Munidopsis spinifrons

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Galatheoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Anomura
Superfamilia: Galatheoidea

Familia: Munidopsidae
Genus: Munidopsis
Species: Munidopsis spinifrons

Name

Munidopsis spinifrons Dong et al., 2019

Type locality: Weijia Guyot, West Pacific

Holotype: SRSIO18100001, 1 male (PCL 24.89 mm), Carcass fall experimental field site, Weijia Guyot, West Pacific. R/V Dayang 1, stn. DY48-II-MX1802, 12°56.96′N, 156°57.25′E, 1427.5 m, 25 October 2018.

Paratypes: SRSIO18100002, 4 females (PCL 15.79–20.45 mm), same data as holotype.

Distribution: Known only from the type locality, Weijia Guyot, West Pacific; 1,427.5 m.

References

Primary references

  • Dong, D., Xu, P., Li, X.-Z., Wang, C.-S. 2019. Munidopsis species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Munidopsidae) from carcass falls in Weijia Guyot, West Pacific, with recognition of a new species based on integrative taxonomy. PeerJ. 7:e8089. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.8089 Open access Reference page.  [7-12, figs. 3B, 4 and 5)]

ZooBank: B1A381D7-7BF1-4C37-A15F-33ACF009C833 [nonfunctional] Broken access

Wikimedia Commons For more multimedia, look at Munidopsis spinifrons on Wikimedia Commons.
This article is issued from Wikimedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.