New occurrences of squat lobsters of the genus Eumunida Smith, 1883 (Decapoda, Eumunididae) in New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands and Papua-New Guinea, with the description of a new species

Abstract

Examination of numerous specimens of squat lobsters of the genus Eumunida Smith, 1883 collected by French cruises along the coasts of New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands and Papua-New Guinea revealed the presence of six species, including a new species. The collection data of all of these species are recorded. The new species, E. turbulenta n. sp., is described and illustrated from New Caledonia and Chesterfield Islands.

New species of deep-sea squat lobsters (Decapoda: Anomura: Galatheoidea) from Guadeloupe, French West Indies, unveiled through integrative taxonomy

“…New species of Munida and Munidopsis are described each year (Rodríguez-Flores et al, 2018;Dong et al, 2019Dong et al, , 2021Macpherson et al, 2020). Considering that only a small part of the deep sea is explored, the known diversity of squat lobsters would constitute just the peak of the iceberg (Appeltans et al, 2012).…”