Munida japonica Stimpson 1858
Munida japonica Stimpson, 1858: 252 (Kagoshima Bay, Japan, 36 m [type material no longer extant]). — Stimpson, 1907: 235 (Kagoshima, Japan, 22 m). — Miyake & Baba, 1967c: 240, figs 11, 12 (East China Sea, 98–196 m). — Baba & Macpherson, 1991: figs 3b, d, f, h, j, l, m (“Challenger” stn 192, off Little Ki Island, Indonesia, 256 m; not fig. 2 (“Challenger” stn 173 off Matuku, Fiji Islands (= M. agave Macpherson, & Baba, 1993)). — Macpherson & Baba, 1993: 399, fig. 9 (Japan and Philippines, 102–220 m, selection of neotype). — Macpherson, 1997: 607 (Indonesia, 170–209 m). — Wu et al., 1998: 115, figs 24, 26F, G (Taiwan). — Komai, 2000: 356 (list). — Komai et al., 2002: 57 (off Tsushima Island, Japan, 133 m). — Baba, 2005: 109, 265 (key, synonymies, Japan and Kei Islands, 137–732 m).
Munida militaris. — Henderson, 1885: 410 (part) (off the Ki [Kei] Island, 236 m). — Henderson, 1888: 137 (part) (off Little Ki [Kei] Island, 256 m).
Not Munida japonica. — Ortmann, 1892: 254, pl. 11, figs 11, 11i, 11k (= M. honshuensis Benedict, 1902). — Balss, 1915: 3 (= M. dispar Macpherson & Baba, 1993). — Lewinsohn, 1969: 131, fig. 26 (= M. dispar Macpherson & Baba, 1993). — Haig, 1973: 271 (= M. rogeri Macpherson, 1994). — Tirmizi & Javed, 1993: 109, fig. 47 (possibly = M. eudora Baba & Macpherson, 1993). — Minemizu, 2000: 168 (= Raymunida sp.). — Davie, 2002: 64 (no record).
Identity questioned:
Munida japonica. — Miers, 1879: 51 (Korea Strait, 73 m). — Borradaile, 1900: 422 (Talili Bay, New Britain). — De Man, 1902: 724 (Halmahera). — Doflein, 1902: 644 (Sagami Bay). — Southwell, 1906: 220 (Sri Lanka from Trincomalee, S of Galle, off Kaltura, outside banks in Gulf of Manaar, and Aripu reef, shallow water to 62 m). — Parisi, 1917: 1 (Sagami Bay). — Yokoya, 1933: 58 (Tanega-shima northward to Tsugaru Strait via Sea of Japan, and to Inuboe-zaki in the Pacific coast, 62–543 m). — Makarov, 1938: 97, fig. 35 (no record). — Melin, 1939: 85, figs 54–57 (E of Chichijima, Bonin Islands, 100 m). — Miyake, 1965: 635, fig. 1046 (no record). — Miyake, 1982: 146, pl. 49, fig. 4 (E of Koshiki-jima, Kagoshima, 300 m). — Tirmizi, 1966: 195, figs 15, 16 (Red Sea, and Zanzibar, 55–194 m). — Kim, 1973: 178, pl. 65, fig. 7 (Korea). — Baba, 1977a: 253 (Sulu Archipelago off Zamboanga, 72–80 m). — Takeda, 1982: 51, fig. 151 (no record). — Baba in Baba et al., 1986: 171, 290, fig. 122 (Tosa Bay, 150–190 m). — Baba, 1988: 108 (Flores Sea off S Sulawesi, Davao Gulf off SE Mindanao, off N Mindanao, off NE Palawan, between Samar and Leyte, between Masbate and Leyte, South China Sea off SE and SW & NW Luzon, 51–333 m). — Baba, 1989: 131 (Oshima Strait, Amami-oshima, 40–60 m). — Tirmizi & Javed, 1993: 109, fig. 47 (western Indian Ocean off Tanzania, S Mozambique and South Africa, 100–165 m).
Munida japonica typica Balss, 1913b: 15, fig. 14 (Sagami Bay and Takao, Formosa, 50–130 m).
Munida militaris variety andamanica. — Boone, 1935: 42, pl. 10 (Solor Strait, Duch East Indies).
Munida japonica japonica. — Yanagita, 1943: 24, fig. 7 (Japan: Izu Peninsula, off Manazuru, off Hatsushima, Kumanonada, off Kabane of Aichi Prefecture, and Toyama Bay, 25–200 m).
Neotype, ovigerous female, MNHN Ga 2337 (designated by Macpherson & Baba, 1993).
Makura-zaki, Kagoshima Pref., Japan, 145 m.
Males, 5.2-17.0 mm; females, 5.7-18.6 mm; ovigerous females from 5.0 mm.
Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan, East China Sea, and Japan; 22–732 m.
Mud, sand, hard bottoms, clay.