Kingdom Animalia Infraorder Anomura Scientific name Munididae Higher classification Galatheoidea Order Decapoda | Subphylum Crustacea Superfamily Galatheoidea Phylum Arthropoda Rank Family | |
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Similar Decapoda, Crustacean, Munida, Anomura, Galatheoidea | ||
The Munididae are a family of squat lobsters created in 2010.
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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. 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.
Taxonomy
The genera now included in the family Munididae had previously been included in a wider Galatheidae. When originally described in 2010, the family contained these genera:
References
Munididae Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA