Munidopsis
Creators: name: Ahyong, Shane T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Galatheidae
Munidopsis

description: Key to New Zealand species of Munidopsis
1. Rostral plate distally trifid.............................................................................. 2
– Rostral plate margins unarmed, not distally trifid............................................................. 5
2. Carapace lateral margins behind anterolateral spine without spines.............................................. 3
– Carapace lateral margins behind anterolateral spine with spines................................................ 4
3. Meri of pereopods 2–4 prominently spinose on extensor margin................................ M. kareenae sp. nov.
– Meri of pereopods 2–4 serrated or irregular on extensor margin........... M. comarge Taylor, Ahyong & Andreakis, 2010
4. Carapace lateral margin with 2 spines behind anterolateral spine....................... M. treis Ahyong & Poore, 2004
– Carapace lateral margin with 3 spines behind anterolateral spine....................... M. cf serricornis (Lovén, 1852)
5. Rostrum slender, spiniform............................................................................. 6
– Rostrum broad, flattened............................................................................... 9
6. Carapace with outer orbital spine (antennal spine)............................... M. maunga Schnabel & Bruce, 2006
– Carapace without outer orbital spine (antennal spine)........................................................ 7
7. Eyestalk unarmed................................................................... M. kaiyoae Baba, 1974
– Eyestalk with 1 or 2 anterior spines...................................................................... 8
8. Carapace with epigastric spines; surface coarsely granular................................. M. antonii (Filhol, 1884)
– Carapace without epigastric spines; surface smooth................................. M. victoriae Baba & Poore, 2002
9. Carapace without epigastric spines or processes. Pereopods 1–4 without epipods......... M. marginata (Henderson, 1885)
– Carapace with pair of epigastric spines or processes. Pereopods 1–3 with epipods................................. 10
10. Dorsal ridges of anterior abdominal tergites ornamented with granules or spines....... M. papanui Schnabel & Bruce, 2006
– Dorsal ridges of anterior abdominal tergites smooth, unarmed.................................................11
11. Cheliped palm slender, length about 4 times height................................ M. proales Ahyong & Poore, 2004
– Cheliped palm stout, length not more than 3 times height.................................................... 12
12. Upper distal margin of basal antennular segment with cluster of 3 or 4 splayed spines............ M. bractea Ahyong, 2007
– Upper distal margin of basal antennular segment with single stout spine......................................... 13
13. Rostrum widest at base.................................................... M. tasmaniae Ahyong & Poore, 2004
– Rostrum widest near midlength.................................................... M. ceres Macpherson, 2007
description: Published as part of Ahyong, Shane T., 2013, Munidopsis kareenae, a new species of seamount squat lobster from New Zealand with a key to the New Zealand species of Munidopsis (Crustacea: Decapoda: Munidopsidae), pp. 490-494 in Zootaxa 3599 (5) on page 493, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3599.5.6, http://zenodo.org/record/221957