Baba, K. & Poore, G. C. B. 2002: 241
2002
Loc

Munidopsis tridentata

Baba, K. 1988: 172
Chace, F. A. 1942: 88
1942
Loc

Galathodes rosaceus A. Milne­Edwards, 1881: 43

Milne-Edwards, A. 1881: 43
1881
Loc

Galathea tridentata

Esmark, L. 1857: 239
1857
Loc

Galathea serricornis Lovén, 1852 , 1852: 22

Loven, S. 1852: 22
1852
GBIF Dataset (for parent article) Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF