Family Munididae Ayhong et al. 2010 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Munididae

Parent taxon: Galatheoidea according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023

See also De Angeli and Ceccon 2017, Klompmaker et al. 2022 and Robins et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Catillogalatheidae, Galatheidae, Munidopsidae, Ovocarcinus, Paragalatheidae, Porcellanidae

Subtaxa: Agononida Austromunida Cretagalathea Juracrista Muellermunida Munida Protomunida Tethysmunida Valamunida

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Type: Munida

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (2 collections), Denmark (2), Japan (3), Slovakia (1), United States (1: Washington)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1), United States (1: Alaska)

• Oligocene of United States (1: Washington)

• Eocene of Argentina (1), Italy (2), United States (1: Washington)

• Paleogene of Hungary (1)

• Paleocene of Austria (1), Denmark (2), Germany (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (3)

• Cretaceous of Denmark (1), Morocco (1)

• Jurassic of Austria (1)

Total: 27 collections including 31 occurrences

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