Decapoda - Anomura - Munididae - Iridonida

Iridonida irrasa (A. Milne Edwards, 1880)



World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009, Checklist) - 38-914 m. - NCar–Fla Str, GMx, Carib–Urg, including Brazil (AP, PA, MA, ES, RJ, SP, RS).

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

Vertical range : Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) - Min-Max observed: 20-914 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: Lesser Antilles VGI (St Croix), ICA (Anguilla, Guadeloupe, Dominica, St Lucia, St Vincent, Grenada, Barbados), IOV (Margarita, Tortuga). 20-914 m. WA.
Munida irrasa A. Milne-Edwards, 1880a: 49, St Croix (Frederickstadt), Dominica, St Vincent (Grenadines), Barbados, Grenada [R/V Blake, 76-163 brasses, 139-298 m]. - Schmitt, 1924a:87, Barbados. - Chace, 1942: 46, Grenada, Barbados. - Haig, 1956: 3, Tortuga [R/V Velero III]. - Rodríguez, 1980: 211, Tortuga. - de Melo-Filho & de Melo, 1992b: 514, Grenada [Lectotype at Grenada, R/V Blake, st. 253, 165 m]. - Lira, 2004: tab. 1, Tortuga.
Munida caribaea - A. Milne Edwards & Bouvier, 1897: 25, Anguilla (Sombrero), St Lucia, Barbados, Grenada (Carriacou) [R/V Blake, 168–298 m). - Monod, 1939: 500, Guadeloupe [Basse-Terre, drague, 15-20 m, 27/02/1936]. - Türkay, 1968: 249, Margarita [coll. Dr. Vogelsang, 1968].
Comment: Munida caribaea Stimpson, 1860 is a junior synonym of M. irrasa (see Baba et al., 2008: 101).

French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapŕ)
Munida irrasa – Melo-Filho, 1998: 394, Brazil Amapá [From Melo-Filho, 1990-1994]. — Melo, 1999: 190, Brazil Amapá. — Coelho et al., 2007: tab. 4, Brazil Amapá. — Corbari et al., 2015: 165–167, unnumbered tab., French Guiana [R/V Hermano Gines, July–October 2014, 30–800 m; 20 lots in MNHN, det. E. Macpherson].
Iridonida irrasa – Records transmitted by E. Macpherson (August 2023): French Guiana, Proteus-Guyane 2017 Expedition, 5 lots in MNHN at several stations, e.g. st. DW5061, 6°17.7' N, 52°14.2'W, 30/11/2017, 90 m , MNHN-IU-2014-12899, MNHN-IU-2017-1897.
Distribution/Habitat – WA; Marine; 20–914 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