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Title: | Munidopsis lauensis Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1992 (Decapoda, Anomura, Munidopsidae), a newly recorded squat lobster from a cold seep in Taiwan | Authors: | CHIA-WEI LIN SHINJI TSUCHIDA SAULWOOD LIN CHRISTIAN BERNDT Tin-Yam Chan |
Keywords: | Munidopsis lauensis;Taiwan;cold seep | Issue Date: | 2013 | Publisher: | Magnolia Press | Journal Volume: | 3737 | Journal Issue: | 1 | Start page/Pages: | 92-96 | Source: | Zootaxa | Abstract: | The squat lobster, Munidopsis lauensis Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1992, is recorded from Taiwan for the first time. This species was previously known only from deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the South-West Pacific but it was now found at a deep-sea cold seep site off southwestern Taiwan. The identity of the Taiwanese material is confirmed by comparison of sequences from the barcoding gene COI. Munidopsis lauensis can be easily separated from other congeners in Taiwanese waters by the eyes bearing a strong mesiodorsal spine and a small mesioventral spine, smooth carapace, fingers of the cheliped distally spooned and fixed finger without a denticulate carina on the distolateral margin. The discovery of this species in Taiwan increases the Munidopsis fauna of the island to 38 species. A color photograph and line drawings illustrating distinctive characters are provided for the Taiwanese material. |
URI: | http://scholars.ntou.edu.tw/handle/123456789/15420 | ISSN: | 1175-5326 | DOI: | 10.11646/zootaxa.3737.1.8 |
Appears in Collections: | 海洋生物研究所 |
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