Agononida incerta
Agononida incerta (Henderson, 1888)
- superfamily Galatheoidea
- family Munididae
- genus Agononida
Overview
Synonymy
Munida incerta Henderson, 1888: 130, pl. 13, figs 4, 4a.
Agononida incerta. - Baba et al. 2009: 76–78, fig. 63. - Poore et al. 2008: 18 (part).
Munida sp. cf. solae. — Poupin, 1996b: 24, pl. 11, fig. f (Maria, Tubuai Islands, 680 m).
Type Data
Holotype, female, BMNH 1888:33.
Type locality
Philippines, off Sibago Island (off Zamboanga), 06º47´N, 122º28´E, 458 m.
Description
Size
Males, cl 7–38 mm; females cl 7.5–21 mm; ovigerous females cl 20–24 mm.
Color
Unevenly orange over carapace and abdominal somites 1–4, abdominal somites 5, 6 and telson uncoloured; colour highlighted at the bases of abdominal spines and spines on pereopodal meri; narrow transverse orange bands at the ends of meri, carpi and propodi of pereopods 1–4. Based on WA specimen, NMV J55021.
Ecology and Distribution
Distribution
Taiwan, Philippines to southern Western Australia; 22°N-24°S; 280–460 m (in Western Australia the species was not taken at stations targeting the 200 m, 800 m or deeper contours).
Taxonomy
- Munida incerta Henderson, 1888 (synonym)


