''Babamunida'' is a genus of

squat lobster Squat lobsters are dorsoventrally flattened crustaceans with long tails held curled beneath the cephalothorax. They are found in the two superfamilies Galatheoidea and Chirostyloidea, which form part of the decapod infraorder Anomura, alongs ...

s in the family

Munididae Munididae is a family of squat lobsters, taxonomically separated from the family Galatheidae in 2010. Description and ecology The squat lobsters in the family Munididae can be distinguished from other families by the presence of a trispinose f ...

. The genus occurs in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans, with the greatest diversity in the Pacific (8 species).

Species

There are twelve recognized species: ''Babamunida coltroi'' and ''Babamunida robusta'' are included here pending a more careful study.

References

Squat lobsters Decapod genera Taxa named by Enrique Macpherson {{Squat-lobster-stub