Munididae
| Munididae Temporal range: Tithonian–recent |
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| Cervimunida princeps | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Superfamily: | Galatheoidea |
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Munididae Ahyong, Baba, Macpherson, Poore, 2010 |
The Munididae are a family of squat lobsters created in 2010.
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.
The genera now included in the family Munididae had previously been included in a wider Galatheidae. When originally described in 2010[update], the family contained these genera:
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