Munidopsis beringana

Martin, Joel W. & Haney, Todd A., 2005, Decapod crustaceans from hydrothermal vents and cold seeps: a review through 2005, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 145 (4), pp. 445-522 : 478

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https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00178.x

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scientific name

Munidopsis beringana
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MUNIDOPSIS BERINGANA BENEDICT, 1902

Type locality: North Pacific Ocean, Bering Sea, Steamer Albatross sta. 3603; 3373 m.

Known range: Bering Sea to Oregon at 2800–3276 m ( Ambler 1980, non-vent areas).

Occurrence at vents or seeps: questionably in the Middle America Trench at 3700–4000 m and at shallower seep communities in the same region ( Chevaldonné & Olu, 1996) (see below).

Material: type locality; 3 specimens; USNM 20557 View Materials (holotype) .

Remarks: Because M. beringana is usually found from the Bering Sea to Oregon at 2800–3276 m ( Ambler, 1980), the presence of this species at a vent site that is out of this range and depth (3700–4000 m depth, west of Mexico in the Middle America Trench) is questionable ( Chevaldonné & Olu, 1996: 290). The collected specimens apparently have slight morphological variations that also suggest the possibility that they are not conspecific with true M. beringana ( Chevaldonné & Olu, 1996: 290) ; the authors cited personal communication with E. Macpherson in connection with samples but did not provide the details of such collections.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Galatheidae

Genus

Munidopsis

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