Munida hispida Benedict, 1902

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 146

Munida hispida Benedict, 1902

( Fig. 34C, D; Pl.7 D)

Munida hispida Benedict, 1902: 260 , fig. 6. — Schmitt 1921: 166, fig. 106. — Wicksten 1982b: 245; 1987: 55; 1989b: 315. — Hendrickx & Harvey 1999: 375. — Hendrickx 2003a: 124.

Diagnosis. Rostrum spine-like, more than twice as long as supraocular spines. Supraocular spines slightly exceeding corneas of eye. Carapace with ridges, 7–10 lateral spines posterior to larger anterolateral spines; pair gastric spines, also 5 or 6 spines in line along gastric region; smaller spinules on posterior dorsal surface of carapace, posterior border of carapace with 10–18 low spines. Chelipeds with numerous spinules. Fingers of chelae slender, gaping in adult male. Pereopods 2–4 with spines on merus, fewer spinules on carpus, propodus, dactyl slender. Abdomen with spinules on second to fourth abdominal somites. Carapace length to 20 mm.

Color in life. Mostly reddish. Carapace with white grooves. spines on chelipeds dark red.

Habitat and depth. Rocky or muddy areas, 165–500 m.

Range. Monterey Bay, California to Galapagos Is. Type locality off Galapagos Is., Albatross station 2817 .