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Decapoda - Anomura - Munididae - Antillimunida

Antillimunida benedicti (Chace, 1942)

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World Distribution
Chace (1942) - Known from the north coast of Cuba and the Lesser Antilles as far south as Grenada in depths of 95 to 235 fathoms (173-430 m).

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with corals (facultative)

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 173-430 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: Lesser Antilles, ICA (Saba, St Kitts, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St Vincent, Grenada). 173-430 m. WA.
Munida stimpsoni A. Milne Edwards, 1880: 47 (part), Saba, Martinique, St Vincent [R/V Blake, 174-275 m]. - A. Milne Edwards & Bouvier, 1897: 52, part, same. All not M. stimpsoni A. Milne-Edwards, 1880, see Baba et al. (2008: 89, catalog).
Munida benedicti Chace, 1942: 66, Saba, St Kitts, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St Vincent, Grenada [R/V Blake, part as M. stimpson in A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 and A. Milne Edwards & Bouvier, 1897].

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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