Decapoda - Anomura - Eumunididae - Eumunida
| Eumunida smithii Henderson, 1885 |
World Distribution
Macpherson et al., 2020, Zootaxa: 490, Taiwan, the Philippines (off northern Mindanao, off southwestern Luzon, northeast of the Sulu Islands), Indonesia (Kei Islands), New Caledonia, Tuamotu Archipelago; 96–545 m. The present material was collected from New Caledonia, Chesterfield Islands and Papua-New Guinea, 100–1260 m.
Saint Laurent & Poupin (1996) for E. karubar (a synonym) - Indonesia (Kai Island)- 205-212 m. Also New Caledonia (Norfolk ridge). - Macpherson (2013: 291, Tropical Deep Sea Benthos) - Previously recorded from Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, New Caledonia, Hawaii, at 205-545 m. The specimens in French Polynesia were collected in the Tuamotu Archipelago, at 96-480 m.
Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with corals (facultative)
Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 96-1260 m
New Caledonia data
Eumunida smithii - Macpherson et al., 2020, Zootaxa: 490, abundant specimens from New Caledonia and surroundings area in MNH collection.
Under E. karubar, a synonym - Lithist Nouvelle Caledonie, DW13 — Crosnier A, Zoosystema 23, 4: 783-796
Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Eumunida smithii - Macpherson (2013: 291, Tropical Deep Sea Benthos) - French Polynesia. TARASOC: Tuamotu Archipelago, stn DW 3357 (SW Kaukura), 480 m, 1 female 5.2 mm (MNHN-IU-2010-6175). – stn DW 3368 (Niau), 96-300 m, 1 ovigerous female 5.1 mm (MNHN-IU-2010-6174).
Other data
Karubar Indonesie, CP25 — de Saint Laurent M & Poupin J, Musorstom 15, 168: 337-385
Karubar Indonesie, CP16 — de Saint Laurent M & Poupin J, Musorstom 15, 168: 337-385
Siboga exp Indonesie, 251 — de Saint Laurent M & Poupin J, Musorstom 15, 168: 337-385
Challenger H.M.S Indonesie, 192 — de Saint Laurent M & Poupin J, Musorstom 15, 168: 337-385
Albatross Philippines, D5279 — de Saint Laurent M & Poupin J, Musorstom 15, 168: 337-385
Albatross Philippines, D5518 — de Saint Laurent M & Poupin J, Musorstom 15, 168: 337-385
Albatross Philippines, D5543 — de Saint Laurent M & Poupin J, Musorstom 15, 168: 337-385
Albatross Philippines, D5516 — de Saint Laurent M & Poupin J, Musorstom 15, 168: 337-385
Siboga exp Philippines, 105 — de Saint Laurent M & Poupin J, Musorstom 15, 168: 337-385
Albatross Philippines, D5517 — de Saint Laurent M & Poupin J, Musorstom 15, 168: 337-385
Comment(s) on data
See Puillandre et al. (2011, Invertebrate Systematics) that E. karubar must be considered as a synonym of E. smithii.
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database