''Munida chydaea'' is a species of squat lobster in the family Munididae. It was first described in 2004 by Shane Ahyong and Gary Poore.The species name is derived from the Greek ('), "abundant", in reference to how numerous the species is. The males measure between about and the females between about . It is found off of Tasmania and Victoria to

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, and in the Great Australian Bight, at depths between about . in 2021, this species was synonymised with ''Munida gracilis'' Henderson, 1885 which is accepted by WoRMS as ''Scolonida gracilis'' (Henderson, 1885).

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Squat lobsters Crustaceans described in 2004 Taxa named by Shane T. Ahyong {{squat-lobster-stub