Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Anomura - Galatheidae - Munida

Munida amathea Macpherson & de Saint Laurent, 1991


Distribution : Macpherson (2006: 298) - French Polynesia, previously known from Tuamotu and Tubuai Islands, 300-800 m (Macpherson & de Saint Laurent 1991), Austral and Gambier Islands, 300-800 m (Poupin 1996). The present material was collected in Tuamotu and Austral Archipelagos, between 212 and 1200 m.

Selected Reference(s)
Munida amathea. - Macpherson, E. and Saint Laurent, M. d., 1991: 389, fig. 5. - French Polynesia
Munida amathea. - Macpherson, E., 2006: 297. - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Endemic to the region; Austral (Lotus bank Rurutu, Maria, Marotiri, Rapa, Rimatara, Rurutu, Tubai); Gambier; Tuamotu (Fangataufa, Makemo, Marutea South, Moruroa) - Marine; Deep (300-800m); Hard bottom; ?Gorgonian facultative associate.

Regional Records: Munida amathea Macpherson & de Saint Laurent, 1991: 389, fig. 5 (Fangataufa, Gambier, Makemo, Maria, Marutea South, Moruroa, Rapa; 300-800m; coll. Frv Marara, fr). - Poupin, 1996a: 96 (Checklist); 1996b: 22, pl. 10a (Same material, illustrated). - Macpherson, 2006: 297 (coll. Frv Marara, Moruroa, Rapa, 600-800 m, trap, st. 450, st. 461, st. 465, st. 468; coll. BENTHAUS Exp. Austral Is. 2002, trawl and dredge, Lotus bank Rurutu, Marotiri, Rapa, Rimatara, Rurutu, Tubai, 212-1200 m, st. DW1885, CP1889, CP1891, DW1892, CP1909, CP1910, DW1956, DW1957, CP1965, CP1967, DW1991, DW1995, DW1996, DW2004, DW2010, DW2017).

Depth distribution: 300 - 800 m

References : compilation of references cited in Poupin (1996, 1998, 2003) and Poupin et al. (2009) - PDF 412 Ko
Since November 2012, this database is updated in CRUSTA database - http://crustiesfroverseas.free.fr/