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            <p> Munidopsis karukera n. sp.</p>
            <p>(Fig. 2)</p>
            <p>Material examined. Holotype: SMF 49253, male 5.6 mm, NW Guadeloupe (Caribbean Sea), 16°32.4702'N 62°01.1898'W to 16°31.2198’N 62°01.62’W, 808–1162 m, RV ‘Sonne’, Station SO 154-24, dredge/chain bag, 21 January 2001.</p>
            <p> Etymology.  Karukera (the island of beautiful waters) is the old Arawak name of the type locality (Guadeloupe Island). The name is considered as a substantive in apposition. </p>
            <p>Description. Carapace: 1.4 times longer than broad; dorsal surface moderately convex from side to side, smooth, with some short striae, more numerous on branchial regions, with few short setae; unarmed except for pair of well-developed epigastric spines. Regions well delineated by furrows including distinct anterior and posterior cervical grooves. Posterior cardiac region weakly triangular, preceded by deep transverse depression. Posterior margin preceded by elevated ridge. Rostrum narrowly triangular, nearly horizontal, terminating in acute tip, length 0.2 times that of remaining carapace; dorsal surface smooth, convex from side to side, without longitudinal ridge; lateral margins carinated and straight. Frontal margin slightly oblique behind ocular peduncle, leading to antennal (outer orbital) spine, then concave toward anterolateral corner of carapace. Antennal spine strong, directed straight forward; distinct spine ventral to front margin between ocular and antennal peduncles. Lateral margins weakly convex and subparallel; anterolateral spine well developed but smaller than antennal spine; anterior end of anterior branch of cervical groove with distinct notch followed by distinct spine situated at anterior end of branchial margin; posterior cervical groove with narrow notch, followed by moderate spine directly posterior to it. Pterygostomian flap smooth, with short striae, anteriorly unarmed.</p>
            <p>Sternum: Longer than broad, maximum width at sternites 6 and 7. Sternite 3 moderately broad, 3 times wider than long, anterior margin with shallow median notch flanked by 2 low lobes, lateral margin somewhat angular. Sternite 4 narrowly elongate anteriorly; surface depressed in midline, smooth; greatest width twice that of sternite 3, and twice wider than long.</p>
            <p>Abdomen: Smooth, unarmed, with some long and thick uniramous setae; tergites 2–3 each with elevated transverse ridge, but tergites 4–6 smooth; tergite 6 with transverse posteromedian margin. Telson composed of 10 plates; posterior plates combined 1.8 times as wide as long.</p>
            <p>Eye: Ocular peduncle immobile; cornea subglobular, unarmed, as wide as eyestalk.</p>
            <p>Antennule: Article 1 with strong distolateral spine, distomesial angle unarmed, minutely serrated; lateral margin swollen, unarmed.</p>
            <p>Antenna: Antennal peduncle reaching end of rostrum; article 1 with small distomesial and distolateral spines, clearly not reaching midlength of article 2; article 2 with short distolateral spine, unarmed on distomesial angle; articles 3 and 4 unarmed.</p>
            <p>Mxp3: Ischium as long as merus measured on extensor margin; flexor margin sharply ridged, terminating in small spine; extensor margin unarmed; crista dentata finely denticulate; merus having flexor margin with 4 spines, distal 2 small, proximal 2 larger, extensor margin with small distal spine; carpus, propodus and dactylus unarmed.</p>
            <p>P1: 2.6 times longer than carapace, sparsely covered with short striae and small granules, and uniramous setae scattered on merus to dactylus. Merus triangular in cross section, with 4 distal spines (ventral, lateral, mesial, and dorsal). Carpus 2.7 times longer than high, with 4 or 5 distal spines (ventral, lateral, mesial and dorsal). Palm slender, as long as carpus, 2.6 times as long as high, and 1.1 times as long as fingers. Fingers not gaping; prehensile edges each with row of subtriangular teeth, proximal teeth obsolete; fixed finger without denticulate carina on distolateral margin.</p>
            <p>P2–3 (P4 missing): Moderately slender, with few small granules and short striae on dorsal surface, somewhat compressed laterally, P2 slightly longer than P3, not exceeding end of P1; ischium to propodus with few setae; dactylus with short setae. P2 merus elongate, 0.8 times carapace length, 2.7 times length of P2 carpus and 1.1 times length of P2 propodus. P2–3 meri with distal spine on each of dorsal and ventral margins; carpi with prominent distal spine, lateral side smooth; P2–3 propodi 7.5–8.5 times as long as high, unarmed except for 3 corneous spines on flexor margin; dactyli 0.6–0.7 length of propodi; distal claw short, moderately curved; flexor margin nearly straight, with 8 or 9 small teeth decreasing in size proximally, each with slender corneous spine, ultimate tooth closer to penultimate tooth than to dactylar tip.</p>
