MCZ Invertebrate Zoology CRU-11527

Munida Stimpsoni A. Milne Edwards, 1880

Syntype of Munida Stimpsoni  
  Holotype of Munida chacei

Date Collected:

1879-01-05

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Virgin Islands of the United States: Saint Croix | off Frederickstadt

Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology CRU-11527 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Current Identification
Munida Stimpsoni A. Milne Edwards, 1880
Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Galatheoidea Munididae
Determiner: Alphonse Milne-Edwards in 1880
Nature of ID: type ID
Previous Identification
Munida chacei Melo-Filho & Melo, 1992
Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Anomura Galatheoidea Munididae
Determiner: Gustavo Augusto S. Melo-Filho in 1992
Nature of ID: type ID

Media type: text; Milne-Edwards 1880 Description: Etudes preliminaires sur les Crustaces;

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Media type: text; Melo-Filho and Melo 1992 Description: Designation of lectotypes for the species of Munida (Crustacea:Anomura: Galatheidae) collected by the H.M.S Challenger (1872-1876) along the Brazilian coast;

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  • station number: 134

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) poor in collection 1 History
Remarks: leg; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-10-02
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-09-29   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (70% ethanol) unchecked in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: B - Holotype of M. chacei
whole animal (70% ethanol) unchecked unknown 1 History
Remarks: A - Paratype of M. chacei

Attribute Value Determination On
sex ovigerous female [no agent data]
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-10-02

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  • Identified as Munida n. sp. by F.A. Chace, Jr. Specimen is the holotype of Munida chacei Melo-Filho & Melo, 1992. Shelved under M. chacei. [unable to find a second specimen with this catalog number, PBenson August 2019]

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Virgin Islands of the United States
  • Island:
  • Saint Croix
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Frederickstadt
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Off St. Cruz, Frederickstadt
  • Depth:
  • 248 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 17.6208333°, -64.805555° (Error radius: 50km) By: [no agent data] on 1879-01-05 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (17° 37′ 15″ N  64° 48′ 20″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1879-01-05
  • Verbatim Date:
  • January 5, 1879
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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Media type: text; Invertebrate Zoology CRU-11527;  CRU-11526;  CRU-11528;  CRU-11529;  CRU-11530;  CRU-11531;  CRU-11532;  CRU-11533;  CRU-11534;  CRU-11535;  CRU-11536;  CRU-11537;  CRU-11538;  CRU-11539;  CRU-11540;  CRU-11541;  CRU-11542;  CRU-11543;  CRU-11544;  CRU-11545;  CRU-11546;  CRU-11547;  CRU-11548;  CRU-11549;  CRU-11550 Description: MCZ Invertebrate Zoology Crustacea 005976-011900, pg.226;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:IZ:CRU-11527 Munida Stimpsoni Holotype to ...

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