Decapoda - Anomura - Munididae - Paramunida

Paramunida luminata Macpherson, 1996



World Distribution
Cabezas et al. (2010: 27) - Tuscarora Bank, Wallis Islands, Alofi Bank and Bayonnaise Bank, between 400 and 440 m.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Hard bottom (rock and rubbles)

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 400-440 m

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Paramunida luminata Macpherson, 1996a: 415, figs 10, 25 (SW Pacific (Tuscarora Bank, Wallis Islands,
Alofi Bank, Bayonnaise Bank, 400–440 m). Holotype: Wallis & Futuna, Wallis Islands. MUSORSTOM 7 Stn CP606, 13°21.4´S, 176°08.3´W, 420-430 m, male (MNHN Ga 3653 = MNHN-IU-2010-1703).
Cabezas et al. 2010: 27, Wallis Islands. MUSORSTOM 7. Stn 606, 13º21.4’S, 176º08.3’W, 26 May 1992, 420–430 m: 1 M 12.2 mm (holotype, MNHN-Ga3653), 13 M 8.2–12.9 mm, 5 ov. F 10.6–11.3 mm, 10 F 6.7–11.2 mm (MNHN-Ga3755). Bayonnaise Bank. MUSORSTOM 7. Stn 629, 11º53.7’S, 179º32.3’W, 29 May 1992, 400–420 m: 3 M 11.8–12.6 mm, 2 F 10.1–12.3 mm (MNHN-Ga3757).

Wallis & Futuna data
Musorstom 7 Wallis & Futuna, CP606 #MacPherson E, Musorstom 12, 161: 421-569
Musorstom 7 Wallis & Futuna, CP609 #MacPherson E, Musorstom 12, 161: 421-569
Musorstom 7 Wallis & Futuna, CP629 #MacPherson E, Musorstom 12, 161: 421-569
Musorstom 7 Wallis & Futuna, DW556 #MacPherson E, Musorstom 12, 161: 421-569
Musorstom 7 Wallis & Futuna, DW618 #MacPherson E, Musorstom 12, 161: 421-569
Musorstom 7 Wallis & Futuna, CP609 #MacPherson E, Musorstom 15, 168: 387-421
Musorstom 7 Wallis & Futuna, CP606 #MacPherson E, Musorstom 15, 168: 387-421

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