In:
Crustaceana, Brill, Vol. 90, No. 7-10 ( 2017-08-25), p. 1005-1014
Abstract:
During a deep-water expedition to the Red Sea in 2013, an unusual specimen of squat lobster belonging to the genus Munida was collected off Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, at a depth of 320 m. This specimen is unique in having the pterygostomial flap visible from the dorsal side, the feature linking it to two eastern Pacific species, M. bapensis Hendrickx, 2000 and M. macrobrachia Hendrickx, 2003. The new species ( M. tuerkayi ) is readily distinguished from the eastern Pacific species by having the gastric region with numerous instead of less numerous spines, by having sternite 7 with three distinct carinae on each side, and by having the antennular basal article with two distal spines subequal instead of different in size. Munida tuerkayi was found associated with live colonies of the scleractinian coral Eguchipsammia fistula (Alcock, 1902).
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0011-216X
,
1568-5403
DOI:
10.1163/15685403-00003584
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
Brill
Publication Date:
2017
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2019267-8
SSG:
12
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