| Abstract |
Crustaceans of the family Galatheidae are reported from Tosa Bay and Okinawa
Trough, southern Japan, at depths ranging from 526 m to 3278 m. The material comprises two
species of Munida Leach, 1820, two species of Galacantha A. Milne-Edwards, 1880, and nine
species of Munidopsis Whiteaves, 1874. Eight of these species are new to the carcinological fauna
of Japan: Munida tiresias Macpherson, 1994, Galacantha bellis Henderson, 1885, Munidopsis andamanica
MacGilchrist, 1905, M. bairdii (Smith, 1884), M. bispinoculata Baba, 1988, M. centrina
Alcock and Anderson, 1894, M. pilosa Henderson 1885, and M. verrilli Benedict, 1902. Brief
notes on the decapod crustaceans recorded from abyssal depths of Japanese waters are provided.
Key words : Crustacea, Decapoda, Galatheidae, Tosa Bay, Okinawa Trough, new records,
abyssal depths. |
