Munididae

The Munididae are a family of squat lobsters, taxonomically separated from the family Galatheidae in 2010. The squat lobsters in the family Munididae can be distinguished from other families by the presence of a trispinose frontal edge to the carapace, as well as a central rostrum, and two spines extend forward from above the eyes. Although a few species enter shallow water, the majority of species in the Munididae are deep-water taxa, in contrast to the mostly shallow-water Galatheidae. The genera now included in the family Munididae had previously been included in a wider Galatheidae. When originally described in 2010, the family contained these genera: