Species Munida isos Ahyong & Poore, 2004
- Munida isos Ahyong, S.T. & Poore, G.C.B. 2004. Deep-water Galatheidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from southern and eastern Australia. Zootaxa 472: 3-76 [16, 34-38].
Type data:
Holotype AM P61818 ♂ (collected at 110 m depth), off St. Patricks Head, Tasmania [41°35'S, 148°14'E].
Paratype(s) AM P61121 6♂, 14♀ (collected at 1100 m), off St. Patricks Head, Tasmania [41°35'S, 148°14'E]; AM P60190 ♂ (collected at 1000 m depth), East of Fortescue Bay [43°08.96'S, 145°15.36'E]; NMV J16062 ♂ (collected at 732 m by beam trawl), 39 km NE of Cape Tourville, Tasmani [41°53.54'S, 148°39.07'E]; NMV J23909 ovig. ♀ (1098-1281 m depth), NW Tasmania [41°06-09'S, 143°50'E]; NMV J39629 5♂ (collected at 1100 m depth), 82.9 km SSE of Southeast Cape, tasmania [44°16.2'S, 147°17.4'E]; SAMA C6077 4♂, 3 ovig.♀ (1080-1130 m), 85 km SE of South East Cape [44°14.8'S, 147°27.5'E]; AM P67170 ♀ (collected at 860 m depth), 51 km SE of Green Cape, New South Wales [37°30'S, 150°33'E].Type locality references:
Ahyong, S.T. & Poore, G.C.B. 2004. Deep-water Galatheidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from southern and eastern Australia. Zootaxa 472: 3-76 [34-35]. - Munida gordoni Vereshchaka, A.L. 2005. New species of Galatheidae (Crustacea: Anomura: Galatheoidea) from volcanic seamounts off northern New Zealand. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 85(1): 137-142 [139, fig. 2, tab 1-2] [(new synonymy)].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Known from east of Broken Bay, New South Wales, south to Tasmania; 640-1700 m; Munida isos is abundant on the seamounts off southeastern Tasmania, and also recorded from New Zealand.
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, deep water.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 08-Apr-2015 | 24-Feb-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 07-Dec-2010 | ADDED |