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Chirostylid and Galatheid Crustaceans (Decapoda: Anomura) from active thermal vent areas in the southwest Pacific
Keiji Baba, Michèle de Saint Laurent

Five species of galatheidean crustaceans are reported from active thermal vent areas in the southwest Pacific back arc basins: Uroptychus bicavus sp. nov. and U. thermalis sp. nov., both from the North Fiji Basin; Munida magniantennulata Baba and Tiirkay, 1992, from the Lau Basin, Munidopsis lauensis sp. nov. from the Lau and North Fiji Basins, and M. starmer sp. nov. from the North Fiji Basin.

Keywords: Galatheidean crustaceans,thermal vents, Uroptychus bicavw, U. thermalis, Munida magniantennulata, Munidopsis lauensis, M. starmer.
Contents of this volume Sci. Mar. 56(4) : 321-332 Back PDF
 
 
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