| Munididae Temporal range: | |
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| Munida compacta | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Superfamily: | Galatheoidea |
| Family: | Munididae Ahyong, Baba, Macpherson, Poore, 2010 |
Munididae is a family of squat lobsters, taxonomically separated from the family Galatheidae in 2010. [1]
The squat lobsters in the family Munididae can be distinguished from other families by the presence of a trispinose frontal edge to the carapace, as well as a central rostrum, and two spines extend forward from above the eyes. [1] Although a few species enter shallow water, the majority of species in the Munididae are deep-water taxa, in contrast to the mostly shallow-water Galatheidae. [1]
Many of the genera included in the family Munididae had previously been included in a wider circumscription of the family Galatheidae. [1] The following genera are now recognised: [2]
