Decapoda - Anomura - Munidopsidae - Munidopsis

Munidopsis serricornis (Lovén, 1852)

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World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009) - ?10-2165 m. Ga–GMx, W–E Atl, Med, Indo-Pac. Macpherson et al. (2016, Zootaxa) - Both sides of the northern Atlantic only, from the Caribbean Sea to Mauritania, including the Mediterranean Sea, between 92 and 2165 m.

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

Vertical range : Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) - Min-Max observed: 92-2165 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: Georgia to Gulf of Mexico, western and eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea. Lesser Antilles, ICA (Guadeloupe). 92-2165 m. ATL-MED.
Munidopsis ?serricornis - Guadeloupe (first record for Lesser Antilles), Karubenthos II 2015, field det. J. Poupin, st. DW4510, 7 June 2015, 16°15.1'N, 61°51.3'W, 660-690 m, MNHN-IU-2013-18857.
Comment: Munidopsis serricornis is considered as a species complex (Ahyong, 2014; Macpherson et al., 2016). The photograph determination must therefore be checked. Another potential candidate is Munidopsis acuminata Benedict, 1902 with epipods on chelipeds. Munidopsis tridens (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880) and Munidopsis transtridens Pequegnat & Pequegnat, 1971 are also related but they have tubercles on the gastric region of carapace, not seen on photographs examined.

French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapà)
Munidopsis serricornis – Mayo 1974: 387, 428, Guyana [R/V Pillsbury, 15/07/1968, st. 689, 1373–1446 m].
Distribution/Habitat
ATL-MED; Marine; 92–2165 m.

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