Paramunida scabra (Henderson 1885)
Munida scabra Henderson, 1885: 409 (off the Kei Islands, 236 m); 1888: 134, pl. 15, figs 4, 4a, 4b (off Little Kei Islands, 256 m). - Yokoya 1933: 63 (S of Inuboe-zaki, Sagami Bay, E of Miyazaki, W of Muroto-zaki, Bungo Strait, vicinity of Goto I., E of Chejudo, S of Tsushima, 106–393 m). - Yanagita 1943: 30, figs 9, 10 (off Miya, Aichi Prefecture, 360 m). - Miyake & Baba 1967: 242, fig. 13 (East China Sea, 100–158 m). - Baba 1969: 49 (East China Sea, 310 m). - Kim 1973: 178 (no record). - Miyake 1982: 149, pl. 50, fig. 2 (E of Koshiki-jima, Kagoshima, 300–350 m). - Baba in Baba et al. 1986: 175, 292, fig. 125 (Okinawa Trough and Tosa Bay, 150–550 m).
Paramunida scabra Baba 1988: 180 (off NE Borneo, Balabac Strait off N Borneo, Sulu Archipelago, off N Mindanao, off Pacific coast of S Luzon, South China Sea off SW Luzon, off Hong Kong and off SW Formosa, 70–1630 m). - Baba 1990: fig. 15a (reexamination of type material). - Macpherson 1993: 462, fig. 8 (in part, Philippines and Indonesia, 143–1075 m). - Baba 1994: 19 (off Central Queensland, 497–503 m). - Komai 2000: 360 (list). - Davie 2002: 66 (no record). - Baba 2005: 199, 303 (key, synonymies, Japan and Kei Islands, 180–325 m). - Baba et al. 2008: 174 (list of occurrences). - Baba et al. 2009: 281, figs. 257–258 (Taiwan, 520–640 m). - Cabezas, Macpherson & Machordom, 2010: pg 42, figs. 15B, 18D.
Not Paramunida scabra Wu et al. 1998: 145, figs 41, 42G (Taiwan) - Macpherson 1993: 462 (in part) (= P. tricarinata (Alcock, 1894)).
15 syntypes, BMNH 1888:33.
Off the Ki [Kei] Island, 05º49´15"S, 132º14´15"E, 236 m.
Rostrum spiniform, larger than supraocular spines, with thin dorsal carina. Margin between rostral and supraocular spines straight. Spinules on gastric and hepatic regions usually forming groups arising from scale-like striae. 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 numerous striae, with numerous 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 spiniform, 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 6–8 times as long as high. Propodus of walking legs between 1.1–1.4 times longer than dactylus.
Males to 13.7 mm, females to 13.8 mm, ovigerous females from 7.2 mm (Macpherson, 1993).
Off the Ki [Kei] Island, 05º49´15"S, 132º14´15"E, 236 m.
Sand, hard bottom, shells, corals, clay and mud (Baba, 2005).