Munidopsis tuberosa is a species of squat lobster, first isolated from deep waters off Taiwan. M. tuberosa is similar to M. granosicorium, but it differs by the configuration of its carapace and rostrum.[1]

Munidopsis tuberosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Munidopsidae
Genus: Munidopsis
Species:
M. tuberosa
Binomial name
Munidopsis tuberosa
Osawa, Lin & Chan, 2008

References

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  1. ^ Chan, Tim-Yam; Osawa, Masayuki; Lin, Chia-Wei (2008). "Especies de Galacantha y Munidopsis (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Galatheidae) de las aguas profundas frente a Taiwan, con la descripción de dos nuevas especies". Scientia Marina. 72 (1). doi:10.3989/scimar.2008.72n137. ISSN 1886-8134.

Further reading

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  • Poore, Gary CB. "Three new American species of Munidopsis (Crustacea: Anomura: Munidopsidae)." Nauplius 22.1 (2014): 53-62.
  • 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.
  • Baba, Keiji, and Gary CB Poore. "Munidopsis (Decapoda, Anomura) from south-eastern Australia." Crustaceana 75.3 (2002): 231-252.
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