Deep-Sea taxon details
Munidopsis aspera (Henderson, 1885)
392482 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:392482)
accepted
Species
Munidopsis alfredolaguardai Hendrickx & Ayon-Parente, 2013 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Munidopsis townsendi Benedict, 1902 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Henderson, J. R. (1885). Diagnoses of new species of Galatheidae collected during the "Challenger" expedition. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 5.</em> 16: 407-421., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29996143 [details] 
Type locality contained in Strait of Magellan
type locality contained in Strait of Magellan [details]
Depth range 104-1431 m
Depth range 104-1431 m [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Munidopsis aspera (Henderson, 1885). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=392482 on 2025-06-20
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Munidopsis aspera (Henderson, 1885). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=392482 on 2025-06-20
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original description
(of Munidopsis townsendi Benedict, 1902) Benedict, J. E. (1902). Description of a new genus and forty six new species of crustaceans of the family Galatheidae with a list of the known marine species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 26: 243-334. [details]
original description (of ) Henderson, J. R. (1885). Diagnoses of new species of Galatheidae collected during the "Challenger" expedition. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 5.</em> 16: 407-421., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29996143 [details]
original description (of Munidopsis alfredolaguardai Hendrickx & Ayon-Parente, 2013) Hendrickx, M. E.; Ayon-Parente, M. (2013). A new species of <i>Munidopsis</i> (Anomura, Galatheoidea, Munidopsidae) from the Gulf of California, Western Mexico. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 86: 1304-1315. [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (PeRMS) Moscoso, V. (2012). Catálogo de crustáceos decápodos y estomatópodos del Perú. <em>Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú.</em> 27(1-2): 8-207., available online at https://repositorio.imarpe.gob.pe/handle/20.500.12958/2190 [details]
basis of record Baba, K.; Macpherson, E.; Poore, G.; Ahyong, S.; Bermudez, A.; Cabezas, P.; Lin, C.-W.; Nizinski, M.; Rodrigues, C.; Schnabel, K. (2008). Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura - families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1905: 1-220. [details] Available for editors
additional source Rodríguez-Flores, P. C.; Seid, C. A.; Rouse, G. W.; Giribet, G. (2023). Cosmopolitan abyssal lineages? A systematic study of East Pacific deep-sea squat lobsters (Decapoda: Galatheoidea: Munidopsidae). <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 37(1): 14-60., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is22030 [details] Available for editors
original description (of ) Henderson, J. R. (1885). Diagnoses of new species of Galatheidae collected during the "Challenger" expedition. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 5.</em> 16: 407-421., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29996143 [details]
original description (of Munidopsis alfredolaguardai Hendrickx & Ayon-Parente, 2013) Hendrickx, M. E.; Ayon-Parente, M. (2013). A new species of <i>Munidopsis</i> (Anomura, Galatheoidea, Munidopsidae) from the Gulf of California, Western Mexico. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 86: 1304-1315. [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (PeRMS) Moscoso, V. (2012). Catálogo de crustáceos decápodos y estomatópodos del Perú. <em>Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú.</em> 27(1-2): 8-207., available online at https://repositorio.imarpe.gob.pe/handle/20.500.12958/2190 [details]
basis of record Baba, K.; Macpherson, E.; Poore, G.; Ahyong, S.; Bermudez, A.; Cabezas, P.; Lin, C.-W.; Nizinski, M.; Rodrigues, C.; Schnabel, K. (2008). Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura - families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1905: 1-220. [details] Available for editors
additional source Rodríguez-Flores, P. C.; Seid, C. A.; Rouse, G. W.; Giribet, G. (2023). Cosmopolitan abyssal lineages? A systematic study of East Pacific deep-sea squat lobsters (Decapoda: Galatheoidea: Munidopsidae). <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 37(1): 14-60., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is22030 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype BMNH 1888:33, geounit Strait of Magellan [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 104-1431 m [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Munidopsis aspera)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Munidopsis townsendi Benedict, 1902)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (20 records)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Munidopsis aspera)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Munidopsis townsendi Benedict, 1902)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (20 records)
To ITIS
