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Munididae

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Munididae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Munididae Ayhong et al.
2012Munididae Robins et al.
2017Munididae De Angeli and Ceccon p. 13
2022Munididae Klompmaker et al. p. 1097
2023Munididae Schweitzer et al. p. 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
RankNameAuthor
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderAnomuraMilne-Edwards 1832
superfamilyGalatheoideaSamouelle 1819
familyMunididaeAyhong et al. 2010
familyMunididaeAyhong et al. 2010

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Munididae Ayhong et al. 2010
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G. Agononida Baba and Saint Laurent 1996
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Agononida cerovensis Hyžný and Schlögl 2011
Agononida incerta Henderson 1888
Agononida marini Macpherson 1994
Agononida procera Poore and Ahyong 2004
Agononida squamosa Henderson 1888
G. †Austromunida Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000
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Austromunida casadioi Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000
G. †Cretagalathea Garassino et al. 2008
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Cretagalathea exigua Garassino et al. 2008
G. †Juracrista Robins et al. 2012
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Juracrista costaspinosa Robins et al. 2012
Juracrista perculta Robins et al. 2012
G. †Muellermunida Beschin et al. 2021
G. Munida Leach 1820
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Munida asprosoma Poore and Ahyong 2004
Munida branti Nyborg and Garassino 2015
Munida casadioi Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000
Munida chydaea Poore and Ahyong 2004
Munida deangelii Robins et al. 2012
Munida endeavourae Poore and Ahyong 2004
Munida gregaria Fabricius 1793
Munida haswelli Henderson 1885
Munida isos Poore and Ahyong 2004
Munida kapala Poore and Ahyong 2004
Munida konara Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000
Munida nishioi Karasawa 1993
Munida ogaensis Hatai and Kotaka 1970
Munida quadroblonga Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000
Munida rogeri Maccpherson 1994
Munida rugosus Fabricius 1775
Munida spinicruris Poore and Ahyong 2004
Munida witteae Nyborg and Garassino 2015
G. †Protomunida Beurlen 1930
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Protomunida bennickei Klompmaker et al. 2022
Protomunida eurekantha Klompmaker et al. 2022
Protomunida kambuehelensis Yost et al. 2023
Protomunida munidoides Segerberg 1900
Protomunida pentacantha Muller and Collins 1991
Protomunida pentaspinosa Beschin et al. 2016
Protomunida primaeva Segerberg 1900
G. †Tethysmunida De Angeli and Ceccon 2017
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Tethysmunida corallina De Angeli and Ceccon 2017
G. †Valamunida Klompmaker and Robins 2019
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Valamunida haeggi Klompmaker and Robins 2019
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2008-01-28 11:51:24
Modified: 2022-05-13 13:34:01
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Tithonian to the top of the Tortonian or 149.20000 to 7.24600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 143.1 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Austria Juracrista costaspinosa, Juracrista perculta (138729)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Morocco Cretagalathea exigua (127539)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Denmark (Faxe) Munida primeva (134735)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Germany Protomunida eurekantha (227083)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Denmark Protomunida bennickei, Protomunida eurekantha (227080) Protomunida eurekantha (227084)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Austria Protomunida kambuehelensis (89473)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.04Hungary (Budapest) Protomunida pentacantha (138811)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen Galathea spitzbergica, Munididae indet., Valamunida haeggi (226627) Valamunida haeggi (191306 226629)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy Protomunida pentaspinosa (207470) Tethysmunida corallina (145127)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Argentina (Santa Cruz,) Austromunida casadioi (138448)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) Munida quadroblonga (167461)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Washington) Munida witteae (205194)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Argentina (Rio Nergo) Munida deangelii (164559)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98USA (Alaska) Munida konara (207145)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Japan (Aichi) Munididae indet. (219246)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Argentina (Rio Negro) Munida casadioi (45689)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63USA (Washington) Munida branti (205782)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Slovakia Agononida cerovensis (147807)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Argentina Austromunida casadioi (43002)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan (Ishikawa) Munida nishioi (127709)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan (Toyama) Munida nishioi (202474)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Denmark Munida sp. (98312 126567)