Species Munidopsis centrina Alcock & Anderson, 1894

Museums

Regional Maps

• Munidopsis centrina Alcock, A. & Anderson, A.R.S. 1894. Natural History Notes from H.M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer "Investigator", Commander C.F. Oldham, R.N., commanding. Series II, No. 14. An Account of a Recent Collection of Deep Sea Crustacea from the Bay of Bengal and Laccadive Sea. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 63(Pt 2 No. 3): 141-185 pl. 9 [pl.11, fig.6] [the actual description for this species appeared in Alcock, 1901: 251, 270-271].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZSI ZSIC 80/7 ♀ (2782 m depth), Bay of Bengal.

  Type locality references:

  Baba, K., Macpherson, E., Poore, G.C.B., Ahyong, S.T., Bermudez, A., Cabezas, P., Lin, C-W, Nizinski, M., Rodrigues, C. & Schnabel, K.E. 2008. Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura—families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae). Zootaxa 1905: 1-220 [Date published 15 Oct. 2008] [136].

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Bay of Bengal, and Lorde Howe Rise, Tasman Sea, eastern Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14)

Ecological Descriptors

Deep sea.

 

General References

Ahyong, S.T. & Poore, G.C.B. 2004. Deep-water Galatheidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from southern and eastern Australia. Zootaxa 472: 3-76 [47-50, fig. 9]

Alcock, A. 1901. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Indian Deep-sea Crustacea Decapoda Macrura and Anomura in the Indian Museum. Being a revised account of the deep-sea species collected by the Royal Indian marine survey ship "Investigator". Calcutta : Indian Museum Vol. 4 286 pp. 3 pls.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
08-Apr-2015		24-Feb-2011	MOVED
		10-Dec-2010	ADDED