Pseudomunida fragilis Haig, 1979

Macpherson, Enrique, 2006, New species and new occurrence of Galatheoidea (Crustacea, Decapoda) from New Caledonia, Zoosystema 28 (3), pp. 669-681 : 673

Pseudomunida fragilis Haig, 1979

Pseudomunida fragilis Haig, 1979: 89 , figs 1, 2. — Baba 2005: 21.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — New Caledonia. HALIPRO 2, stn 055, 25°04’S, 168°44’E, 1098-1480 m, 17.XI.1996,

2 ♂♂ 14.2 and 16.3 mm; 3 ovig. ♀♀ 19.9-25.1 mm.

New Galatheoidea ( Crustacea) from New Caledonia

REMARKS

This rare species was only known by three females. Two were caught off Oahu, Hawaii Islands (type locality), at 969-1280 m ( Haig 1979), and the third female was collected in Bonin Islands, at 1370 m ( Baba 2005). The present record extends its geographical range to the southwestern Pacific, between 1098 and 1480 m.

The specimens agree quite well with the original description and illustrations, and additional data from Baba (2005). The pleopods are absent in males. Ground colour of the carapace, abdominal segments and pereiopods are pink, being darker in the anterior part of the carapace and pereiopods.

Family GALATHEIDAE Samouelle, 1819