Paramunida evexa Macpherson 1993
Creators: name: Cabezas, P. E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Munididae
Paramunida
Paramunida evexa

description: <i>Paramunida evexa</i> Macpherson, 1993 (Figs. 13B, 16H) <i>Paramunida evexa</i> Macpherson, 1993: 450, fig. 2 (Indonesia, 174–226 m). — Baba 2005: 198, 302 (key, synonymies, Ambon Sea, 128–238 m). — Baba <i>et al.</i> 2008: 172 (list of occurrences). <b>Material examined.</b> Indonesia. Kei Islands. KARUBAR. Stn CP 67, 08º58.59’S, 132º07.20’E, 01 November 1991, 233– 246 m: 2 M 10.2–11.3 mm, 1 ov. F 9.0 mm. — Stn CP 82, 09º32’S, 131º02’E, 4 November 1991, 215– 219 m: 1 ov. F 11.9 mm. — Stn CP 86, 09º26’S, 131º13’E, 04 November 1991, 223– 225 m: 1 F 10.4 mm (holotype, MNHN-Ga3214), 6 M 9.4–10.6 mm, 2 ov. 11.5–11.7 mm, 4 F 8.4–11.0 mm. <b>Diagnosis.</b> Rostrum triangular, larger than supraocular spines, with thin dorsal carina; margin between rostral and supraocular spines straight or slightly concave. Spinules on gastric and hepatic regions forming groups arising from scale-like striae and with few short uniramous setae. Mesogastric region with 3 or 4 welldeveloped spines. Median cardiac region with 3 or 4 well-developed spines. Few and short setae along anterior branch of cervical groove. Sternal plastron squamate, with numerous striae on sternites 4–7. Lateral margin of antennular segment 1 distal slender portion about half as long as proximal inflated portion. Antennal peduncle with anterior prolongation of segment 1 spiniform; segment 2 twice longer than broad, with distomesial spine of segment 2 blunty produced, overreaching end of segment 3, small distolateral spine not reaching midlength of segment 3; segment 3 as long as broad. Base of P1 carpus without bundle of setae. P2 propodus about 8 times as long as wide, and 1.3–1.4 times longer than dactylus. <b>Remarks.</b> <i>Paramunida evexa</i> is related to <i>P. antipodes</i> from Eastern Australia. The two species can be easily differentiated by the following characters: the mesogastric region has only one spine (rarely 2) in <i>P. antipodes</i>, whereas there is a row of 3 or 4 mesogastric spines in <i>P. evexa</i>; the distomesial spine of the antennal segment 2 is blunty produced in <i>P. evexa</i>, whereas it ends in a distinct spine in <i>P. antipodes;</i> the sternal plastron has numerous striae in <i>P. evexa</i>, being smooth in <i>P. antipodes</i>. <i>Paramunida evexa</i> is also close to <i>P. scabra</i> from Hong Kong, East and South China Sea (Dongsha), Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan, Japan, and Australia (off Central Queensland) (see under Remarks for that species). <b>Distribution.</b> Indonesia (Ambon, Kei Islands), between 128 and 246 m.
description: Published as part of <i>Cabezas, P. E., 2010, Taxonomic revision of the genus Paramunida Baba, 1988 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Galatheidae): a morphological and molecular approach, pp. 1-60 in Zootaxa 2712</i> on page 22
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