Munida iris A. Milne-Edwards 1880
Creators: name: Schmidt, Gustavo A.
name: Melo-Filho, De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Galatheidae
Munida
Munida iris

description: Munida iris A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
Munida iris A. Milne-Edwards, 1880: 49; A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier 1894: 256; 1897: 21, pl. 2, figs. 2–7; 1900: 285; Benedict 1902: 310; Chace 1942: 33; 1956: 15; Springer & Bullis 1956: 15; Bullis & Thompson 1965: 9; Pequegnat & Pequegnat 1970: 131; Coelho & Ramos 1972: 171; Williams & Wigley 1977: 9, figs. 1, 2, tab. 1; Coelho et al., 1986: 137, 140, 149; Takeda 1983: 89; Lemaitre 1984: 427, tab. 1; Poupin 1994: 35; Escobar-Briones & Soto 1993: 111, tabs. 1, 2; Melo-Filho 1998: 394; Melo 1999: 188, figs. 117, 118 a–e; Melo-Filho 1999: 395, fig. 11; Melo- Filho & Melo 2001a: 1184, fig. 6; 2001b: 1150, figs. 16, 17; 2001c: 45; Melo-Filho 2006: 9, fig. 2 tabs. 1, 2.
? Munida caribaea.— Smith 1881: 428; 1883: 40, pl. 3, fig. 11; 1884: 355; 1886: 643. [non Munida caribaea A. Milne- Edwards & Bouvier, 1894: 256; 1897: 25 (= Munida irrasa A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)].
Munida sp. Indet.— Smith 1882: 22, pl. 10, fig. 1.
Munida iris rutllanti Zariquiey-Alvarez, 1952: 217, fig. 8
Munida iris iris.— Wenner & Boech 1979: 110, tab. 1; Wenner 1982: 322; Williams 1984: 233, fig. 168; Abele & Kim 1986: 35, figs. d, e, 403.
Munida rutllanti.— García-Razo 1996: 738.
Material Examined. EUA: New England—USS “Fish Hawk”, est. 871, 207m, 5 ex. (MNHN-969). Brazil: São Paulo – N. Pq. “Soloncy Moura”: st. 1141, 503 m, 1 ex. (MZUSP 15348). Santa Catarina – N. Pq. “Soloncy Moura”: st. 1004, 295 m, 4 ex. (MZUSP 15350).
Recognition characters. Carapace with margins arched. Outer orbital spine followed by 6 lateral spines. Gastric area with epigastric row of spines. One parahepatic spine on each side of carapace. Branchial areas armed with 1 or 2 spines on each side. One to 3 postcervical spines on each side, with or without inserted spinules. Remainder of carapace unarmed. Supraocular spines long. Abdominal tergite 2 with anterior margin armed with 1 pair of spines. Peduncle of antennule with inner terminal spine little longer than outer spine. Peduncle of antenna with segment 1 (basis) armed with 1 inner terminal spine, segment 2 with 1 inner terminal spine and 1 outer terminal spine and segment 3 armed with 1 inner terminal spine. Third maxilliped with long spine on ventral (flexor) margin of merus. Sternum with armed margins.
Distribution. Western Atlantic: Virginia, Carolinas, Gulf of Mexico (southeast coast), Cuba (north coast), Cay Sal Banks, Lesser Antilles (Barbados), Mexico (off Cozumel), Guiana, Brazil (Alagoas, São Paulo, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul) and Uruguay (north of the Rio de la Plata). Eastern Atlantic: Gulf of Cadiz, Canaries, African Coast (Western Sahara, Mauritania), Cape Verde Islands. Western Mediterranean (Spain, Morocco). Between 45 and 1303 meters depth; usually between 200 and 400 meters.
Remarks. First occurrence off Santa Catarina coast.
description: Published as part of Schmidt, Gustavo A. & Melo-Filho, De, 2008, Specimens of Galatheidae (Crustacea: Decapoda) collected by N. Pq. " Soloncy Moura " off the Southern Coast of Brazil under the Revizee Program, pp. 31-42 in Zootaxa 1841 on pages 36-37, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.183197