Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Pleocyemata > Infraorder Anomura > Superfamily Galatheoidea > Family Munidopsidae

Munidopsis Whiteaves, 1874

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Elasmonotus*	A. Milne-Edwards, 1880	synonym
*Galathodes*	A Mine-Edwards, 1880	synonym
*Orophorhynchus*	A. Milne-Edwards, 1880	synonym

Children

Munidopsis abyssicola Baba, 2005
Munidopsis abyssorum A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1897
Munidopsis acuta (A. Milne-Edwards, 1881)
Munidopsis acutispina Benedict, 1902
Munidopsis allae Khodkina & Ďuriš, 1989
Munidopsis anemia Macpherson & Segonzac, 2005
Munidopsis antonii (Filhol, 1884)
Munidopsis aries (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)
Munidopsis bairdii (Smith, 1884)
Munidopsis bermudezi Chace, 1939
Munidopsis crassa Smith, 1885
Munidopsis curvirostra Whiteaves, 1874
Munidopsis exuta Macpherson & Segonzac, 2005
Munidopsis geyeri Pequegnat & Pequegnat, 1970
Munidopsis livida (Perrier, 1886)
Munidopsis marionis (A. Milne-Edwards, 1882)
Munidopsis parfaiti (Filhol, 1885)
Munidopsis polymorpha Koelbel, 1892
Munidopsis serricornis (Lovén, 1852)
Munidopsis similis Smith, 1885
Munidopsis subsquamosa Henderson, 1885
Munidopsis thieli Türkay, 1975
Munidopsis vaillantii (A. Milne-Edwards, 1881)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: シンカイコシオリエビ属

Literature

original description	Whiteaves, J.F. (1874). On recent deep-sea dredging operations in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. American Journal of Science and Arts, ser. 3. 7: 210-219.
basis of record	Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292
additional source	Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.).
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.

Genbank

Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Munidopsis Whiteaves, 1874. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106836