Decapoda - Anomura - Munidopsidae - Munidopsis

Munidopsis brevimanus (A. Milne Edwards, 1880)

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World Distribution
Poupin (1994, Etudes & Thèses) - Western Atlantic, Bahamas, Cuba, Lesser Antilles (Guadeloupe, Barbados). 367-549 m. - Felder et al. (2009) - 366-906 m. E GMx, N Cuba, Carib

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

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 366-906 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: eastern Gulf of Mexico, north of Cuba, Caribbean Sea. Lesser Antilles, ICA (Guadeloupe, Barbados). 366-906 m. WA.
Elasmonotus brevimanus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880a: 60, Barbados [R/V Blake, st. 291, 200 brasses, 365 m].
Munidopsis brevimana - Chace, 1942: 96, Barbados.
Munidopsis brevimanus - Mayo, 1974: 103, Barbados. - Poupin, 1994: 38, Guadeloupe [R/V Polka, 400 m, det. E. Macpherson (MNHN)]. - Baba et al., 2008: 135, Barbados [Catalog].
Munidopsis brevimanus - Guadeloupe, Karubenthos II 2015, field det. J. Poupin, st. CP4526, 10 June 2015, 16°28.39'N, 61°44.47'W, 511-484 m, MNHN-IU-2013-18843; st. DW4571, 17 June 2015, 16°17.25'N, 60°57.67'W, 432-389 m, MNHN-IU-2013-18956.
Comment: this species can be easily confused with Munidopsis longimanus and Mayo (1974: 111) must be carefully consulted to tell them apart using aspect of rostrum (larger at base and more acute at tip in M. brevimanus), length of cheliped (shorter in brevimanus) and abdominal tergites more or less (in M. brevimanus) strongly projected dorsally. M. longimanus has been also collected during Karubenthos II 2015.

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