Paramunida Baba 1988

Paramunida is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae, containing the following species:

Paramunida amphitrita Macpherson, 1996 Paramunida antipodes Ahyong & Poore, 2004 Paramunida belone Macpherson, 1993 Paramunida cretata Macpherson, 1996 Paramunida cristata Macpherson, 2004 Paramunida curvata Macpherson, 2004 Paramunida echinata Macpherson, 2000 Paramunida evexa Macpherson, 1993 Paramunida granulata (Henderson, 1885) Paramunida hawaiiensis (Baba, 1981) Paramunida labis Macpherson, 1996 Paramunida longior Baba, 1988 Paramunida luminata Macpherson, 1996 Paramunida pictura Macpherson, 1993 Paramunida polita Macpherson, 1993 Paramunida pronoe Macpherson, 1993 Paramunida proxima (Henderson, 1885) Paramunida scabra (Henderson, 1885) Paramunida setigera Baba, 1988 Paramunida spatula Macpherson, 2006 Paramunida stichas Macpherson, 1993 Paramunida thalie Macpherson, 1993 Paramunida tricarinata (Alcock, 1894)

(modified from Baba et al. 2009) Carapace as long as wide; dorsal surface covered with spinules, indistinct transverse striae; posterior margin with some spines; rostrum short, basally subtriangular, distally ending in spine; supraocular spines small, clearly not reaching midlength of rostrum and falling short the end of the corneae; margin between rostral and supraocular spines straight or slightly concave; anterolateral spines well developed at front near anterolateral angles, reaching the level between rostrum and supraocular spines; lateral margins with some spines. Eyes large, maximum corneal diameter about one-third distance between anterolateral spines. Lateral margin of antennular article 1 with distal slender portion about half as long as proximal inflated portion, with 2 distal small spines. Antennal peduncle with anterior prolongation of article 1 spiniform; article 2 with distomesial spine never reaching end of anterior prolongation of article 1. P1–P4 long and slender, squamate; P2–P4 dactyli slender, curved and unarmed on flexor margin. Male gonopods only present on the second abdominal somite.