Munidopsis nitida (A. Milne Edwards, 1880)
Orophorhynchus nitidus A. Milne Edwards, 1880: 59 (Guadaloupe, 1407–1607 m).
Orophorhynchus spinosus A. Milne Edwards, 1880: 58 (Dominica, 1797 m [type, MCZ?]).
Munidopsis brevimana Henderson, 1885: 414 (type locality: off the Admiralty Islands, 1958 m) [syntypes, BMNH 1888:33] (not M. brevimana (A. Milne Edwards, 1880)). — Henderson, 1888: 154, pl. 17, figs 1, 1a, 2, 2a (off Arou Islands (= Aru), and between Papua and Admiralty Islands, 1464–1958 m).
Munidopsis ciliata Wood-Mason, in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891: 200 (type locality: Bay of Bengal (“Investigator” stn 97), 2397 m [holotype, male, ZSIC 6011/9]). — Alcock & Anderson, 1895: pl. 11, fig. 3 (no record). — Faxon, 1895: 84, pl. 18, fig. 3 (off Mariato Point, off Cocos Island, and Gulf of Panama, 1272–2324 m). — Ambler, 1980: 19 (Gulf of Panama [“Albatross” stn 3392, 3393], 1866–2324 m) (not material off Oregon, 2030–2875 m = Munidopsis lignaria Williams & Baba, 1989). — Wicksten, 1989: 315 (list). — Hendrickx & Harvey, 1999: 376 (list). — Baba, 1982a: 114, pl. 2, fig. 1 (Izu Shoto, Japan, 1940–1980 m). — Baba, 1988: 147, fig. 56 (Teluk Bone (Sulawesi), Makassar Strait, Teluk Tomini (Sulawesi), off SW coast of Halmahera, Moluccas between Halmahera and N Sulawesi, 933–2363 m). — Tirmizi & Javed, 1993: 13, fig. 6 (Mozambique Channel, 1510–1600 m). — Hendrickx, 2001: 100 (south eastern Gulf of California, 1245–1240 m). — Hendrickx, 2003b: 23 (SE Gulf of California). — Hendrickx, 2007: 598, fig. 2A (Gulf of California, 1482–1909 m).
Munidopsis (Orophorhynchus) ciliata. — Alcock, 1901: 267 (Bay of Bengal, 2397 m). — MacGilchrist, 1905: 248 (Bay of Bengal, 2013 m). — Tirmizi, 1966: 216, fig. 31 (Gulf of Aden, 2312 m).
Munidopsis nitida. — A. Milne Edwards & Bouvier, 1894a: 275 (key). — A. Milne Edwards & Bouvier, 1897a: 74, pl. 6, figs 6, 7 (Guadaloupe, 1407 m, Dominica, 1797 m) [redescription]). — Young, 1900: 407 (key), 409. — Benedict, 1902: 276 (key), 323 (list). — Doflein & Balss, 1913: 176 (list), 177 (table). — Chace, 1942: 73 (key). — Pequegnat & Pequegnat, 1970: 153, fig. 5-12 (SW Gulf of Mexico, 1373–2123 m). — Williams & Turner, 1986: 619 (Bahamas, 2066 m). — Tavares & Campinho, 1998a: 91, figs 3, 4 (Brazil, 592–830 m). — Baba, 2005: 158, figs 72, 73 (Gulf of Guinea, Makassar Strait, Gulf of Panama, 915–2620 m). — Macpherson, 2007: 85 (off Madagascar, southwest Indian Ocean, the Philippines, Indonesia, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Solomon Islands, 222 (doubt)–3680 m. — Osawa et al., 2008: 48, fig. 5D (Taiwan, 1222–1275 m).
Holotype, MCZ 4749.
Guadaloupe, 1407–1607 m.
Males to 25.0 mm, females to 23.6 mm, ovigerous females from 17.5 mm (Macpherson, 2007).
Western Atlantic (West Indies, Gulf of Mexico, southwestern Brazil), Eastern Atlantic (Gulf of Guinea), Indian and Pacific Oceans (Mozambique Channel, Madagascar, southwestern Indian Ocean, Gulf of Aden, Bay of Bengal, Papua and Admiralty Islands, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Philippines, Indonesia, South China Sea (Dongsha), Taiwan, Japan, SE Gulf of California and Gulf of Panama.
Mud, clay (Baba, 2005); 222–3680 m. The shallow record from the Solomon Islands (222–228 m) should be considered with caution, because most of the records were well below 800 m (Macpherson, 2007).