            <p>Epipods absent from pereopods.</p>
            <p>Colour in life. Unknown.</p>
            <p> Remarks.  Munidopsis karukera belongs to the group of species with the carapace unarmed (except pair of epigastric spines), abdomen smooth, rostrum short and narrowly triangular, P1 longer than P2, eye with immobile ocular peduncle, and cornea subglobular and unarmed. This group includes some small-sized species, e.g.,  M. maunga Schnabel &amp; Bruce, 2006 , from the caldera of Macauley volcano within the Kermadec volcanic arc (north of New Zealand),  M. ariadne Macpherson, 2011 , from the eastern Mediterranean Sea,  M. polymorpha Koelbel, 1892 from a shallow anchialine cave in Lanzarote, Canary Islands,  M. talismani A. Milne-Edwards and Bouvier, 1894 , from north-west Africa. The closest species is  M. ariadne Macpherson, 2011 , from the eastern Mediterranean Sea (Macpherson 2011). </p>
            <p> Munidopsis ariadne can be easily distinguished from  M. karukera by the following features: the rostrum is dorsally carinated longitudinally instead of being smooth and not carinated in the new species; the abdominal tergites 2–3 each bear two transverse ridges instead of one anterior transverse ridge only; the P1 merus bears four distal spines only instead of bearing additional row of dorsal spines and a strong mesial spine somewhat distal to midlength. </p>
            <p>Distribution. Presently known only from Caribbean Sea, 808–1162 m depth.</p>
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038D87AEC214DA7CCCBEFD99FF3EE3D9.text	038D87AEC214DA7CCCBEFD99FF3EE3D9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Munidopsis penescabra Pequegnat & Williams 1995	<html xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
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            <p> Munidopsis penescabra Pequegnat &amp; Williams, 1995</p>
            <p>(Fig. 4 B)</p>
            <p> Munidopsis penescabra Pequegnat &amp; Williams 1995: 788 , figs 2c–e, 3, 4b (western North Atlantic, north-western Gulf of Mexico, 543– 807 m.— Baba et al. 2008: 154 (compilation). </p>
            <p> Material examined. Campeche Bank (Gulf of Mexico): SMF 49248, 2 males, 4.1–5.6 mm, 23°50.121’N, 87°10.484’W, 565 m, RV ‘  Maria S. Merian’ MSM 20/4 Station GeoB 163 08-1, BC, 22 March 2012, on muddy pteropod-foraminiferan ooze, associated with stalked crinoids, sponges, bryozoans, barnacles, brachiopods and few dead scleractinian fragments (mainly  Lophelia pertusa (Linnaeus, 1758)) ; SMF 49254, 2 males, 2.8–5.9 mm, 23°49.731’N, 87°10.319’W, 578 m, RV ‘  Maria S. Merian’ MSM 20/4 Station GeoB 163 09-1, BC, 22 March 2012, no sediment collected—associated with  Munidopsis tuerkayi n. sp. , sponges and few dead scleractinian fragments (mainly  Lophelia pertusa ). </p>
            <p>Colour in life. Carapace and abdomen pale brown; P1–4 whitish or pale brown. Cornea pale brown.</p>
            <p> Remarks. The material examined agrees quite well with the original description. Pequegnat &amp; Williams (1995) compared this species with  M. scabra Faxon, 1893 and  M. tanneri Faxon, 1893 , both from the eastern Pacific.  Munidopsis penescabra is also close to  M. acutispina Benedict, 1902 , from the north-east Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea (Froglia et al. 2002; Macpherson &amp; Segonzac 2005). The differences are in the following: </p>
            <p> The dorsal surface of the carapace has numerous small scales each ending in a well-developed spine in  M. penescabra , whereas these scales are large each ending in a small spine in  M. acutispina . </p>
            <p> The eyespine is much larger in  M. penescabra than in  M. acutispina . </p>
            <p> The suborbital spine is well developed in  M. penescabra , whereas this spine is absent in  M. acustina . </p>
            <p> The spines on P1–4 are stronger in  M. penescabra than in  M. acutispina . </p>
            <p>Distribution. The species was only known from off Georgia and northwestern Gulf of Mexico, 543– 807 m. The present specimen is from the southeastern Gulf of Mexico, at 565– 578 m.</p>
