Munididae
Temporal range:
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]

  • Agononida Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996
  • Anomoeomunida Baba, 1993
  • Anoplonida Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996
  • Antillimunida Macpherson & Baba in Machordom et al., 2022
  • Arabiconida Macpherson & Baba in Machordom et al., 2022
  • †Austromunida Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2000
  • Babamunida Cabezas, Macpherson & Machordom, 2008
  • Bathymunida Balss, 1914
  • †Cretagalathea Garassino, De Angeli & Pasini, 2008 – Upper Cretaceous
  • Crosnierita Macpherson, 1998
  • Curtonida Macpherson & Baba in Machordom et al., 2022
  • Dactylonida Macpherson & Baba in Machordom et al., 2022
  • Enriquea Baba, 2005
  • Garymunida Macpherson & Baba in Machordom et al., 2022
  • Gonionida Macpherson & Baba in Machordom et al., 2022
  • Grimothea Leach, 1820
  • Hendersonida Cabezas & Macpherson, 2014
  • Heteronida Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996
  • Hexamunida Macpherson & Baba in Machordom et al., 2022
  • Iridonida Macpherson & Baba in Machordom et al., 2022
  • Ischnonida Macpherson & Baba in Machordom et al., 2022
  • † Juracrista Robins, Feldmann & Schweitzer, 2012 – Late Jurassic (Tithonian)[3]
  • Leptonida Macpherson & Baba in Machordom et al., 2022
  • †Muellermunida Beschin, Busulini & Tessier
  • Munida Leach, 1820
  • Neonida Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996
  • Onconida Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996
  • Paramunida Baba, 1988
  • Plesionida Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996
  • Raymunida Macpherson & Machordom, 2000
  • Sadayoshia Baba, 1969
  • Scolonida Macpherson & Baba in Machordom et al., 2022
  • Setanida Macpherson, 2006
  • Tasmanida Ahyong, 2007
  • †Tethysmunida De Angeli & Ceccon, 2017
  • Torbenella Baba, 2008
  • Trapezionida Macpherson & Baba in Machordom et al., 2022
  • Typhlonida Macpherson & Baba in Machordom et al., 2022
  • †Valamunida Klompmaker & Robins in Hryniewicz et al., 2019

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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.
  2. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Munididae Ahyong, Baba, Macpherson & Poore, 2010". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  3. ↑ 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.
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