Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Anomura - Galatheidae - Munida

Munida profunda Macpherson & de Saint Laurent, 1991


Distribution : French Polynesia: Austral (Arago bank, Lotus bank Rurutu, Marotiri, Rapa, Rurutu, Tubai); Tuamotu (Fangataufa) - (600-1300).

Selected Reference(s)
Munida profunda. - Macpherson, E. and Saint Laurent, M. d., 1991: 379, fig. 2, pl.1b. - French Polynesia
Munida profunda. - Macpherson, E., 2006: 324. - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Endemic to the region; Austral (Arago bank, Lotus bank Rurutu, Marotiri, Rapa, Rurutu, Tubai); Tuamotu (Fangataufa) - Marine; Deep (600-1300 m); Hard bottom; ?Coral facultative associate (Gorgonian).

Regional Records: Munida profunda Macpherson & de Saint Laurent, 1991: 379, fig. 2, pl.1b (Fangataufa; 1050m; coll. Frv Marara, fr). - Poupin, 1996a: 97 (Checklist); 1996b: 24, pl. 11b (Fangataufa; 1000-1050m). - Macpherson, 2006: 324 (coll. BENTHAUS Expedition, Austral Is. 2002, Arago bank, Lotus bank Rurutu, Marotiri, Rapa, Rurutu, Tubai, 600-1300 m, st. CP1892, CP1909, CP1910, CP1911, DW1956, DW1958, CP1966, CP1967, DW1972, DW1994).

Depth distribution: 600 - 1300 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/