Decapoda - Anomura - Munidopsidae - Munidopsis

Munidopsis pholidota Rodríguez-Flores, Macpherson & Machordom, 2022



World Distribution
Guadeloupe, French West Indies; depth 242–263 m

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

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 242-263 m

Lesser Antilles data
Munidopsis pholidota Rodríguez-Flores, Macpherson & Machordom, 2022 (Zootaxa) - Holotype. Guadeloupe, KARUBENTHOS 2015, stn. DW4611, 24 June 2015, 16°20’N, 60°52’W, 263–242 m: 1 M 3.9 mm (MNHN-IU-2016-2365).

Comment(s) on data
This species is closely related to M. squamosa. M. pholidota n. sp. and M. squamosa can be distinguished by subtle morphological characters (see Rodríguez-Flores, Macpherson & Machordom, 2022).

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database