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Munidopsis

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Munidopsis is a genus of squat lobster. It is the second largest of all the genera of squat lobsters, after Munida, with over 200 species.[1] Its members are mainly found on continental slopes and on abyssal plains.[1] A few fossil species are also known,[2] including specimens from the Campanian (Cretaceous).[3] More species are being discovered as deep-sea exploration becomes more accessible.

Description/Features

Munidopsis is a genus of squat lobster: similar body shape to the True lobster, except more dorso-ventrally flattened with their tails curled under their cephalothorax.

Diversity

There are currently over 230 known species,[4] with more being discovered each year.

These species have managed to avoid detection for so long not only because of their habitat, but also their active lifestyles. They can easily maneuver around traps or Remotely operated underwater vehicles in the deep-sea.

Distribution

Munidopsis, like other squat lobsters, are often found in chemosynthetic environments in the ocean.[5]

Munidopsis was the first confirmed species to inhabit the underwater Mud volcano habitat.[5]

Most Munidopsis are found in the deep sea at depths more than 5300m.[4]

Historical significance

The genus Munidopsis dates back to the Eocene and Upper Cretaceous of Antarctica.[6]

Species

The described living species are as follows:[7]

More recently described species are listed here:

References

  1. ^ a b Keiji Baba; Enrique Macpherson; Gary C. B. Poore; Shane T. Ahyong; Adriana Bermudez; Patricia Cabezas; Chia-Wei Lin; Martha Nizinski; Celso Rodrigues; Kareen E. Schnabel (2008). "Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura—families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1905: 1–220. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1905.1.1.
  2. ^ Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.
  3. ^ Rodney M. Feldmann, Dale M. Tshudy & Michael R. A. Thomson (1993). "Late Cretaceous and Paleocene decapod crustaceans from James Ross Basin, Antarctic Peninsula". Journal of Paleontology. 67 (supplement to issue 1): 1–41. doi:10.1017/S0022336000062077. JSTOR 1315582. S2CID 133766674.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Marin, Ivan (2020-04-01). "Northern unicorns of the depths: Diversity of the genus Munidopsis Whiteaves, 1874 (Decapoda: Anomura: Munidopsidae) in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with descriptions of three new species along the Russian coast". Progress in Oceanography. 183: 102263. doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102263. ISSN 0079-6611.
  5. ^ a b Dong, Dong; Li, Xinzheng (2018). "New record of Munidopsis taiwanica (Decapoda, Anomura) from a mud volcano field in the Mariana Trench, with in-situ observations on habitat". Crustaceana. 91 (3): 363–373. doi:10.1163/15685403-00003773. ISSN 0011-216X.
  6. ^ Gašparič, Rok; Hyžný, Matúš; Jovanović, Gordana; Ćorić, Stjepan; Vrabac, Sejfudin (2019). "Middle Miocene decapod crustacean assemblage from the Tuzla Basin (Tušanj, Bosnia and Herzegovina), with a description of two new species and comparison with coeval faunas from Slovenia". Palaeontologia Electronica. 22 (1). doi:10.26879/894.
  7. ^ Türkay, M. (2012). Munidopsis Whiteaves, 1874. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106836 on 2013-01-09
  8. ^ a b c Dong Dong; Zhibin Gan; Xinzheng Li (2021). "Descriptions of eleven new species of squat lobsters (Crustacea: Anomura) from seamounts around the Yap and Mariana Trenches with notes on DNA barcodes and phylogeny". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 192 (2): 306–355. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab003.
  9. ^ Ahyong S.T. (2013). "Munidopsis kareenae, a new species of seamount squat lobster from New Zealand with a key to the New Zealand species of Munidopsis (Crustacea: Decapoda: Munidopsidae)". Zootaxa. 3599 (5): 490–494. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3599.5.6. PMID 24614002.
  10. ^ a b Dong, Dong; Li, Xinzheng (September 2021). "Two new species of the genus Munidopsis Whiteaves, 1874 (Crustacea: Anomura: Munidopsidae) from the Caroline Ridge, South of the Mariana Trench". Journal of Oceanology and Limnology. 39 (5): 1841–1853. doi:10.1007/s00343-021-0385-6. ISSN 2096-5508.
  11. ^ a b Gaytán-Caballero, Adriana; Escobar-Briones, Elva; Robles, Rafael; Macpherson, Enrique (2022-11-28). "Munidopsis geyeri and M. exuta (Crustacea: Munidopsidae): A study of two deep-sea, amphi-Atlantic species that co-occur in the southern Gulf of Mexico". Zootaxa. 5213 (4): 301–335. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5213.4.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
  12. ^ a b c Rodríguez-Flores, Paula C.; Macpherson, Enrique; Machordom, Annie (2018-07-12). "Erratum: PAULA C. RODRÍGUEZ-FLORES, ENRIQUE MACPHERSON & ANNIE MACHORDOM (2018) Three new species of squat lobsters of the genus Munidopsis Whiteaves, 1874, from Guadeloupe Island, Caribbean Sea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Munidopsidae). Zootaxa, 4422: 569–580". Zootaxa. 4444 (5): 600. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4444.5.8. ISSN 1175-5334.
  13. ^ a b Dong, Dong; Xu, Peng; Li, Xin-Zheng; Wang, Chunsheng (2019-11-22). "Munidopsis species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Munidopsidae) from carcass falls in Weijia Guyot, West Pacific, with recognition of a new species based on integrative taxonomy". PeerJ. 7: e8089. doi:10.7717/peerj.8089. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 6876489. PMID 31772841.
  14. ^ a b c Tiwari, Shivam; Padate, Vinay P.; Cubelio, Sherine Sonia; Osawa, Masayuki (September 2022). "Chirostyloid and galatheoid anomurans (Crustacea: Decapoda) from Indian waters, with descriptions of three new species". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 102 (6): 459–478. doi:10.1017/S0025315422000753. ISSN 0025-3154.
  15. ^ Hwang, Hee-seung; Cho, Boongho; Cho, Jaemin; Park, Beomseok; Kim, Taewon (2022-03-10). "New Record of Hydrothermal Vent Squat Lobster (Munidopsis lauensis) Provides Evidence of a Dispersal Corridor between the Pacific and Indian Oceans". Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 10 (3): 400. doi:10.3390/jmse10030400. ISSN 2077-1312.
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Munidopsis: Brief Summary

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Munidopsis is a genus of squat lobster. It is the second largest of all the genera of squat lobsters, after Munida, with over 200 species. Its members are mainly found on continental slopes and on abyssal plains. A few fossil species are also known, including specimens from the Campanian (Cretaceous). More species are being discovered as deep-sea exploration becomes more accessible.

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