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Decapoda - Anomura - Munidopsidae - Munidopsis

Munidopsis crassa Smith, 1885

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World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009) - 1026-5315 m. Mass–GMx–nS Am, N–E Atl, TasS
Macpherson (2007, Zootaxa) - Atlantic Ocean, from North Carolina (type locality) to the Bay of Biscay, Azores, Canary Islands, Middle Atlantic Bight, Caribbean Sea and off Namibia, between 2679 and 5315 m (Smith 1885, A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier 1899, Bouvier 1922, Gordon 1955, Sivertsen & Holthuis 1956, Pequegnat & Pequegnat 1971, Türkay 1975, Wenner 1982, Macpherson & Segonzac 2005). Recently the species has been cited in the Tasman Sea, at 3580 m (Baba 2005). The present material is the first record in the Indian Ocean.

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

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1026-5315 m

Mayotte data
Munidopsis crassa - Macpherson, 2007: 57, NW Madagascar, BENTHEDI, Stn CH 90 (-11.7333333333333, 47.5, off Glorieuses), 3700 m: 1 M 20.9 mm (MNHN-Ga1576).

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: Lesser Antilles, VGI (St Croix), ICA (off Isla de Aves), IOV (off Blanquilla, Los Roques, Bonaire, Curaçao, Aruba). 1026-5315 m. Pantropical.
Munidopsis crassa - Mayo, 1974: 114, St Croix [R/V Pillsbury]. - Gore, 1983: tab. 1, Venezuela basin, off Isla de Aves, Blanquilla, Los Roques, Bonaire, Curaçao, Aruba [USNS Bartlett, October-December 1981, st. 38-39, 58, 60, 62-65, 96-97, 99, near sites P, 15°07'N, 69°22'W, 3950 m, T, 13°45'N, 67°45'W, 3950 m, and H, 13°30'N, 64°45'W, 3500 m]. - Baba et al., 2008: 137, Lesser Antilles [Catalog].

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database