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Munidopsis polita (Smith, 1883) 
AphiaID: 392584

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Pleocyemata (Suborder) > Anomura (Infraorder) > Galatheoidea (Superfamily) > Munidopsidae (Family) > Munidopsis (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Munidopsis Whiteaves, 1874
Synonymised
taxa		  Anoplonotus politus Smith, 1883
Sources  original description: Smith, S.I. (1883) Preliminary report on the Brachyura and Anomura dredged in deep water off the south coast of New England by the United States Fish Commission in 1880, 1881, and 1882. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 6, 1-57, plts 1-6. [details]

basis of record: Baba K., Macpherson E., Poore G., Ahyong S., Bermudez A., Cabezas P., Lin C., Nizinski M., Rodrigues C. & Schnabel K. 2008. Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura—families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae). (Zootaxa 1905). 220 pp.; 30 cm. [details]

additional source: Felder, D. L., F. Álvarez, J. W. Goy, and R. Lemaitre. 2009. Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with Comments on the Amphionidacea, Pp. 1019–1104 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas [details]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Environment marine
Distribution Gulf of Mexico [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Decapod Collection
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:392584
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2009-04-21 10:47:48Z  created  Macpherson, Enrique
  
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  Citation: Macpherson, E. (2013). Munidopsis polita (Smith, 1883). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=392584 on 2013-05-24
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