A NEW SPECIES OF SQUAT LOBSTER OF THE GENUS MUNIDA (GALATHEOIDEA, MUNIDIDAE) FROM THE RED SEA

作者：Macpherson E; Beuck L; Roder C; Voolstra C R

来源：Crustaceana, 2017, 90(7-10): 1005-1014.

DOI：10.1163/15685403-00003584

<jats:p>During a deep-water expedition to the Red Sea in 2013, an unusual specimen of squat lobster belonging to the genus<jats:italic>Munida</jats:italic>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,<jats:italic>M. bapensis</jats:italic>Hendrickx, 2000 and<jats:italic>M. macrobrachia</jats:italic>Hendrickx, 2003. The new species (<jats:italic>M. tuerkayi</jats:italic>) 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.<jats:italic>Munida tuerkayi</jats:italic>was found associated with live colonies of the scleractinian coral<jats:italic>Eguchipsammia fistula</jats:italic>(Alcock, 1902).</jats:p>

• 出版日期2017
• 单位King Abdullah University of Science and Technology