Galapagos Species Database
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Munidopsis margarita
Langosta, Squat lobster
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Suborder
Pleocyemata
Superfamily
Galatheoidea
Family
Munidopsidae
Genus
Munidopsis
Species
margarita
Taxon category: Accepted
Lectotype. ECUADOR: Galápagos, Off Galapagos Islands, leg. USFC Steamer Albatross, Stn 3404, 28.iii.1891, 1.05000°S, 89.46666°W, 385 fms (704 m): M 7.5 mm (MCZ IZ CRU-4551)
Origin: Native
- Ahyong, S. Boyko, C.B., Bailly, N., Bernot, J., Bieler, R, ... Williams, D.M., Williams, G., Wilson, R., Witkowski, J., Wyatt, N., Wylezich, C., Xavier, J., Xu, K., Zanol, J., Zeidler, W., Zhao, Z., Zullini, A. (2024) World Register of Marine Species Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ. doi:10.14284/170
- 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). Invertebrate Systematics, 37(1), 14–60. https://doi.org/10.1071/IS22030
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"Galapagos Species Database, Munidopsis margarita", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25329. Accessed 31 October 2026.