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New species of squat lobsters of the genus Munida from Australia (1978 - 2017)

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This study reports on new squat lobsters of the genus Munida collected during recent surveys of Australia’s continental margins. There are 33 species of Munida including seven new species and 14 new range extensions for Australia. More than 500 specimens were collected, mostly from the western continental margin of Australia, but also including a new species from deep water (>2000 m) off Tasmania.

Citation: Anna W. McCallum, Shane T. Ahyong and Nikos Andreakis (2021). New species of squat lobsters of the genus Munida from Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria Vol 80 p. 113-152 (2021) https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2021.80.06

Published: February 14, 2025 at 03:03

License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License

URL: https://www.marine.csiro.au/ipt/resource?r=nmv_munida

Contacts:

Anna McCallum
Museums Victoria

131
occurrence records
32
taxa
32
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
eventDate 1
0.8%
maximumDepthInMeters 2
1.5%
minimumDepthInMeters 1
0.8%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag Dropped Records
DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH 18
13.7%
NO_DEPTH 1
0.8%

Measurement types

DNA derived data