Munidopsis tafrii Osawa, Lin & Chan, 2006

Published, First, 2007, Species of the genus Munidopsis Whiteaves, 1784 from the Indian and Pacific Oceans and reestablishment of the genus Galacantha A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Galatheidae), Zootaxa 1417, pp. 1-135 : 110

Munidopsis tafrii Osawa, Lin & Chan, 2006

Munidopsis tafrii Osawa et al., 2006b: 420 , figs. 1–3, 5A.

Material examined. New Caledonia, BIOCAL, Stn 17, 3680 m: 1 M 19.8 mm ( MNHN)-Ga5591.

Remarks. The specimen agress quite well with the species recently described by Osawa et al. (2006b) from Taiwan.

Distribution. Previously known from the type locality, Taiwan, at 3564–3579 m. The present record extends the range of the species to New Caledonia, at 3680 m.