title: Some species of Munidopsis from the Gulf of Mexico, Florida Straits and Caribbean Sea (Decapoda: Munidopsidae), with the description of two new species.
abstract: During two cruises to the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, some specimens of squat lobsters belonging to the genus Munidopsis Whiteaves, 1874 (family Munidopsidae Ortmann, 1898) were collected. The present collection comprises five species, where two are considered as new species: M. karukera, closely related to M. ariadne Macpherson, 2011, from the Mediterranean Sea; and M. tuerkayi, which resembles M. kareenae Ahyong, 2013, from New Zealand. The specimens were caught at six stations between 522 and 1162 m; some were associated with live cold-water corals, such as Lophelia pertusa (Linnaeus, 1758), Enallopsammia profunda (Pourtalès, 1867) and Candidella imbricata (Johnson, 1862).
authors.affiliation: Centre d'Estudis Avançats de Blanes (CEAB-CSIC) C. acc. Cala San Fracesc 14, 17300 Blanes, Girona, Spain.; Email: macpherson@ceab.csic.es.
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Macpherson
authors.affiliation: Senckenberg am Meer, Marine Research Department, Südstrand 40, D-26382 Wilhelmshaven, Germany.; Email: lydia.beuck@senckenberg.de.
authors.forename: Lydia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Beuck
authors.affiliation: Senckenberg am Meer, Marine Research Department, Südstrand 40, D-26382 Wilhelmshaven, Germany.; Email: lydia.beuck@senckenberg.de.
authors.forename: Andrè
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Freiwald
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D033381:Anomura / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D037421:Anthozoa; D017691:Caribbean Region; D005260:Female; D060851:Gulf of America; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity