Munidopsis sinclairi McArdle, 1901

Macpherson, Enrique & Machordom, Annie, 2025, Squat lobsters (Decapoda: Chirostyloidea and Galatheoidea) from Saya de Malha Bank, SW Indian Ocean, with the descriptions of three new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 1012, pp. 27-48 : 33-34

Munidopsis sinclairi McArdle, 1901

Material examined

SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN OCEAN – Saya de Malha Bank • 1 ov. ♀ (9.0 mm); SAYA stn CP5412; 09°45′ S, 60°48′ E; 1396–1441 m depth; 7 Nov. 2022; MNHN-IU-2021-5785 .

Distribution

Known from the Indian Ocean, from Madagascar to Sri Lanka and Indonesia, and the western Pacific, from Taiwan and Philippines to New Caledonia and Vanuatu, between 400 and 2217 m deep (e.g., Macpherson et al. 2023, and references cited therein). The specimen of the Saya de Malha Bank was collected at depths of 1396–1441 m.

Description of the new species