Three new American species of Munidopsis (Crustacea: Anomura: Munidopsidae)

Three new species of Munidopsis (M. amapa and M. brasilia from Brazil, and M. bajacalifornia from California and the Galápagos Islands) are described. All are small, superficially similar to each other and from shallower depths than is typical of most of the genus. All species have a highly sculptur...

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Main Author: Gary C. B. Poore
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Carcinologia 2014-06-01
Series:Nauplius
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-64972014000100006&tlng=en
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description Three new species of Munidopsis (M. amapa and M. brasilia from Brazil, and M. bajacalifornia from California and the Galápagos Islands) are described. All are small, superficially similar to each other and from shallower depths than is typical of most of the genus. All species have a highly sculptured carapace, triangular rostrum and immovable eyestalks with prominent anterior eyespines.
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spelling doaj.art-915e873354d243228af6de21d00c45a92022-12-21T19:22:03ZengSociedade Brasileira de CarcinologiaNauplius2358-29362014-06-012215362Three new American species of Munidopsis (Crustacea: Anomura: Munidopsidae)Gary C. B. Poore0Museum VictoriaThree new species of Munidopsis (M. amapa and M. brasilia from Brazil, and M. bajacalifornia from California and the Galápagos Islands) are described. All are small, superficially similar to each other and from shallower depths than is typical of most of the genus. All species have a highly sculptured carapace, triangular rostrum and immovable eyestalks with prominent anterior eyespines.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-64972014000100006&tlng=enCentral-eastern PacificMunidopsisnew speciesSouthwestern Atlantic
spellingShingle Gary C. B. Poore
Three new American species of Munidopsis (Crustacea: Anomura: Munidopsidae)
Nauplius
Central-eastern Pacific
Munidopsis
new species
Southwestern Atlantic
title Three new American species of Munidopsis (Crustacea: Anomura: Munidopsidae)
title_full Three new American species of Munidopsis (Crustacea: Anomura: Munidopsidae)
title_fullStr Three new American species of Munidopsis (Crustacea: Anomura: Munidopsidae)
title_full_unstemmed Three new American species of Munidopsis (Crustacea: Anomura: Munidopsidae)
title_short Three new American species of Munidopsis (Crustacea: Anomura: Munidopsidae)
title_sort three new american species of munidopsis crustacea anomura munidopsidae
topic Central-eastern Pacific
Munidopsis
new species
Southwestern Atlantic
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