Munidopsis serricornis

Munidopsis serricornis
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Family:	Galatheidae
Genus:	Munidopsis
Species:	M. serricornis
Binomial name
Munidopsis serricornis (Lovén, 1852)
Synonyms
Galathea serricornis Lovén, 1852 Galathea tridentata Esmark, 1857 Galathodes serricornis (Lovén, 1852) Galathodes rosaceus A. Milne-Edwards, 1881 Galathodes tridentata (Esmark, 1857) Galathodes tridentatus (Esmark, 1857) Munidopsis rosacea (A. Milne-Edwards, 1881) Munidopsis bahamensis Benedict, 1902 Munidopsis tridentata (Esmark, 1857) Munidopsis tridentatus (Esmark, 1857) Munidopsis tenuirostris Benedict, 1902

Munidopsis serricornis is a species of squat lobster. It is widely distributed in the world's oceans, being found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean (from Iceland and Norway to the Cape Verde Islands), the western Atlantic Ocean (from the United States to the Gulf of Mexico), and the Indo-Pacific (from Australia and the Malay Archipelago to Madagascar). It grows up to a carapace length of 20 millimetres (0.8 in).

M. serricornis appears to be one of the most abundant megafauna species in the cold water coral reefs of southern Norway. It has also been observed in association with the gorgonian Acanthogorgia.

M. serricornis was the first species of the current genus Munidopsis to be described, when Sven Lovén described it (as Galathea serricornis) in 1852. It was described independently in 1857 under the name Galathea tridentata by Laurits Esmark.