Category
page 1Taxa named by Keiji Baba

Munididae
Munididae is a family of squat lobsters, taxonomically separated from the family Galatheidae in 2010.
Agononida
Agononida is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae. In 2022, recognizing that the genus as then defined was paraphyletic, it was divided into three lineages: Agononida sensu stricto and two new genera, Garymunida and Hexamunida. Agononida is distributed in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Allogalathea
Allogalathea is a genus of squat lobsters, containing the following species:
Allogalathea babai Cabezas, Macpherson & Machordom, 2011
Allogalathea elegans (Adams & White, 1848)
Allogalathea inermis Cabezas, Macpherson & Machordom, 2011
Allogalathea longimana Cabezas, Macpherson & Machordom, 2011

Lauriea
Lauriea is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Galatheidae, containing the following species:
Lauriea gardineri (Laurie, 1926)
Lauriea siagiani Baba, 1994
Heteronida
Heteronida is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae. They occur in the western Pacific Ocean.
Fennerogalathea
Fennerogalathea is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Galatheidae, containing the following species:
Fennerogalathea chacei Baba, 1988
Fennerogalathea chirostyloides Tirmizi & Javed, 1993
Shinkaia
Shinkaia crosnieri is a species of squat lobster in a monotypic genus in the family Munidopsidae. S. crosnieri lives in deep-sea hydrothermal vent ecosystems, living off of the chemosynthetic activity of certain bacteria living on its setae.
Paramunida
Paramunida is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae, containing the following species:
Sadayoshia
Sadayoshia is a genus of 15 species of squat lobsters in the family Munididae.
Heteronida barunae
species of crustacean
Lauriea siagiani
species of crustacean

Agononida rubrizonata
species of crustacean
Onconida
Onconida is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae, containing the following species:
Onconida alaini Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996
Onconida gemini Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996
Onconida modica Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996
Onconida prostrata Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996
Onconida tropis Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996
Uroptychodes
Uroptychodes is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Chirostylidae, containing the following species:
Torbenella
Torbenella is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae. They occur in the western Pacific Ocean.
Galathea balssi
species of crustacean
Anoplonida
Anoplonida is a genus of squat lobsters, which are flattened dorsoventrally, in the family Munididae, containing the following species:
Anoplonida cracentis Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996
Anoplonida inermis (Baba, 1994)
Anoplonida patae Macpherson & Baba, 2006
Plesionida
Plesionida is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae. , it contains the following species:
Plesionida aliena (Macpherson, 1996) — New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga, .
Plesionida aurelia — Northwestern Australia, .
Plesionida concava — Solomon Islands, .
Plesionida psila Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996 — New Caledonia, .
Coralliogalathea
Coralliogalathea is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Galatheidae. Initially thought to be monotypic, solely represented by Coralliogalathea humilis, recent analysis has split the genus into six, morphologically similar but genetically different species.