Abstract |
During the cruise BENTHAUS (November 2002) to the Austral Archipelago (French Polynesia), numerous specimens of galatheids
belonging to the genera Agononida Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996, Munida Leach, 1820, Paramunida Baba, 1988 and Raymunida
Macpherson & Machordom, 2000 were collected. The present collection comprises four Agononida species, 26 Munida, two Paramunida
and one Raymunida. A new genus, Setanida, is described. The specimens from BENTHAUS cruise were caught in 68 stations between 50
and 1300 m. Additional material from French Polynesia has also been considered. The collection contains 17 new species: Agononida
aequabilis, A. imitata, A. simillima, Munida antliae, M. apheles, M. arae, M. columbae, M. descensa, M. erugata, M. fasciata, M. fornacis, M. ignea,
M. llenasi, M. oblonga, Paramunida spatula, Raymunida limbata and Setanida cristata. |