Decapoda - Anomura - Munididae - Iridonida

Iridonida simplex (Benedict, 1902)

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World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009) - Western Atlantic, 59-440 m - Bermudas, Florida, Gulf Mexico, Bahamas - Lesser Antilles (Guadeloupe).

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

Vertical range : Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) - Min-Max observed: 59-440 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: ICA (Guadeloupe). 59-440 m. WA.
Munida simplex - Guadeloupe (first record) - Karubenthos 2012, det. Macpherson, MNHN-IU-2013-4130, GN07, 150 m, JL310.

French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapà)
Munida simplex – Melo-Filho & Melo, 2001: 46, Brazil Amapá [In distribution].
Iridonida aff. simplex – Records transmitted by E. Macpherson (August 2023): French Guiana, Proteus-Guyane 2017 Expedition, 25 lots in MNHN at several stations, e.g. st. DW5062, 6°17,5' N, 52°14,1'W, 30/11/2017, 90 m , MNHN-IU-2017-11885, 1887, IU-2021-5752, 5753 [Comparison with types specimens in progress].
Distribution/Habitat – WA; Marine; 59–440 m.

Comment(s) on data
New Munididae genera in 2022 are from: Macpherson & Baba in Machordom, Ahyong, Andreakis, Baba, Buckley, Garcia-Jimenez, McCallum, Rodriguez-Flores & Macpherson, 2022, Invertebrate Systematics 36(10) 926-970 https://doi.org/10.1071/IS22013

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database