Macpherson Enrique, Beuck Lydia, Freiwald Andrè
Centre d'Estudis Avançats de Blanes (CEAB-CSIC) C. acc. Cala San Fracesc 14, 17300 Blanes, Girona, Spain.; Email:
Senckenberg am Meer, Marine Research Department, Südstrand 40, D-26382 Wilhelmshaven, Germany.; Email:
Zootaxa. 2016 Jul 12;4137(3):405-16. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4137.3.7.
During two cruises to the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, some specimens of squat lobsters belonging to the genus Munidopsis Whiteaves, 1874 (family Munidopsidae Ortmann, 1898) were collected. The present collection comprises five species, where two are considered as new species: M. karukera, closely related to M. ariadne Macpherson, 2011, from the Mediterranean Sea; and M. tuerkayi, which resembles M. kareenae Ahyong, 2013, from New Zealand. The specimens were caught at six stations between 522 and 1162 m; some were associated with live cold-water corals, such as Lophelia pertusa (Linnaeus, 1758), Enallopsammia profunda (Pourtalès, 1867) and Candidella imbricata (Johnson, 1862).
在两次前往墨西哥湾和加勒比海的航行中，采集到了一些属于穆氏铠甲虾属（Munidopsis Whiteaves，1874）（穆氏铠甲虾科Munidopsidae Ortmann，1898）的铠甲虾标本。本次采集的标本包含五个物种，其中两个被视为新物种：与来自地中海的2011年描述的阿里阿德涅穆氏铠甲虾（M. ariadne Macpherson）亲缘关系密切的卡鲁克拉穆氏铠甲虾（M. karukera）；以及与来自新西兰的2013年描述的卡里娜穆氏铠甲虾（M. kareenae Ahyong）相似的图尔卡伊穆氏铠甲虾（M. tuerkayi）。标本是在522至1162米之间的六个站点捕获的；一些标本与活冷水珊瑚有关联，如纤细杯形珊瑚（Lophelia pertusa，林奈，1758年）、深水全轴珊瑚（Enallopsammia profunda，普尔塔莱斯，1867年）和覆瓦小星珊瑚（Candidella imbricata，约翰逊，1862年）。