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            <p> Munidopsis serricornis (Lovén, 1852)</p>
            <p>(Figs. 5 C–D)</p>
            <p>Restricted synonymy:</p>
            <p> Galathea serricornis Lovén 1852: 22 (Sweden; type lost). </p>
            <p> Munidopsis serricornis .— Baba et al. 2008: 160 (compilation).— Matos-Pita &amp; Ramil 2014: 428 (Mauritania, 975–984 m).— Cartes et al. 2014: 168 (Bank of Galicia, NW Spain, 761–1041 m).— Ahyong 2014: 197 (review of Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean records). </p>
            <p> Material examined. West Florida Slope (Gulf of Mexico): SMF 49250, 1 ovigerous female, 10.1 mm, RV ‘  Maria S. Merian’ MSM 20/4 Station GeoB 163 34-1-6, ROV dive 6 subsample 5, 26°20.198’N, 84°45.672’W, 522 m water depth, 27 March 2012, inside live  Enallopsammia profunda (Pourtalès, 1867) colony associated with gastropods, amongst  Coralliophila sp., ophiuorids, isopods, amphipods,  Scalpellum sp. </p>
            <p>Colour in life. The present specimen has the carapace and abdomen pale-orange, with whitish median longitudinal stripe; P1–4 pale-orange. Mayo (1974) quoted the colour note from Bouvier (1922) who described the freshly captured specimen was "cream white".</p>
            <p> Remarks.  Munidopsis serricornis was considered a nearly cosmopolitan species distributed in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans (Baba et al. 2008). However, Ahyong (2014) demonstrated the existence of a complex of numerous species in the Indo-West Pacific, suggesting that  M. serricornis is restricted to both sides of the northern Atlantic, from the Caribbean Sea to Mauritania, including the Mediterranean Sea, between 92 and 2165 m. Nevertheless, some morphological differences, including different colour patterns, in the specimens collected in different localities recommend a revision of the Atlantic material, in order to confirm the existence of a unique or a complex of species. </p>
            <p> Mayo (1974) examined a large collection of  M. serricornis from both sides of the North Atlantic, including different localities of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. She considered that all the specimens she examined belong to the same species, synonymizing  M. bahamensis Benedict, 1902 (type locality: off the coast of Florida) and  M. tenuirostris Benedict, 1902 (type locality: off the coast of Georgia) with  M. serricornis (type locality: W coast of Norway). Mayo (1974) considered that the variations observed in some characters (e.g., shape of the rostrum) are not specific. However, the colour pattern shows some clear differences among specimens from different areas: carapace and abdomen reddish white, whitish or cream white entirely for northeast Atlantic specimens (Mayo, 1974; Ingle &amp; Christiansen 2004 (citing Lovén 1852); Poore et al. 2011; EM, personal observations), and pale-orange, with a whitish median longitudinal stripe in the western Atlantic (Fig. 5 D). The latter colour pattern is observed in  M. treis Ahyong &amp; Poore, 2004 . We have compared whitish specimens from Norway and north-east Spain, with the present specimen (pale-orange, with whitish median longitudinal stripe). The rostrum of our specimen seems clearly shorter and wider (as in  M. bahamensis and  M. tenuirostris ) than in the specimens from East Atlantic (Norway, north-east Spain, Mediterranean Sea). Therefore, it would be interesting to review this material from the Atlantic Ocean, using morphological and molecular data, in order to confirm the existence of one or more taxa. </p>
            <p> Our specimen of  M. serricornis was collected inside a live  Enallopsammia profunda colony (Fig. 5 C–D). The species has been usually recorded on deep-water gorgonians and scleractinian corals, e.g.,  Lophogorgia spp.,  Lophelia pertusa, Madrepora oculata (Buhl-Mortensen &amp; Mortensen 2004; Cartes et al. 2014). These coral communities seem to play an important role in the distribution and abundance of  Munidopsis (Cordes et al. 2008; Cartes et al. 2014), as well as an important source of food for  Munidopsis species (Becker et al. 2008). </p>
            <p>Distribution. Both sides of the northern Atlantic only, from the Caribbean Sea to Mauritania, including the Mediterranean Sea, between 92 and 2165 m.</p>
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038D87AEC215DA7DCCBEFB49F8D6E176.text	038D87AEC215DA7DCCBEFB49F8D6E176.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Munidopsis spinifer (A. Milne Edwards 1880) A. Milne Edwards 1880	<html xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
