title: A new species of deep-sea squat lobster of the genus Munida Leach, 1820 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Munididae) from a hydrothermal field in the southwestern Indian Ocean.
abstract: A new species of the genus Munida Leach, 1820, is described and illustrated based on a single specimen from the deep-sea hydrothermal area in the southwestern Indian Ocean. Munida manqingae sp. nov. closely resembles M. tiresias Macpherson 1994, but differs in the morphology of the carapace, basal segment of the antennular peduncles, first segment of the antennal peduncle.
authors.affiliation: Third Institute of Oceanography, SOA, Daxue Road No.178, Xiamen, China Marine Environmental Monitor Center of Guangxi, Gongyuan Road No.49, Beihai, China; Email: leosimon0917@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Xinming
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Third Institute of Oceanography, SOA, Daxue Road No.178, Xiamen, China; Email: rclinxm@189.cn.
authors.forename: Rongcheng
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Third Institute of Oceanography, SOA, Daxue Road No.178, Xiamen, China; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Dingyong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D000818:Animals; D033381:Anomura / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D019156:Indian Ocean; D008297:Male