| Abstract |
Twenty-nine species in five genera of deep-water Galatheidae are reported from southern and eastern
Australia increasing the known Australian galatheid fauna from 55 to 74. Species of Paramunida
and Agononida are reported for the first time from southern Australia, with a new species of
each described, P. antipodes and A. procera. Seven new species of Munida are described (M.
aequalis, M. asprosoma, M. chydaea, M. endeavourae, M. isos, M. kapala, and M. spinicruris)
increasing the number of known Australian species from 12 to 19. Four new species of Munidopsis
are described (Ms. kensleyi, Ms. proales, Ms. tasmaniae, Ms. treis) and three species are newly
recorded from Australia (Ms. centrina, Ms. dasypus, Ms. subsquamosa) increasing the known fauna
from 11 to 18. Previous records of Ms. dasypus are based on Ms. kensleyi, but we include the first
reliable record of M. dasypus from Australia. Previous records of Munida japonica from Australia
are referable to M. rogeri Macpherson. Previous Australian records of Munida microps Alcock are
referable to two new species, M. endeavourae and M. isos. Previous Australian records of Ms. dasypus
are referable to Ms. kensleyi. Raymunida formosanus Lin, Chan & Chu is reported for the first
time from Australia. Alcock’s (1894) Munida squamosa var. prolixa is recognised as a distinct species
of Agononida. |
