WoRMS taxon details
Munidopsis ceratophthalma Alcock, 1901
392498 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:392498)
accepted
Species
Munidopsis (Orophorhynchus) ceratophthalmus Alcock, 1901 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Munidopsis (Orophorhynchus) ceratophthalmus Alcock, 1901) Alcock, A. (1901). A descriptive catalogue of the Indian deep-sea Crustacea Decapoda Macrura and Anomala, in the Indian Museum. Being a revised account of the deep-sea species collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship Investigator: 1-286, i-iv, pls. 1-3. Indian Museum, Calcutta. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.16083 [details] 
Holotype ZSIC 140/7, geounit Andaman and Nicobar...
Holotype ZSIC 140/7, geounit Andaman and Nicobar Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Depth range 677-1250 m
Depth range 677-1250 m [details]
DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Munidopsis ceratophthalma Alcock, 1901. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=392498 on 2026-09-17
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Nomenclature
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(of Munidopsis (Orophorhynchus) ceratophthalmus Alcock, 1901) Alcock, A. (1901). A descriptive catalogue of the Indian deep-sea Crustacea Decapoda Macrura and Anomala, in the Indian Museum. Being a revised account of the deep-sea species collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship Investigator: 1-286, i-iv, pls. 1-3. Indian Museum, Calcutta. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.16083 [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., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1905.1.1 [details] Available for editors
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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., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1905.1.1 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype ZSIC 140/7, geounit Andaman and Nicobar Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Depth range 677-1250 m [details]
