Species under Munidopsis
n= 97
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Munidopsis abbreviata
(Milne-Edwards, 1880)
Western Central Atlantic
Munidopsis acutispina
Benedict, 1902
Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean 0.8
Munidopsis alaminos
Pequegnat & Pequegnat, 1970
Western Central Atlantic
Munidopsis albatrossae
Pequegnat & Pequegnat, 1973
Albatross squat lobster Eastern and Antarctic Pacific
Munidopsis alvisca
Williams, 1988
Eastern Pacific Ocean 2.79
Munidopsis analoga
Macpherson, 2007
Western Central Pacific
Munidopsis andamanica
MacGilchrist, 1905
Indo-West Pacific
Munidopsis antonii
(Filhol, 1884)
Indo-Pacific, Antarctic Indian Ocean and Northern Atlantic
Munidopsis arenula
Macpherson, 2007
Western Central Pacific
Munidopsis aries
(Milne-Edwards, 1880)
Atlantic Ocean
Munidopsis armata
(Milne-Edwards, 1880)
Western Central Atlantic
Munidopsis aspera
(Henderson, 1885)
Southeast Pacific
Munidopsis austellus
Macpherson, 2007
Eastern Central Pacific
Munidopsis barbarae
(Boone, 1927)
Western Atlantic
Munidopsis bermudezi
Chace, 1939
Western Central Atlantic
Munidopsis bractea
Ahyong, 2007
Southwest Pacific
Munidopsis bracteosa
Jones & Macpherson, 2007
Eastern Central Pacific
Munidopsis brevimanus
(Milne Edwards, 1880)
Western Central Atlantic
Munidopsis carinimarginata
Baba, 1988
Western Central Pacific
Munidopsis centrina
Alcock & Anderson, 1894
Western Central Pacific
Munidopsis ceres
Macpherson, 2007
Western Central Pacific
Munidopsis cornuata
Macpherson, 2007
Western Central Pacific
Munidopsis cortesi
Rodriguez-Flores, Seid, Rouse & Giribet, 2023
Eastern Central Pacific
Munidopsis crassa
Smith, 1885
Indo-West Pacific and the Atlantic Ocean
Munidopsis crenatirostris
Baba, 1988
Western Central Pacific
Munidopsis cubensis
Chace, 1942
Western Central Atlantic
Munidopsis curvirostra
Whiteaves, 1874
Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Arctic and the Mediterranean
Munidopsis cylindrophthalma
(Alcock, 1894)
Indo-West Pacific
Munidopsis dasypus
Alcock, 1894
Indo-West Pacific
Munidopsis debilis
(Henderson, 1885)
Western Central Pacific
Munidopsis depressa
Faxon, 1893
Eastern Central Pacific
Munidopsis diomedeae
(Faxon, 1893)
Pacific Ocean
Munidopsis dispar
Dong, Gan & LI, 2021
Western Central Pacific
Munidopsis erinaceus
Milne-Edwards, 1880
Western Atlantic
Munidopsis exuta
Macpherson & Segonzac, 2005
Atlantic Ocean
Munidopsis gibbosa
Baba, 1978
Northwest Pacific
Munidopsis gilli
Benedict, 1902
Western Central Atlantic
Munidopsis girguisi
Rodriguez-Flores, Seid, Rouse & Giribet, 2023
Eastern Central Pacific
Munidopsis glabra
Pequegnat & Williams, 1995
Western Central Atlantic
Munidopsis gulfensis
Pequegnat & Pequegnat, 1971
Western Central Atlantic
Munidopsis guochuani
Dong, Gan & LI, 2021
Western Central Pacific
Munidopsis hendrickxi
Rodriguez-Flores, Seid, Rouse & Giribet, 2023
Eastern Central Pacific
Munidopsis kensleyi
Ahyong & Poore, 2004
Western Central Pacific
Munidopsis kermadec
Cubelio, Tsuchida & Watanabe, 2007
Ethiopian hare Southwest Pacific
Munidopsis kexueae
Dong, Gan & LI, 2021
Western Central Pacific
Munidopsis latimana
Miyake & Baba, 1966
Western Pacific
Munidopsis lauensis
Baba & De Saint Laurent, 1992
Central Pacific
Munidopsis lentigo
Williams & Van Dover, 1983
Eastern Central Pacific
Munidopsis levis
(Alcock & Anderson, 1894)
Indo-West Pacific
Munidopsis livida
(Milne-Edwards, 1886)
Atlantic Ocean
Munidopsis longimanus
(Milne-Edwards, 1880)
Western Central Atlantic
Munidopsis longispinosa
Cubelio, Tsuchida & Watanabe, 2007
Northwest Pacific
Munidopsis macphersoni
Ahyong, 2014
Eastern Central Pacific
Munidopsis marianica
Williams & Baba, 1989
Western Central Pacific
Munidopsis marionis
(Milne Edwards, 1881)
Mediterranean Sea
Munidopsis maunga
Schnabel & Bruce, 2006
Southwest Pacific
Munidopsis milleri
Henderson, 1885
Indo-West Pacific
Munidopsis myojinensis
Cubelio, Tsuchida, Hendrickx, Kado & Watanabe, 2007
Northwest Pacific
Munidopsis naginata
Cubelio, Tsuchida & Watanabe, 2007
Northwest Pacific
Munidopsis nautilus
Rodriguez-Flores, Seid, Rouse & Giribet, 2023
Southeast Pacific
Munidopsis nitida
(Milne-Edwards, 1880)
Western Central Pacific
Munidopsis orcina
McArdle, 1901
Western Central Pacific
Munidopsis penescabra
Pequegnat & Williams, 1995
Western Central Atlantic
Munidopsis pilosa
Henderson, 1885
Indo-West Pacific
Munidopsis platirostris
(Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1894)
Western Central Atlantic
Munidopsis polita
(Smith, 1883)
Western Atlantic
Munidopsis recta
Baba, 2005
Eastern Central Pacific
Munidopsis regia
Alcock & Anderson, 1894
Indo-West Pacific
Munidopsis riveroi
Chace, 1939
Western Central Atlantic
Munidopsis robusta
(Milne-Edwards, 1880)
Western Central Atlantic
Munidopsis rotundior
Baba, 2005
Western Central Pacific
Munidopsis ryukyuensis
Cubelio, Tsuchida & Watanabe, 2007
Northwest Pacific
Munidopsis scotti
Jones & Macpherson, 2007
Northeast Pacific
Munidopsis serratifrons
(Milne-Edwards, 1880)
Western Central Atlantic
Munidopsis serricornis
(Lovén, 1852)
Indo-Pacific and the Atlantic Ocean
Munidopsis sigsbei
(Milne-Edwards, 1880)
Western Atlantic
Munidopsis similior
Baba, 1988
Western Central Pacific
Munidopsis simplex
(Milne-Edwards, 1880)
Western Central Atlantic
Munidopsis sinclairi
McArdle, 1901
Western Central Pacific
Munidopsis sonne
Baba, 1995
Western Central Pacific
Munidopsis spinifer
(Milne Edwards, 1880)
Western Central Atlantic
Munidopsis spinihirsuta
Lloyd, 1907
Western Indian Ocean
Munidopsis spinoculata
(Milne-Edwards, 1880)
Western Central Atlantic
Munidopsis spinosa
(Milne-Edwards, 1880)
Western Central Atlantic
Munidopsis starmer
Baba & De Saint Laurent, 1992
Western Central Pacific
Munidopsis subsquamosa
Henderson, 1885
Cosmopolitan
Munidopsis tafrii
Osawa, Lin & Chan, 2006
Western Central Pacific
Munidopsis taiwanica
Osawa, Lin & Chan, 2008
Northwest Pacific
Munidopsis ternaria
Macpherson, 2007
Western Central Pacific
Munidopsis testuda
Rodriguez-Flores, Seid, Rouse & Giribet, 2023
Southeast Pacific
Munidopsis tiburon
Jones & Macpherson, 2007
Tehuantepec jackrabbit Eastern Central Pacific
Munidopsis transtridens
Pequegnat & Pequegnat, 1971
Western Central Atlantic
Munidopsis treis
Ahyong & Poore, 2004
Indo-West Pacific
Munidopsis tridens
(Milne Edwards, 1880)
Western Central Atlantic
Munidopsis trifida
Henderson, 1885
Indo-West Pacific
Munidopsis verrilli
Benedict, 1902
Indo-Pacific
Munidopsis verrucosus
Khodkina, 1973
Eastern Pacific
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