Paramunida antipodes Ahyong & Poore, 2004
Paramunida antipodes Ahyong & Poore, 2004: 65, fig. 16 (Queensland and New South Wales, 420–549 m). - Poore 2004: 238, fig. 66a (compilation). - Baba 2005: 301 (key, synonymies). - Baba et al. 2008: 171 (list of occurrences). - Cabezas, Macpherson & Machordom, 2010: pg 14, fig. 16B.
Holotype, male, AM P31419.
NE of Tweed Heads, Queensland, 28°05´S, 153°58´E, 420 m.
Named antipodes, an archaic vernacular name for Australia, as the first species of the genus to be described from Australian waters; used as a noun in apposition.
Rostrum spiniform, larger than supraocular spines, with thin dorsal carina. Margin between rostral and supraocular spines slightly concave. Epigastric region without median row of spinules behind rostral spine. Mesogastric region with 1 (rarely 2) spine. Cardiac region with a median row of 3 or 4 well developed spines. Anterior branch of cervical groove with few and short setae. Thoracic sternite 4 with few striae, with few lateral striae on sternites 5–6. Lateral margin of antennular peduncle segment 1 with distal slender portion about half as long as proximal inflated portion. Anterior prolongation of antennal peduncle segment 1 spiniform; segment 2, 1.5–2.0 times longer than broad, distomesial spine mucronated, distomesial spine far falling short of end of anterior prolongation of segment 1, reaching well beyond end of antennal segment 3, falling short of end of segment 4, distolateral spine reaching midlength but not end of segment 3. Antennal segment 3, 1.2–1.5 times as long as broad. Base of pereopod 1 carpus without bundle of setae, pereopod 2 propodus about 8.2–10 times as long as high. Propodus of walking legs between 1.1–1.4 times longer than dactylus.
Males, 10.5–11.9 mm, female 9.7–12.9 mm.
Eastern Australia from Long Reef, New South Wales, to northeast of Tweed Heads, southern Queensland; 420 and 548 m.