Munididae
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| Cervimunida princeps | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Superfamily: | Galatheoidea |
| Family: | Munididae Ahyong, Baba, Macpherson, Poore, 2010 |
The Munididae are 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
The genera now included in the family Munididae had previously been included in a wider Galatheidae.[1] When originally described in 2010[update], the family contained these genera:[1]
- Agononida Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996
- Anomoeomunida Baba, 1993
- Anoplonida Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996
- Babamunida Cabezas, Macpherson & Machordom, 2008
- Bathymunida Balss, 1914
- Cervimunida Benedict, 1902
- † Cretagalathea Garassino, De Angeli & Pasini, 2008 – Upper Cretaceous
- Crosnierita Macpherson, 1998
- Enriquea Baba, 2005
- Hendersonida Cabezas & Macpherson, 2014
- Heteronida Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996
- † Juracrista Robins, Feldmann & Schweitzer, 2012 – Late Jurassic (Tithonian)[2]
- Munida Leach, 1820
- Neonida Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996
- Onconida Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996
- Paramunida Baba, 1988
- Plesionida Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996
- Pleuroncodes Stimpson, 1860
- † Protomunida Beurlen, 1930 – Palaeocene to Eocene
- Raymunida Macpherson & Machordom, 2000
- Sadayoshia Baba, 1969
- Setanida Macpherson, 2006
- Tasmanida Ahyong, 2007
- Torbenella Baba, 2008
References
- ^ a b c d e Shane T. Ahyong; Keiji Baba; Enrique Macpherson; Gary C. B. Poore (2010). "A new classification of the Galatheoidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2676: 57–68.
- ^ C.M. Robins, R.M. Feldmann & C.E. Schweitzer (2012). "The oldest Munididae (Decapoda: Anomura: Galatheoidea) from Ernstbrunn, Austria (Tithonian)" (PDF). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A. 114: 289–300. JSTOR 41702112.
