New records and species of deep-sea squat lobsters (Galatheoidea, Munidopsidae) from the Hawaiian Archipelago: an integrative approach using micro-CT and barcodes.

ABSTRACT: The Hawaiian Archipelago remains extensively under-sampled for many marine invertebrate taxa, including squat lobsters. During the last few years, several deep-sea expeditions carried out in the Pacific Ocean have conducted opportunistic collections of specimens and image data from the vicinity of Hawai'i. Here we describe a new species: Munidopsis hawaii sp. nov. and provide new records for Munidopsidae in the Archipelago and its associations. We illustrate and describe the new species using an integrative approach including micro-CT 3D imaging. Phylogenetic analyses of the species collected from seamounts from Hawai'i indicate that the new species represents a divergent lineage compared to morphologically similar species such as M. dispar and M. papanui. We al

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez Flores PC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10007970 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature