Munidopsis treis Ahyong & Poore, 2004

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 : 113

Munidopsis treis Ahyong & Poore, 2004

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Munidopsis treis Ahyong & Poore, 2004: 62 , fig. 15.— Baba, 2005: 287.

Material examined. New Caledonia, BIOCAL, Stn 36, 650– 680 m: 1 M 8.1 mm (MNHN-Ga5584). MUSORSTOM 4, Stn 216, 490– 515 m: 1 ovig. F 6.6 mm (MNHN-Ga5585). BERYX 2 , Stn 4, 600– 700 m: 1 ovig. F 7.2 mm (MNHN-Ga5586). NORFOLK 1, Stn 1688, 533– 544 m: 1 M 8.2 mm (MNHN-Ga5588).—Stn 1699, 581– 600 m: 1 F 7.3 mm (MNHN-Ga5590). Chesterfield Islands. CHALCAL 2, Stn 72, 527 m: 1 M 4.3 mm, 1 ovig. F 6.0 mm (MNHN-Ga5589) .

Colour. Carapace orange, with median longitudinal white band continued on to abdominal segments; each hepatic region with white large spot; pleura of abdominal segments 3–6 and telson white. P1 orange; P2–P4 orange, dorsal margin of meri and dactyli whitish.

Remarks. The specimens examined agree quite well with the original description and illustrations. The epigastric spines were absent in all specimens.

Distribution. Great Australian Bight and Tasmania, between 366 and 820 m ( Ahyong & Poore 2004). The new material was collected in Chesterfield Islands (527 m) and New Caledonia (490–700 m).