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            <p> Munidopsis spinifer (A. Milne Edwards, 1880)</p>
            <p>(Fig. 4 C)</p>
            <p> Galathodes spinifer A. Milne Edwards 1880: 54 (Phare de Morro, St. Kitts and Barbados, 329–732 m).  Munidopsis spinifer .— Baba et al. 2008: 162 (compilation). </p>
            <p> Material examined. Great Bahama (North Mound, Florida Straits): SMF 49252, 1 ovigerous female, 5.6 mm, 24°33.730’N 79°19.804’W to 24°34.376’N, 79°19.804’W, 654–660 m water depth, RV ‘  Maria S. Merian’ MSM 20/4 Station GeoB 163 74-1-bulk, ROV dive 14 subsample bulk, 4 April 2012. </p>
            <p>Colour in life. Carapace and abdomen whitish, with two pale-orange broad longitudinal stripes lateral to midline. Rostrum pale-orange dorsolaterally, base whitish. Dorsal side of P1–4 pale-orange; ventral side whitish. Cornea pale at base, distally whitish (see also Mayo 1974).</p>
            <p> Remarks. The specimen agrees quite well with previous descriptions and illustrations. The species has been recorded on sponges, alcyonarians and corals (Mayo 1974) and on the crinoid  Crinometra brevipinna (Rice &amp; Miller 1991) . </p>
            <p>Distribution. Previously known from Phare de Morro, St. Kitts and Barbados, north coast of Cuba, Bahamas and St. Vincent, 329–741 m, and now from north of Yucatan, at 654– 660 m.</p>
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            <p> Munidopsis tuerkayi n. sp.</p>
            <p>(Figs. 3, 4A, 5 A–B)</p>
            <p> Material examined. Holotype. SMF 49249, male, 7.3 mm, Campeche Bank (Gulf of Mexico), 23°49.731’N, 87°10.319’W, 578 m, RV ‘  Maria S. Merian’ MSM 20/4 Station GeoB 163 09-1, BC, 22 March 2012, no sediment collected—associated only with few scleractinian fragments (  Lophelia pertusa ),  Munidopsis penescabra and sponges. </p>
            <p> Paratype. SMF 49251, male, 7.9 mm, Southwest Florida (Gulf of Mexico), 25°16.256’N, 84°26.805’W, 539 m, RV ‘  Maria S. Merian’ MSM 20/4 Station GeoB 163 47-1-5, ROV dive 8 subsample 4, 29 March 2012, with polynoid polychaete  Gorgoniapolynoe caeciliae (Fauvel, 1913) on fan-shaped, current oriented primnoid coral  Candidella imbricata (Johnson, 1862) , the latter was attached to apical part of a rock exposure (see also Barnich et al. 2013). </p>
            <p>Etymology. Named for our friend and colleague, the late Michael Türkay, for his important contributions to carcinology.</p>
            <p>Description. Carapace: Dorsally unarmed, 1.2 times longer than wide; moderately convex from side to side; sparsely covered with short, fine setae and fine striae; cervical groove shallow; epigastric region with short striae. Dorsal margin of orbit oblique, antennal (outer orbital) spine small. Frontal margins oblique; anterolateral spine slightly larger than outer orbital spine. Lateral margins slightly convex; widest at posterior half; unarmed. Rostrum broad, 0.35–0.40 carapace length; trifid distally; apex directed slightly upwards; carinate dorsally; lateral proximal margin almost straight. Pterygostomian flap with short, sparse striae; anterior margin blunt.</p>
            <p>Sternum: Longer than wide. Sternite 3 about 0.3 width of sternite 4. Posterior margin of sternite 3 contiguous with anterior margin of sternite 4. Sternites 4–7 successively wider posteriorly, smooth, sparsely setose, unarmed.</p>
            <p>Abdomen: Tergites with short, fine, scattered setae, unarmed. Tergites 2–4 with elevated anterior ridge; tergites 2 and 3 with shallow groove behind anterior ridge. Tergites 4 and 5 smooth. Tergite 6 with posterior margin not produced. Telson composed of 8 plates. Uropodal endopod lateral margins setose, unarmed.</p>
            <p>Eye: Ocular peduncle unarmed, surface sparsely setose; movable; partially concealed by rostrum. Cornea subglobular, slightly wider than peduncle.</p>
            <p>Antennule: Article 1 with 2 distolateral spines, dorsal spine shorter; distomesial margin blunt, slightly dentate.</p>
            <p>Antenna: Article 1 with distomesial spine reaching end of article 2, lateral spine much smaller. Article 2 with minute distolateral spine. Article 3 unarmed. Article 4 with lateral triangular projection. Flagellum longer than carapace.</p>
            <p>Mxp3: Merus with 2 large spines along flexor margin, proximal larger than distal, with small spine between; small distal spine on extensor margin. Ischium wider than long, with distal flexor and extensor spine. Crista dentata finely denticulate. Dactylus, propodus and carpus unarmed.</p>
