Decapoda - Anomura - Munidopsidae - Munidopsis

Munidopsis polita (Smith, 1883)

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World Distribution
Poupin (1994, Etudes & Thèses) - Western Atlantic, United States, Massachusetts, Gulf Mexico, Carribean Sea (off Nicaragua), Lesser Antilles (Guadeloupe). 485 m. - Felder et al. (2009) - 129-860 m, Mass–Fla Str, GMx, Carib–nS Am

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

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 129-860 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: Massachussetts to Florida Strait, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea to northern South America. Lesser Antilles, ICA (Guadeloupe). 129-860 m. WA.
Munidopsis polita - Mayo, 1974: 225, Guadeloupe [R/V Pillsbury]. - Poupin, 1994: 39, Guadeloupe [R/V Polka, 485 m, det. E. Macpherson (MNHN)]. - Baba et al., 2008: 155, Lesser Antilles [Catalog].
Munidopsis polita - Guadeloupe, Karubenthos II 2015, field det. J. Poupin, st. CP4513, 8 June 2015, 16°12.58'N, 61°53.14'W, 644-406 m, MNHN-IU-2013-18845.

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