Munididae

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Munididae
Temporal range: Tithonian–recent
Munida compacta
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

Description and ecology

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]

Taxonomy

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]

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