| Munidopsis tafrii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Munidopsidae |
| Genus: | Munidopsis |
| Species: | M. tafrii
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| Binomial name | |
| Munidopsis tafrii Osawa, Lin & Chan, 2006
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Munidopsis tafrii is a species of squat lobster first found in Taiwanese waters at depths greater than 3,000 metres (9,800 ft). It resembles M. ceratophthalma, however its carapace morphology distinguishes it from its cogenerate species.[1]
- ^ Osawa, Masayuki, Chia-Wei Lin, and Tin-Yam Chan. "Munidopsis (Decapoda: Anomura: Galatheidae) from the abyssal depths of Taiwan, with description of one new species." Journal of Crustacean Biology 26.3 (2006): 420-428.