Decapoda - Anomura - Munidopsidae - Munidopsis

Munidopsis spinifer (A. Milne Edwards, 1880)

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World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009) - 203-880 m. Fla Str, GMx, Bah, Carib

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 203-880 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: Florida Strait, Gulf of Mexico, Bahamas, Caribbean Sea. Lesser Antilles, ICA (St Kitts, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St Lucia, St Vincent, Barbados). 203-880 m. WA.
Galathodes spinifer A. Milne Edwards, 1880a: 54, St Kitts, Barbados [R/V Blake, 146-295 brasses, 329–732 m].
Munidopsis spinifer. - A. Milne Edwards & Bouvier, 1897a: 64, pl. 7, figs 6–8, St Kitts, Barbados [R/V Blake, 329–732 m]. - Chace, 1942: 91, St Kitts, Martinique, St Lucia, Barbados. - Mayo, 1974: 324, Guadeloupe [R/V Pillsbury]. - Rice & Miller, 1991: 305, fig. 3d, St Vincent [Johnson Sea Link II submersible - 1 juv. female (USNM 239274), JSL-II-1747, off York Bay, St. Vincent, 13°07.2'N, 61°16.8'W, 25 Apr 1989, 415 m, on Crinometra brevipinna]. - Baba et al., 2008: 162, St Kitts, Barbados [Catalog].
Munidopsis spinifer - 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-2013-18841; st. DW4601, 23 June 2015, 16°2.94'N, 61°16.53'W, 632-346 m, MNHN-IU-2013-19044.
Comment: this species ressembles Munidopsis erinacea but can be tell apart with its color pattern of longitudinal white/orange bands on carapace and abdomen.

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