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Issue: Vol. 3734 No. 1: 4 Nov. 2013
Type: Article
Published: 2013-11-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.1.3
Page range: 23–37
Abstract views: 52
PDF downloaded: 2

New species and new records of deepwater munidid squat lobsters from north-western Australia: Onconida, Bathymunida, Crosnierita, Plesionida and Torbenella

Australian Museum, 6 College St., Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia; and School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia
Museum Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia.
Museum Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia
Crustacea Decapoda Anomura Munididae squat lobster Onconida Bathymunida Crosnierita and Plesionida new species key Western Australia Australia taxonomy

Abstract

Seven species of Munididae are reported from the continental margin of north-western Australia. Three species are new to science: Crosnierita adela sp. nov., Onconida ariel sp. nov. and Plesionida aurelia sp. nov., each presently known only from Western Australia. Four species are reported for the first time from Australian waters, Bathymunida balssi Van Dam, 1838, Bathymunida dissimilis Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996, Crosnierita yante (Macpherson, 1994) and Torbenella orbis (Baba, 2005). Keys to the world species of the genera represented are provided.