Malacostraca - Decapoda - Munidopsidae
Parent taxon: Galatheoidea according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023
See also Klompmaker et al. 2022, Luque et al. 2017 and Robins et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Catillogalatheidae, Galatheidae, Munididae, Ovocarcinus, Paragalatheidae, Porcellanidae
Subtaxa: Ambulocapsa Ankylokypha Aulavescus Brazilomunida Bullariscus Calteagalathea Cracensigillatus Cristinagalathea Culmenformosa Faxegalathea Gastrosacus Mizunotengus Munidopsis Octoeurax Palaeomunidopsis Palmunidopsis Pegomyrmekella Raymunida Shinkaia Shinkaiinae Vetoplautus
Type: Munidopsis
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Japan (3 collections), Slovakia (1)
• Eocene of Antarctica (2), Canada (1: British Columbia), Italy (3), United States (1: Washington)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (2), Italy (1), Spain (2)
• Jurassic of Austria (1), the Czech Republic (1), Germany (1), Poland (1), Romania (7)
Total: 28 collections including 53 occurrences