Munidopsis marianica, WILLIAMS & BABA, 1989

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 : 479-480

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00178.x
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5490560
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scientific name	Munidopsis marianica
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MUNIDOPSIS MARIANICA WILLIAMS & BABA, 1989

Type locality: western Pacific Ocean , hydrothermal vents of the Mariana back-arc basin ; 3600–3700 m.

Known range: Known only from the type locality ( Williams & Baba, 1989; Van Dover, 1997, in Desbruyères & Segonzac, 1997).

Material: Western Pacific Ocean , Mariana Back-Arc Basin , Burke Field; 18°11′N, 144°43′E; 3680 m; Alvin dive 1837; 28 April 1987; USNM 240198 About USNM [holotype female (ovigerous)], USNM 240199 About USNM (paratypes, 2 ovigerous females, 1 male) ( Williams & Baba, 1989) GoogleMaps .

– Ilium Vent Field; 18°15′N, 144°42′E; 3620 m; Alvin dive 1829; 14 April 1987; USNM 240200 About USNM (paratype, 1 ovigerous female) ( Williams & Baba, 1989) GoogleMaps .

– Burke Field; 18°11′N, 144°43′E; 3727 m; Alvin dive 1847; 8 May 1987; USNM 240201 About USNM (paratype, 1 ovigerous female) ( Williams & Baba, 1989) GoogleMaps .

Remarks: Because this species is known only from vent sites to date, Chevaldonné & Olu (1996) considered it an endemic. For reasons given earlier we are treating it as a probable vagrant. This large species (up to 52 mm carapace length; Van Dover, 1997, in Desbruyères & Segonzac, 1997) is found among dense carpets of actinians ( Williams & Baba, 1989; Hessler & Londsdale, 1991; Chevaldonné & Olu, 1996). Williams & Baba (1989) mentioned video sequences taken during Alvin dive 1845 (18°13′N, 144°42′E, 3716 m, 6 May 1987) that might be of this species.

References

Chevaldonne P, Olu K. 1996. Occurrence of anomuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda) in hydrothermal vent and cold-seep communities: a review. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 109 (2): 286 - 298.

Desbruyeres D, Segonzac M, eds. 1997. Handbook of deepsea hydrothermal vent fauna. Brest: IFREMER.

Van Dover CL. 1997. Genus Munidopsis, Munidopsis alvisca Williams, 1988, Munidopsis lentigo Williams & Van Dover, 1983, Munidopsis marianica Williams & Baba, 1989, Munidopsis subsquamosa Henderson, 1885. In: Desbruyeres D, Segonzac M, eds. Handbook of deep-sea hydrothermal vent fauna. Brest: IFREMER, 200 - 204.

Williams AB, Baba K. 1989. New squat lobsters (Galatheidae) from the Pacific Ocean: Mariana Back Arc Basin, East Pacific Rise, and Cascadia Basin. Fishery Bulletin 87: 899 - 910.