Paramunida amphitrita Macpherson 1996
Creators: name: Cabezas, P. E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Munididae
Paramunida
Paramunida amphitrita

description: <i>Paramunida amphitrita</i> Macpherson, 1996 (Figs. 12B, 16A) <i>Paramunida amphitrita</i> Macpherson, 1996: 409, fig. 7 (Futuna Island, 233–235 m); 2004: 282 (in part) (Fiji and Tonga, 327–410 m). — Baba 2005: 301 (key, synonymies). — Baba <i>et al.</i> 2008: 171 (list of occurrences). Not <i>Paramunida amphitrita</i> Macpherson 2004: 282 (Fiji, in part, one specimen from Stn CP1412 = <i>P. cretata</i> Macpherson, 1996). <b>Material examined.</b> Futuna Island. MUSORSTOM 7. Stn 517, 14°13.4'S, 178°10.4'W, 12 May 1992, 233– 235 m: F 7.7 mm (holotype, MNHN-Ga3650), 1 F 8.9 mm, (MNHN-Ga3741). Fiji Islands. BORDAU 1. Stn 1394, 16°45.19’S, 179°59.19’E, 23 February 1999, 416 m: 2 ov. F 11.4– 13.0 mm. — Stn 1410, 16°05.51’S, 179°27.76’W, 26 February 1999, 400– 410 m: 1 M 12.2 mm, 1 ov. F 10.5 mm. — Stn 1412, 16°05.52’S, 179°28.05’W, 26 February 1999, 400– 407 m: 1 ov. F 11.2 mm. Tonga Islands. BORDAU 2. Stn 1583, 18°36.72’S, 174°02.84’W, 13 June 2000, 327– 360 m: 1 juv. 4.8 mm. New Caledonia. Lifou Island. LIFOU. Stn DW 1650, 20º54.15’S, 167º01.7’E, 15 November 2000, 120– 250 m: 1 M 9.2 mm, 2 ov. F 10.4–10.5 mm. <b>Diagnosis.</b> Rostrum spiniform, larger than supraocular spines, with thin dorsal carina; margin between rostral and supraocular spines straight or slightly concave. Spinules on gastric and hepatic regions usually not forming groups, lacking scaly striae and with few short uniramous setae. Mesogastric region with 3 welldeveloped spines. Cardiac region with 3 or 4 well-developed spines in midline. Few and short setae along anterior branch of cervical groove. Sternal plastron smooth, few striae on sternite 4. Lateral margin of antennular segment 1 with distal slender portion slightly shorter than proximal inflated portion. Antennal peduncle with anterior prolongation of segment 1 spiniform; segment 2 nearly twice longer than broad, with distomesial spine spiniform, clearly overreaching end of segment 3 but not reaching end of antennal peduncle, distolateral spine not reaching end of segment 3; segment 3 more than twice longer than broad. Base of P1 carpus without bundle of setae. P2 propodus about 18 times as long as wide, and about 1.4 times dactylus length. <b>Remarks.</b> <i>Paramunida amphitrita</i> is related to <i>P. cretata</i> from Waterwitch Bank, Wallis Islands and Fiji and <i>P. thalie</i>, from Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, Chesterfield Islands, Fiji and Queensland (see below under Remarks for those species). <b>Distribution.</b> Futuna, Fiji, Tonga and New Caledonia, between 233 and 410 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 11
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