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Munidopsis platirostris (A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1894)

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Orophorhynchus platirostris A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1894) Milne-Edwards, A.; Bouvier, E.L. (1894). Considerations génerales sur la famille des Galatheides. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, ser. 7.</em> 16: 191–327. [details] OpenAccess publication
Depth range Deep (more than 100 m)  
Depth range Deep (more than 100 m) [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Munidopsis platirostris (A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1894). Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=392582 on 2025-09-12
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2009-04-21 10:47:48Z
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2019-07-18 11:22:42Z
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2022-01-16 07:53:00Z
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2022-01-19 12:16:21Z
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original description (of Orophorhynchus platirostris A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1894) Milne-Edwards, A.; Bouvier, E.L. (1894). Considerations génerales sur la famille des Galatheides. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, ser. 7.</em> 16: 191–327. [details] OpenAccess publication

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Felder, D. L., Álvarez. F.,Goy, J.W. & Lemaitre, R. (2009). Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Amphionidacea,. <em>Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity.</em> Pp. 1019–1104 (Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas)., available online at http://biogomx.net/sites/default/files/pdfs/chapters/59-Felder%20et%20al%202009-Decapoda%20of%20the%20GoMx.pdf [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Depth range Deep (more than 100 m) [details]

Habitat Soft bottom (mud or sand) [details]