Agononida longipes 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
Agononida
Agononida longipes

description: Agononida longipes (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)
Munida longipes A. Milne-Edwards, 1880: 50; A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier 1894: 257; 1897: 44, pl. 3, figs. 9–13; Benedict 1901: 147; 1902: 310; Hay & Shore 1918: 402, pl. 28, fig. 9; Schmitt 1935: 178; Chace 1942: 47; Pequegnat & Pequegnat 1970: 132, fig. 5–3; Wenner & Boesch 1979: 110; Wenner 1982: 363; Takeda 1983: 88; Williams 1984: 235, fig. 170; Lemaitre 1984: 428, tab. 1; Abele & Kim 1986: 35, figs. c, p. 405; Melo-Filho & Melo 1992a: 514; Poupin 1994: 36; Escobar-Briones & Soto 1993: 111, tab. 2; Rambla 1995: 98, fig. 2; Melo-Filho 1998: 395; Melo 1999: 192, fig. 121, 122 a–e; Melo-Filho 1999: 388, fig. 13; Melo-Filho & Melo 2001a: 1190, fig. 9; 2001b: 1155, fig. 20, 21; 2001c: 47.
Munida paynei Boone, 1927: 53, fig. 11.
Agononida longipes.—Baba & de Saint Laurent 1996: 442; Melo-Filho 2006: 5, fig. 2 tabs. 1, 2.
Material Examined. Antilles: Barbados USS “Blake”, st. 274, 376m (MNHN Ga 543, lectotype). Brazil: São Paulo – N. Pq. “Soloncy Moura”: st. 1139, 299 m, 1 ex. (MZUSP 15363). Santa Catarina – N. Pq. “Soloncy Moura”: st. 403, 400 m, 1 ex. (MZUSP 15355); st. 405, 197 m, 1 ex. (MZUSP 15367), st. 1004, 295 m, 54 ex. (MZUSP 15349); st. 1005, 199 m, 13 ex. (MZUSP 15361); st. 1007, 101 m, 1 ex. (MZUSP 15369).
Recognition characters. Carapace with margins arched, almost as wide as long. Outer orbital spine followed by 5 lateral spines. Gastric area with 1 pair of epigastric spines. One parahepatic spine on each side of carapace. Branchial and hepatic areas unarmed. One cervical spine on each side of carapace. Cardiac area with 1 central spine above mesocardiac groove. Several spines in posterior branchial area. Posterior margin of carapace with 1 pair of spines. Rostrum short, length similar to supraocular spines. Abdominal tergites 2 and 3 with anterior margin armed with 4 spines each; abdominal tergite 4 with 2 or 4 spines on anterior margin. Peduncle of antennule with outer terminal spine much longer than inner one. Peduncle of antenna with only segment 2 armed, with 1 inner and 1 outer spine. Third maxilliped with 1 strong spine on ventral (flexor) margin of merus. Ambulatory legs characteristically long, their lengths similar to that of cheliped.
Distribution. Western Atlantic: Virginia, Carolinas, Gulf of Mexico (south and north coast), Bahamas, Cuba (north and south coast), Cay Sal Banks, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles (St. Kitts, Dominica, St. Lucia, Barbados), Mexico, Venezuela, Guiana and Brazil (São Paulo, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul); 129–729 meters depth. According to Wenner (1982), this species is most abundant between 200 and 400 meters.
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 page 34, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.183197