:Munidopsis tafrii

{{Short description|Species of crustacean}}

{{Speciesbox

| genus = Munidopsis

| species = tafrii

| authority = Osawa, Lin & Chan, 2006

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Munidopsis tafrii is a species of squat lobster first found in Taiwanese waters at depths greater than {{convert|3000|m|ft}}. It resembles M. ceratophthalma, however its carapace 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.

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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.