Family of crustaceans
Munidopsidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Decapoda.[1] The Munidopsids are the deepest-dwelling family of superfamily Galatheoidea, which comprises families Galatheidae, Munididae, Munidopsidae, and Porcellanidae.[2]
Munidopsids are one of the most common types of decapod found in abyssal zones,[3] and have been found occupying active hydrothermal vents[4] and cold seeps.[5] Munidopsids reside from slope to abyssal floor, save for the species M. polymorpha, which can be found in submarine caves as shallow as 2 meters below sea level.[6]
As of 2008, 224 species of Munidopsids have been catalogued: 71 in the Atlantic, 132 in the Pacific, and 50 in the Indian Ocean.[6]
Genera
Genera:[7]
References
- ^ "Munidopsidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ^ Ahyong, Shane T.; Baba, Keiji; Macpherson, Enrique; Poore, Gary C. B. (2010-11-15). "A new classification of the Galatheoidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura)". Zootaxa. 2676 (1): 57–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2676.1.4. hdl:10261/42217. ISSN 1175-5334.
- ^ Rodríguez-Flores, Paula C.; Seid, Charlotte A.; Rouse, Greg W.; Giribet, Gonzalo (2023-01-11). "Cosmopolitan abyssal lineages? A systematic study of East Pacific deep-sea squat lobsters (Decapoda: Galatheoidea: Munidopsidae)". Invertebrate Systematics. 37 (1): 14–60. doi:10.1071/IS22030. ISSN 1447-2600.
- ^ Nakamura, Masako; Chen, Chong; Mitarai, Satoshi (2015-06-01). "Insights into life-history traits of Munidopsis spp. (Anomura: Munidopsidae) from hydrothermal vent fields in the Okinawa Trough, in comparison with the existing data". Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 100: 48–53. Bibcode:2015DSRI..100...48N. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2015.02.007. ISSN 0967-0637.
- ^ Rodríguez-Flores, Paula C.; Ambler, Julie W.; Nizinski, Martha S. (2024-09-10). "Integrative taxonomy reveals a new species of deep-sea squat lobster (Galatheoidea, Munidopsidae) from cold seeps in the Gulf of Mexico". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 100 (4): 1243–1257. doi:10.3897/zse.100.127169. ISSN 1860-0743.
- ^ a b Baba, Keiji; Macpherson, Enrique; Poore, Gary C. B.; Ahyong, Shane T.; Bermudez, Adriana; Cabezas, Patricia; Lin, Chia-Wei; Nizinski, Martha; Rodrigues, Celso; Schnabel, Kareen E. (2008-10-15). "Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura-families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae)". Zootaxa. 1905 (1): 1–220. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1905.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
- ^ "Munidopsidae Ortmann, 1898". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
