Agononida africerta Poore & Andreakis, 2012
Synonymy:
Agononida africerta Poore & Andreakis, 2012: 10, figs 2D, E, 3C, 8.
?Munida incerta. —Kensley 1977: 162. —Baba 1990: 963-964. —Tirmizi 1966: 205, fig. 22.
Type Data:
Holotype, female, MNHN IU-2008-10438.
Type locality:
Mozambique Channel. 25°13′S, 35°18′E, 480-503 m.
Etymology:
The name africerta, is a combination from Africa and incerta.
Size:
Males, cl 10-31 mm; females cl 6-26 mm.
Color:
<p>Carapace and abdominal somites 1-4 generally orange, stronger around bases of spines and rostrum. Spines and squamae of pereopods more strongly coloured than elsewhere. Transverse broad orange bands distally on meri of pereopods 1-4, proximally on carpi of pereopods 1-4, subdistally on carpus of pereopod 1, proximally on propodus of pereopod 1, at propodus-dactylus articulation of pereopod 1, and along most length of propodi of pereopods 2-4, stronger distally. From photo by T.Y. Chan (MNHN IU-2008-10192).</p>
Distribution:
Off Madagascar and eastern Mozambique, 13°S-25°S; 446-570 m.