MCZ Invertebrate Zoology 167239

Munidopsis giribeti Rodriguez-Flores, 2025

Holotype of Munidopsis giribeti

Date Collected:

2023-08-23

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central: Johnston Atoll | [coordinate data only]

Current Identification
Munidopsis giribeti Rodriguez-Flores, 2025 linked data icon
Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Multicrustacea Malacostraca Eumalacostraca Eucarida Decapoda Pleocyemata Anomura Galatheoidea Munidopsidae
Determiner: Paula C. Rodríguez-Flores in 2025
Nature of ID: expert ID
Previous Identification
Munidopsis crassa Smith, 1885 cf.
Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Anomura Munidopsidae
Determiner: Paula C. Rodríguez-Flores on 2023-08-23
Nature of ID: field ID

Rodríguez-Flores 2025, page 17, Holotype of Munidopsis giribeti Rodriguez-Flores, 2025 doi: 10.1093/jcbiol/ruae080 linked data icon
Figs. 2A, 6F, 9A–F,10A–E, 11A–C; Table 1.

  • NCBI GenBank number: PQ658012 linked data icon
  • cruise number: NA153-171
  • dive number: H1999
  • station number: NA153-171-B-MCZ

Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (frozen: -80°C) good on loan 1 History
Remarks: station number: NA153-171-01-E-MCZ; Squat lobster leg for isotope analysis
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: fixed in 95% EtOH, transferred to 70% EtOH 2023-08-31.

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Michelle Tang 2023-10-02

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  • Eventlog description - Galatheoidea - Munidopsidae Munidopis on spongy debris ; WetLab Description-Overall Sample - Squat lobster: Munidopsidae cf. crassa. Pale color (white), yellow eyes with 5 cm carapace; ovegerous female. Amphipod associates: pink, < 0.5 cm ; WetLab Description subsample - Squat lobster.

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Eastern Central
  • Country:
  • Johnston Atoll
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • [unknown]
  • Specific Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • [coordinate data only]
  • Depth:
  • 2389.210575 m
  • Georeference:
  • 16.9910930°, -169.76979° (Error radius: Unknown) By: E/V Nautilus-153, Ocean Exploration Trust on 2023-08-23 (Source: collector spreadsheet)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Method:
  • Slurp, Hercules/Atalanta
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 2023-08-23
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 2023-08-23
  • Time Collected:
  • 07:41:05.556Z
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • Temp (degC)Seabird FastCat 49Plus=1.86957439765; Salinity (psu)Seabird FastCat 49Plus=34.6404096577; Oxygen (?moles/L)Aanderaa Oxygen Optode 3830=105.852194614; Corrected O2data (x0.813)=86.057834221182
  • Collector:
  • E/V Nautilus-153, Ocean Exploration Trust

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]