''Munidopsis tafrii'' is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of
squat lobster
Squat lobsters are dorsoventrally flattened crustaceans with long tails held curled beneath the cephalothorax. They are found in the two superfamilies Galatheoidea and Chirostyloidea, which form part of the decapod infraorder Anomura, alongside ...
first found in Taiwanese waters at depths greater than . It resembles ''
M. ceratophthalma'', however its
carapace
A carapace is a Dorsum (biology), dorsal (upper) section of the exoskeleton or shell in a number of animal groups, including arthropods, such as crustaceans and arachnids, as well as vertebrates, such as turtles and tortoises. In turtles and tor ...
morphology distinguishes it from its cogenerate species.
[Osawa, Masayuki, Chia-Wei Lin, and Tin-Yam Chan. "Munidopsis (Decapoda: Anomura: Galatheidae) from the abyssal depths of Taiwan, with description of one new species." Journal of Crustacean Biology 26.3 (2006): 420-428.]
References
Further reading
*Osawa, Masayuki, Chia-Wei Lin, and Tim-Yam Chan. "Species of Galacantha and Munidopsis (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Galatheidae) from the deep-waters off Taiwan, with the description of two new species." Scientia Marina72.1 (2008): 37-57.
*Macpherson, Enrique. Species of the genus Munidopsis Whiteaves, 1784 from the Indian and Pacific Oceans and reestablishment of the genus Galacantha A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Galatheidae). Magnolia Press, 2007.
*Osawa, Masayuki, Chia-Wei Lin, and Tin-Yam Chan. "Additional records of Chirostylus and Munidopsis (Crustacea: Decapoda: Galatheoidea) from Taiwan." The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement 19 (2008): 91-98.
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WORMS
Squat lobsters
Crustaceans described in 2006
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