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

Munidopsis similis Smith, 1885

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Munidopsis*	Whiteaves, 1874	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Smith, S.I., 1885a. On some new or little known decapod Crustacea, from recent Fish Commission dredgings off the east coast of the United States.— Proceedings of the United States National Museum 7: 493-511.
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., Nizinski M., Rodrigues C. & Schnabel K. 2008. Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura—families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae). (Zootaxa 1905). 220 pp.; 30 cm.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Decapod Collection
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Munidopsis similis Smith, 1885. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107182