Munidopsidae, Ortmann, 1898

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 149

Key to species of family Munidopsidae

1. Abdomen unarmed.................................................................................... 2

– Abdomen with spines or tubercles........................................................................ 4

2. Dorsal surface of carapace covered by spiny-pointed tubercles.................................... Munidopsis scabra

– Dorsal surface without spiny-pointed tubercles.............................................................. 3

3. Chelipeds with epipods. Pereopods not conspicuously setose. Eyes ovate.......................... Munidopsis lignaria

– Chelipeds without epipods. Pereopods conspicuously setose. Eyes globular......................... Munidopsisverrilli

4. Rostrum with lateral spines............................................................................. 5

– Rostrum without lateral spines........................................................................... 6

5. Eyestalk spined on dorsal surface. Dorsal armature of abdomen not confined to median line............ Munidopsis hystrix

– Eyestalk not spined on dorsal surface. Dorsal armature of abdomen confined to median line.......... Munidopsis depressa

6. Carapace with one very large median dorsal spine, two smaller ones. Anterolateral spine of carapace large.................................................................................................. Munidopsis diomedeae

– Carapace without one very large median dorsal spine, any median dorsal spines small. Anterolateral spine of carapace small, if present............................................................................................. 7

7. Anterior margin of carapace with small, serrated lobe on either side of base of rostrum behind ocular peduncle, lateral margins arcuate............................................................................... Munidopsis aspera

– Anterior margin of carapace straight, at right angles to lateral margin; lateral margins straight......... Munidopsis quadrata