| Munididae Temporal range: | |
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| Munida compacta | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| 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]
Squat lobsters are dorsoventrally flattened crustaceans with long tails held curled beneath the cephalothorax. They are found in the two superfamilies Galatheoidea and Chirostyloidea, which form part of the decapod infraorder Anomura, alongside groups including the hermit crabs and mole crabs. They are distributed worldwide in the oceans, and occur from near the surface to deep sea hydrothermal vents, with one species occupying caves above sea level. More than 900 species have been described, in around 60 genera. Some species form dense aggregations, either on the sea floor or in the water column, and a small number are commercially fished.
The Galatheidae are a family of squat lobsters.
Munida is the largest genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae, with over 240 species.
Agononida is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae. In 2022, recognizing that the genus as then defined was paraphyletic, it was divided into three lineages: Agononidasensu stricto and two new genera, Garymunida and Hexamunida. Agononida is distributed in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Anomoeomunida is a monotypic squat lobster genus in the family Munididae. The sole a species of is Anomoeomunida caribensis. It occurs in the western Atlantic.
Anoplonida is a genus of squat lobsters, which are flattened dorsoventrally, in the family Munididae, containing the following species:
Babamunida is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae. The genus occurs in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans, with the greatest diversity in the Pacific.
Bathymunida is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae, containing the following species:
Crosnierita is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae, containing the following species:
Enriquea leviantennata is a species of squat lobster in a monotypic genus in the family Munididae.
Heteronida is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae. They occur in the western Pacific Ocean.
Neonida grandis is a species of squat lobster in a monotypic genus in the family Munididae.
Onconida is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae, containing the following species:
Paramunida is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae, containing the following species:
Plesionida is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae. As of 2017, it contains the following species:
Raymunida is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae, containing the following 11 species:
Setanida cristata is a species of squat lobster in a monotypic genus in the family Munididae.
Tasmanida norfolkae is a species of squat lobster in a monotypic genus in the family Munididae.
Torbenella is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae. They occur in the western Pacific Ocean.
The Galatheoidea are a superfamily of decapod crustaceans comprising the porcelain crabs and some squat lobsters. Squat lobsters within the three families of the superfamily Chirostyloidea are not closely related to the squat lobsters within the Galatheoidea. The fossil record of the superfamily extends back to the Middle Jurassic genus Palaeomunidopsis.