            <p>P1: Elongate, 2.9–3.0 times carapace length; with tufts of long, simple setae, more numerous on dorsal and mesial margins; section subcylindrical to ovate. Ischium with ventrodistal spine and dorsal spine. Merus with 3 strong, mesial spines; dorsal side with 1 distal spine; lateral margin unarmed; ventromesial margin with 2 proximal spines. Carpus twice longer than high, with 1 distomesial spine. Palm unarmed, about 3 times longer than high and 1.3 times longer than fingers. Fingers unarmed, occlusal margins dentate, apices with interlocking teeth; fixed finger without denticulate carina on distolateral margin.</p>
            <p>P2–4: Moderately setose, sparsely with long setae on all articles. P2 1.6–1.8 times carapace length, not exceeding P1. Meri successively shorter posteriorly (P3 merus 0.9 length of P2 merus, P4 merus 0.9 length of P3 merus), equally broad on P2–4; P2 merus 0.6 carapace length, 3.4 times as long as broad, 1.3 times longer than P2 propodus; P3 merus 3.0 times as long as broad, 1.2 times length of P3 propodus; P4 merus 2.7 times as long as broad, 1.1 times length of P4 propodus; extensor margins each with row of minute spines and moderately strong distal spine; lateral surface unarmed; flexor margins each with small terminal spine. Carpi each with distal spine on extensor margin; lateral surface with rugose crest paralleling extensor margin; flexor distal margins each bluntly angular. Propodi subequal in length, equally broad, and 4.3–4.6 times as long as broad; extensor margins unarmed; flexor margins each with 2–4 slender movable spines. Dactyli subequal in length, 0.6 length of propodi, ending in incurved, strong, sharp spine; flexor margins each with prominent triangular subterminal tooth preceded by 6 or 7 low proximally diminishing teeth, each tooth bearing robust seta; ultimate tooth equidistant between penultimate tooth and dactylar tip.</p>
            <p>Epipods absent from pereopods.</p>
            <p> Colour in life. Either carapace and abdomen whitish or carapace pale-pinkish (colour resembling that of the  Candidella imbricata polyp tissue) with a whitish cross in center and whitish flanks, abdomen whitish with two pale-pink broad longitudinal stripes; P1–4 pale brown. Cornea pale. </p>
            <p> Remarks.  Munidopsis tuerkayi n. sp. belongs to a group of species sharing a flattened, distally trifid rostrum, unarmed carapace surface, unarmed abdominal tergites and the absence of pereopodal epipods. This group includes  M. acuminata Benedict, 1902 [off South Carolina, northwestern Atlantic],  M. alcocki Ahyong, 2014 [Indian Ocean, from Madagascar to Bay of Bengal],  M. aurantia Lin &amp; Chan, 2011 [Taiwan],  M. kareenae Ahyong, 2013 [New Zealand],  M. modesta Benedict, 1902 [Galapagos Islands],  M. nias Ahyong, 2014 [eastern Indian Ocean],  M. pubescens Macpherson, 2007 [Madagascar],  M. serricornis (Loven, 1852) [North Atlantic Ocean] and  M. treis Ahyong &amp; Poore, 2004 [southern Australia to New Caledonia including New Zealand]. The closest relative of the new species is  M. kareenae . They can be easily distinguished by the following characters: </p>
            <p> The flexor margin of the Mxp3 merus has 2 large spines proximally, the proximalmost having a prominent convex lobe on the posterior margin, in  M. kareenae . This margin has one proximal and one distal spine, without convex lobes in the new species. </p>
            <p> The P1 merus and carpus have rows of well-developed dorsal spines in  M. kareenae , whereas these dorsal spines are absent in the new species (only one distal spine in the merus). </p>
            <p> The extensor margins of the meri and carpi of P2–3 are prominently spinose in  M. kareenae , whereas these margins are serrate (only with a distal spine) in the new species. </p>
            <p> The P2–4 propodi are more slender in  M. kareenae than in the new species, (length-breadth ratio 6.5–6.7 versus 4.3–4.6). </p>
            <p> In the Atlantic Ocean, the closest relative is  M. serricornis . However, the new species differs from  M. serricornis in lacking spines on the lateral margins of the carapace behind the anterolateral spine. Furthermore, the extensor margin of P2–4 meri each has a row of minute spines distally ending in a moderately strong spine in  M. tuerkayi , whereas these spines are well developed in  M. serricornis . </p>
            <p>Distribution. Only known from the Gulf of Mexico, at 539–578 m water depth.</p>
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