Decapoda - Anomura - Munididae - Trapezionida

Trapezionida atarapa (Macpherson, 2013)



World Distribution
Macpherson (2013: 297, Tropical Deep Sea Benthos) - French Polynesia (Tuamotu and Society archipelagos), 326-553 m.

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

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 326-553 m

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Munida atarapa - Macpherson (2013: 297, Tropical Deep Sea Benthos) - Holotype, French Polynesia, Tuamotu Archipelago, TARASOC, stn CP 3386 (Kaukura), 400-440 m, male 18.3 mm (MNHN-IU-2009-621). Paratypes, French Polynesia. TARASOC: Tuamotu Archipelago, stn DW 3372 (Kaukura), 326-540 m, 1 male 8.0 mm (MNHN-IU-2009-622). – Society Archipelago, stn DW 3408 (Maupiti), 437-553 m, 1 male 6.5 mm (MNHN- IU-2009-623).

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)

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