Munidopsis levis ( Alcock & Anderson, 1894 )

Published, First, 2007, Species of the genus Munidopsis Whiteaves, 1784 from the Indian and Pacific Oceans and reestablishment of the genus Galacantha A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Galatheidae), Zootaxa 1417, pp. 1-135 : 79

Munidopsis levis ( Alcock & Anderson, 1894)

Bathyankyristes levis Alcock & Anderson, 1894: 175 .

Munidopsis levis .— Baba, 2005: 156, 290, figs. 70, 71 (synonymy and occurrences).

Material examined. Madagascar ( A. Crosnier collection), Stn CH 22, 700– 880 m: 1 M 24.3 mm, 1 F 27.5 mm (MNHN-Ga699).— Stn CH 65, 740– 760 m: 2 M 19.6–22.0 mm (MNHN-Ga698) . Philippines, MUSOR- STOM 1 , Stn 44, 592– 610 m: 1 M 24.4 mm, 1 ovig. F 23.2 mm (MNHN-Ga1403) . Indonesia, Kei Islands , KARUBAR, Stn 39, 466– 477 m: 1 F 15.0 mm (MNHN-Ga5692).— Stn 56, 549– 552 m: 1 F 16.2 mm (MNHN-Ga5693).— Stn 57, 603– 620 m: 1 M 13.6 mm, 1 F 8.9 mm (MNHN-Ga5694).— Stn 72, 676– 699 m: 1 M 13.5 mm (MNHN-Ga5695) . Solomon Islands, SALOMON 1, Stn 1859, 283– 305 m: 1 M 24.8 mm, 1 F 21.7 mm (MNHN-Ga5696). SALOMON 2, Stn 2184, 464– 523 m: 1 ovig. F 29.5 mm (MNHN-Ga5643) .

Distribution. Previously known from Andaman Sea at 485 m and Laccadive Sea at 1164 m ( Alcock & Anderson 1894), Arabian Sea at 1164 m (Alcock 1901), Zanzibar and Maldives between 640 and 797 m ( Tirmizi 1966), south China Sea off SW Luzon at 454 m ( Baba 1988) and Mindanao at 458 m ( Baba 2005). The present material was collected off Madagascar ( 700–880 m), the Philippines ( 483–610 m), Indonesia (Kei Islands, 466–699 m) and the Solomon Islands ( 283–523 m).