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 > Genus Munidopsis

Munidopsis polymorpha Koelbel, 1892

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Munidopsis*	Whiteaves, 1874	accepted genus name
*Elasmonotus*	A. Milne-Edwards, 1880	synonym
*Galathodes*	A Mine-Edwards, 1880	synonym
*Orophorhynchus*	A. Milne-Edwards, 1880	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Spanish, Castillian: jameíto

Literature

original description	Koelbel, C. (1892). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Crustaceen der Canarischen Inseln. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in. Wien. 7: 105-116; Pl. X.
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	Baba, K.; Macpherson, E.; Poore, G.; Ahyong, S.; Bermudez, A.; Cabezas, P.; Lin, C.-W.; Nizinski, M.; Rodrigues, C.; Schnabel, K. (2008). Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura - families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae). Zootaxa. 1905: 1-220.
additional source	Martínez, A., B.C. Gonzalez, J. Núñez, H. Wilkens, P. Oromí, T.M. Iliffe & K. Worsaae. (2016). Guide to the anchialine ecosystems of Los Jameos del Agua and Túnel de la Atlántida. Cabildo de Lanzarote, Centro de publicaciones del Munisterio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente. 311 pp. [Copepods :184-193].
additional source	Wilkens, H., J. Parzefall, O. Ocaña, & A.L. Medina. 1993. La fauna de unos biotopos anquialinos en Lanzarote (I. Vanarias).-- Mémoires de Biospéologie 20: 283-285.
additional source	Martínez, A.; Palmero, A. M.; Brito, M. D. C.; Núñez, J.; Worsaae, K. (2009). Anchialine fauna of the Corona lava tube (Lanzarote, Canary Islands): diversity, endemism and distribution. Marine Biodiversity. 39(3): 169-182.
additional source	Cabezas, P.; Bloor, P.; Acevedo, I.; Toledo, C.; Calvo, M.; Macpherson, E.; Machordom, A. (2008). Development and characterization of microsatellite markers for the endangered anchialine squat lobster Munidopsis polymorpha. Conservation genetics, 10 (3), 673-676
additional source	Wilkens, H.; Parzefall, L.; Ribowski, A. (1990). Population Biology and Larvae of the Anchialine Crab Munidopsis polymorpha (Galatheidae) from Lanzarote (Canary Islands). Journal of Crustacean Biology, 10, 667-676
additional source	Wilkens, H., J. Parzefall & T.M. Iliffe. (1986). Origin and age of the marine stygofauna of Lanzarote, Canary Islands. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut, Hamburg. 83: 223-230.

Genbank

Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Munidopsis polymorpha Koelbel, 1892. 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:107179