Malacostraca | 
Decapoda | 
Munididae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthic; depth range 501 - 605 m (Ref. 8143).  Tropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Indo-West Pacific:  Japan to Australia.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
					Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric.  Mating behavior:  Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Baba, K., E. Macpherson, G.C. Poore, S.T. Ahyong, A. Bermudez, P. Cabezas, C.-W. Lin, M. Nizinski, C. Rodrigues and K. Schnabel 2008 Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura - families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae). Zootaxa 1905:1-220. (Ref. 76884)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
					  Harmless				
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
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						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 2.1 - 2.4, mean 2.3 (based on 6 cells).